application
Ground breaking, patent pending design allows a full-size humbucker to 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
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 P.A.F.-style humbucker
tone with less phase cancellation associated with standard parallel wired
humbuckers, complete with present upper-mid “bloom" and pronounced string
articulation.
