How Many Useful Pickup Combinations Can You Get From 5 Coils?
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How many possible connections, musically meaningful or not, can you get from 5 electromagnetic coil pickups? More specifically from two humbuckers, one each at the bridge and neck, with a single coil in the middle. If you are going to sell something based upon the many choices you offer, what choices in what order did you pick to offer, and what musical sense to they make? For a simple example, a clear progression from warm to bright, like a tone pot.
The article shows the different number of electrically different choices of circuit for 5 pickups taken 1, 2, 3, and 4 at a time. 5 at a time is left as an exercise for the reader.