strat/humbucker tones on a single guitar

[vtpcnk]

i would like to have a guitar which has both single coil and humbucker capabilities - maybe an old sg or one of the japanese sg clones by tokai or greco or burny or even a guild s90 or s100.

would a combination of seymour duncan jb with jazz/59/pearly gates etc with coil split/4 conductor options be effective?

or the new p-rails?

i am looking for regular strat and humbucker tones - p90 is not really a requirement.

or any other options?

appreciate the feedback.

 

[nathan a]

Here's my 2 cents. I've got a duncan Jazz and JB in my maple necked guitar. They are both individually splittable. My trick is that I also have the SSL-1 vintage single coil in the middle position, which I can turn on or off on its own. I get a killer single coil tone by combining the true singlecoil with the split 'buckers. It really kicks a whole lot of butt, but you have to deal with the HSH look.

 

[Telenator]

The Fender Double Fat Strat or Big Apple Strat have two humbuckers yet get some very nice tones. Perhaps you can look at their wiring schemes and get some ideas.

 

[ironiguana]

Here is a wiring scheme I use that gives you a couple of Fender type tones with 2 HB's:

http://www.dimarzio.com//media/diagrams/E.pdf

No hum either.

 

[greywolf]

I have an old SG that has Duncan Jazz neck and JB bridge with split coils . With the coil tap it makes a decent out of phase tone that comes close to my Strat.  You may not get dead on , but you can get useable.

 

[Orpheo]

jb is great for coilsplit, the jazz a bit less. the jazz sounds better parallel.

the prails sound great with any wiring you have. I like them a LOT, they're a match made in heaven with my walnut-les paul. the rio grande bbq/tx sound good coiltapped aswell. the air norton is great aswell, the motherbucker too.

 

[GoDrex]

http://www.unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=6047.msg72749#msg72749

there's a post i did with some clips of my Jazz pickup and my hot noiseless single coils, for comparison...  I think the Jazz sounds very nice split.