heritagefan7 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Is the VIP system intended to serve the same purpose (tonally) as a P-rail pick up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brentrocks Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 not exactly.... the VIP is a 3-way mini toggle that is hooked up to each of the HRWs...and this is how they work: Center position: regular humbucker Up: Coil tap Down: Out of phase i could have the positions mixed up? but in a nutshell, thats what is does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skydog52 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 From the website: INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE D-VIP (DOUBLE VAR-I-PHASE CONTROLS) Please Note : The D-VIP controls work best with our new HRW pickups. Each HRW pickup, has four lead out wires, plus ground, plus complete full length wire shielding for all 5 wires. ( Right handed player ) Sitting in the playing position. Lower left = master volume control, for both pickups Lower right = master tone control , both pickups. Upper left VIP control knob. 10 = in phase, for fingerboard pickup. 0 = out of phase, for fingerboard pickup. ( mini switch down) Please note that when on "O", there is little volume, because the bass and mid-range have been phased out. Upper right VIP control knob. 10 = in phase, for bridge pickup. 0 = out of phase, for bridge pickup. ( mini switch down) Please note that when on "O", there is little volume, because the bass and mid-range have been phased out. Two Mini Switches: ( 3-way ) The one on the left = Fingerboard Pickup, The one on the right = Bridge pickup. Position: 1 ( Down) = VIP ( VAR-I-Phase) The only time the VIP works, is when the mini-switch is down, for that pickup. Position : 2 - ( Middle) = FULL, (Both Coils), ( normal ) Position : 3 - ( UP ) = COIL TAP, ( single coil) Note: Main toggle switch, works like normal. UP: Front pickup. Middle: Both pickups. Down: Bridge pickup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gitfiddler Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 From the website: INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE D-VIP (DOUBLE VAR-I-PHASE CONTROLS) Please Note : The D-VIP controls work best with our new HRW pickups. Each HRW pickup, has four lead out wires, plus ground, plus complete full length wire shielding for all 5 wires. ( Right handed player ) Sitting in the playing position. Lower left = master volume control, for both pickups Lower right = master tone control , both pickups. Upper left VIP control knob. 10 = in phase, for fingerboard pickup. 0 = out of phase, for fingerboard pickup. ( mini switch down) Please note that when on "O", there is little volume, because the bass and mid-range have been phased out. Upper right VIP control knob. 10 = in phase, for bridge pickup. 0 = out of phase, for bridge pickup. ( mini switch down) Please note that when on "O", there is little volume, because the bass and mid-range have been phased out. Two Mini Switches: ( 3-way ) The one on the left = Fingerboard Pickup, The one on the right = Bridge pickup. Position: 1 ( Down) = VIP ( VAR-I-Phase) The only time the VIP works, is when the mini-switch is down, for that pickup. Position : 2 - ( Middle) = FULL, (Both Coils), ( normal ) Position : 3 - ( UP ) = COIL TAP, ( single coil) Note: Main toggle switch, works like normal. UP: Front pickup. Middle: Both pickups. Down: Bridge pickup. That is DEFINITELY Rendall-speak! Ha-ha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartyGrass Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Once you play around with the switches it becomes second nature. It's different from P-Rails in that there are no "P"s or rails in them. Otherwise the switches are very similar in concept. The D-VIP system also lets you adjust how much out of phase you want to sound. I haven't seen P-Rails set up that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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