When coil tapped, MMK45s drop the bass coil, and the remaining treble coil is more like a tele neck pickup- strong and sweet.īy using humbuckers that would coil tap this way, the H-S-H plan spanned a tonal range including those traditionally held by tele and LP players. The effect was akin to upgrading from a single stereo speaker to a woofer and tweeter- both ends were better represented. The new MMK45 pickups that were included in all the Electra Phoenix had a pair of coils with different cores, magnets, and windings. Normal humbuckers have a pair of equal coils, and coil tapping one out leaves a single remaining coil that isnt very much like the rich overtones of a strat or tele single coil, its just thin. The full potential of the H-S-H was also made possible by innovative unbalanced coil pickups that Tom had developed in concert with Matsumoku technicians. Other guitar companies, notably Ibanez, have also released H-S-H guitars, but none with this particular configuration before or since. It combined the best of different kinds of pickups to produce a remarkably versatile sound.īest of all, the controls were intuitive, allowing the guitarist to merely twiddle or to very deliberately shape a tone.
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