I recorded three clips to demonstrate the new tones my Dot picked up from these latest mods. All were recorded using my Vox AD30VT on the Black 2x12 model with a bit of reverb. For the "clean" riffs, I used nothing else, and for a "dirty" tone, I added in my Digitech Bad Monkey. I made no volume adjustments within any of the clips, so the volume modulations you hear are strictly the result of the different pickup configurations.
Here are links to the clips, with a description of each:
CLIP # 1
Comparison of the stock middle pickup position (both humbuckers in parallel) vs. the "megabucker" switch on (both humbuckers in series). The same pair of riffs is repeated four times:
- Clean, both humbuckers in parallel (toggle at middle position)
- Clean, both humbuckers in series ("megabucker" on)
- Dirty, both humbuckers in parallel (toggle at middle position)
- Dirty, both humbuckers in series ("megabucker" on)
CLIP # 2
All clips recorded with the "megabucker" switch on, and alternating in-phase and out-of-phase with the bridge pickup. The out-of-phase riffs have that distinctive hollow, nasal tone, which having the two p'ups in series seems to accentuate. The same riff is recorded four times, with the first pair clean and the second pair dirty. A different riff, containing some chording, is played at the end, using the dirty setting:
- Riff 1, clean, "megabucker" on, bridge in-phase
- Riff 1, clean, "megabucker" on, bridge out-of-phase
- Riff 1, dirty, "megabucker" on, bridge in-phase
- Riff 1, dirty, "megabucker" on, bridge out-of-phase
- Riff 2, dirty, "megabucker" on, bridge in-phase
- Riff 2, dirty, "megabucker" on, bridge out-of-phase
CLIP # 3
The third clip demonstrates the effect of the series/parallel switches on the individual humbuckers. When this switch is on, the coils within the
same pickup are placed in parallel, rather than the stock series configuration, giving a brighter but somewhat thinner tone. With the pickup toggle in the middle position, I played the same riff twice, first with both p'ups in their usual series configuration, and then with both switched into the parallel mode. If you need a little more "twang" than your humbucker guitar will normally produce, here's a good way to get it. It ain't "Tele-ville", but it's definitely brighter than the stock tone:
- Clean, dual pickups, both pickups in serial mode (stock)
- Clean, dual pickups, both pickups in parallel mode