not really all that expensive considering how unique it is. i wonder if it sounds good. sometimes when you try and do to much it ends up sounding like ass instead of having one dedicated pickup doing its own thing sounding better. but this thing looks fucking awesome.
Flexible coil-splitting humbucker is ready for anything.
The Seymor Duncan SHPR-1 P-Rails is a full-size humbucker pickup that can be split to either a real deal P-90 or a traditional single-coil. Perfect for a wide variety of styles including country, pop, surf, jazz, blues, classic rock, and heavy rock.
Description
Until now, if you wanted humbucker, P-90, and vintage Strat tones, you d have to haul three guitars to the gig. Enter P-Rails. It s a full-size humbucker that splits to either a full-size P-90 or a special Alnico-powered single-coil Rail pickup. The humbucker sound is full and expansive, owing to the mis-matched coil configuration. The P-90 is a super fat. And the Rail coils, when used together, sound like the 2 and 4 positions in a great Strat.
Complete setup
P-Rails are best used in a matched neck and bridge set. To get both humbucker and P-90 tones, use a two-way switch (push-pull or mini-toggle). To have humbucker and P-90 tones and bring in the added dimension of the single-coil Rail, use a three-way switch (DPDT on-off-on).
Guitars
Seymour Duncan P-Rails can be used in any guitar set up for a traditional humbucker or Trembucker. A single P-Rails will bring added dimension to your guitar. However, to optimize P-Rails unique splitting capabilities and get the best single-coil Rails tones, use a neck and bridge set.
Available mods
Normally, in humbucking mode, P-Rails are wired in series, for a high-output sound that works great for classic rock and heavier tones. However, when wired in parallel, the coil mismatch produces a very usable Patent Applied For-style humbucker tone with less phase cancellation associated with standard parallel wired humbuckers, complete with present upper-mid bloom and pronounced string articulation.
Players
Peter Stroud / Sheryl Crow Band, Blues Saraceno, Eric Miker / Decemberadio
Seymour Duncan SHPR-1 P-Rails Bridge Humbucker Electric Guitar Pickup Features:
Magnet: Alnico V Bar
Cable: Four conductor
Output: Moderate
User: Pro Shop
Type: Hum Canceling
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after watching the demo in the other video i want this thing more. im trying to figure out how many switches you need to make this fucker work.
one 3 way to select neck/bridge
one 3 way to select p90/rail/both neck
one 3 way to select p90/rail/both bridge
thats like 20o394832094830489kljfowieur409823094821308 different pickup combonations with 2 pickups. put this shit into a Jag HH with all the shit going on in the top horn and you have that times 2039482304982398 more
Law of Shortscale says that if someone as famous as Robroe posts a duplicate thread, you ignore this fact and treat it as if it's new. Only point out the mistake if it's someone like me who did it.
My only concern would be the distance of the Hotrail from the bridge or vice versa. Pickup placement is essential, you would lose a lot of treble 'bite' as one half of the pup will be as near the Strat middle pup position as it will the bridge.
cool, you could put the rail facing the bridge/neck for supa twang or a middle pickup sound.
I think it'd look better installed the traditional p-90 way, directly to the body.
Fran wrote:My only concern would be the distance of the Hotrail from the bridge or vice versa. Pickup placement is essential, you would lose a lot of treble 'bite' as one half of the pup will be as near the Strat middle pup position as it will the bridge.
I dont think 1" will make that much difference. bare in mind it will be installed with 500k or 1meg pots - the lose of treble might be a bonus for the strat coil.
Fran wrote:My only concern would be the distance of the Hotrail from the bridge or vice versa. Pickup placement is essential, you would lose a lot of treble 'bite' as one half of the pup will be as near the Strat middle pup position as it will the bridge.
I dont think 1" will make that much difference. bare in mind it will be installed with 500k or 1meg pots - the lose of treble might be a bonus for the strat coil.
You'll be suprised how much difference 1" makes over a small distance. With the size of the P90 it will be more like 2" as well.
It's like the first hybrid cars--function before form. Hide it in a chrome box. But the potential sondz are irresistible. This morning I was thinking about my Musicmaster with one measly single coil in the neck. It makes zero sense that I like it as much as I do. Even a lone P90 would be an improvement.
