Seymour Duncan SHPR P-Rails Humbucker Pickup  (Neck or Bridge Models)
color: Black, White, Cream
Item Number: 11303-01

Retail: $129.00

Until now, if you wanted thick humbucker tones, fat P-90 tones, and clucky Fender single coil tones, you'd have to haul 3 guitars to the gig.  But those days are over, thanks to P-Rails, Seymour Duncan's multivoiced pickup.  In a guitar setup for 2 humbuckers, a pair of P-Rails and a single 2 way switch (Allparts EP-0285 or EP 0081-xxx) allows you to switch between full sized humbucker and P-90 sounds.  Add a 3 way switch (Allparts EP-0082-xxx) and you bring in the added dimension of an authentic sounding vintage Strat.

Other than the addition of the switch, no other modificaiton is necessary. to achieve a wide variety of classic guitar tones.

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.

players
Peter Stroud / Sheryl Crow Band, Blues Saraceno, Eric Miker / Decemberadio

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