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I made some more mods to the Coyote Dancer recently and improved it even more, if that was possible. I moved the old middle RWRP SC (the neck most coil of the slantbucker) to the neck and replaced it with a new GFS alnico5 boutique strat (RWRP) SC that has a slightly lower output. The result is, humcancelling now in positions that use the single bridge and neck (except the out of phase position, which is now NOT humbucking), and a better volume balance between the slantbucker and neck SC. Also, bringing the output of one coil down makes both coils of the slantbucker a tad more imbalanced, which to my ears improves the tone a bit. Sort of more 'hi fi' sounding, as if a loudness curve were applied, especially with slantbucker coils in parallel.
In my post title, I boldly claim my design to be 'original'. I said this because I hoped someone would come along and show me that I'm not, but that has not happened in over 600 readings. It's odd that this simple reconfiguration has not been tried before, because it solves many of the weaknesses of the stock Strat, and greatly expands it's tonal palette while retaining the 3 original stock SC's. While responses to this post have been cold (except thaus!), the exact opposite happens when people actually play the Coyote Dancer. The instrument itself is very addicting, and I already have two local requests for them, both from very accomplished guitarists.
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