Seymour Duncan P-Rails Demo (Part 2)

In the second part I explore the out of phase sounds.

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Music

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• Seymour
• Duncan
• P-rails
• P90
• P-90
• Les
• Paul
• Fender
• series/parallel
• slide
• guitar

[lyongraulty]

Right now they just have the Humbucker sized ones. If what you want is mainly the P90 and the single coil tones, one option that I have employed is to get a P90 that has a coil tap that cuts the output and the bass a bit and makes it more like a strat /tele pickup.

[lyongraulty]

Thanks for the kind words everybody! I am thinking of selling this guitar and I am sending out feelers to see what kind of interest there is. (Email me if you have an offer). The wiring could be put back to the way it was, but those pickup selector switches weren't that reliable, so I put them on 4 push pulls. This sacrificed the individual control of each coil so now it's both P90s/both parallel/both series/both rails. But nearly all the same tones are available.

[asgerms]

Slightly off topic, but would you mind sharing what tuning you are using for that bad-ass slide playing?

[lyongraulty]

sure: Open G (low to hi: DGDGBD)

[lyongraulty]

Thanks for all the positive comments! Lately I've been making guitar effects pedals. Go to facebook, search for Station Audio and become a fan! I make fuzz pedals, overdrive pedals, boosters, tremolo, vibrato, delay, you name it. Keep an eye out for a demo of my new Leslie rotating speaker simulator.

[lyongraulty]

the video is not that accurate with the noisiness of the single coil settings. When played on their own the p90s and the rails make a bit of noise, but it's nothing huge. (I actually positioned myself to minimize the buzz when I shot the demo.)

[ChickenRapist]

@Alphastyx7

Means they are not in phase. lol

[martyfriedman666]

Hi, nice vid. i have a les paul and have been thinkin of gettin a humbucker with 4conductor to use coil split. how have you found this setup? would it compare to a split coil humbucker? or would this setup be better? thanks

[mmcquain]

This is about the best demo I've ever seen to demo pickups. You're playing is great. The sound quality is clear and understandable. The camera clearly shows your every move as you switch between settings. Thanks for such a great demo. Duncan should use this on their website and ever other person doing a demo on YouTube should learn from your video!!!

[hq72hotmale]

do they make a p rail which will actually fit a p90 spacing as i know these are suposed to be for hb styled guitars

[Alphastyx7]

What does 'out of phase' mean? Please help.

[jguenneberg]

Hi Lyon,

phantastic sound, great playing.

I'm located in Germany and about to order a custom build Tele with P-Rails.

LOve your playing, back here there is but a few players in that style. Can you give a some hints, a recommended listening list for that style?

Thanks,

Johannes

[HoosierLine]

@flammingcarrot Your correct. The P Rail combine a P-90 with separate pole pieces and a rail pickup with a single blade pole which is hard to see in the video. Combine both pickups= humbucking. Played seperately either P-90 or Rail (strat sound) Using every possible way to wire these you can get the different pup combinations and tones. Seymor Duncan also makes a pickup ring with mini switches installed to do most of these pup combinations.

[flammingcarrot]

Ok I don't really understasnd all the tonal possibilities... with one pickup you get: Rail, P-90, Humbucker series, Humbucker parallel and out of phase?

... What do you mean by out of phase?