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What is the difference between a 2 and 4 wire guitar humbucker?

Could someone tell me the difference between the 2 and if there is any advantage or disadvantage to one or the other. I need the replace a bridge humbucker on my stratocaster.

A 4 wire humbucker can be “split” so you can use it either as a humbucker, or a single coil (either coil)

or, if you want to get creative
you can also wire it series or parallel

this site explains it a lot

http://www.1728.com/guitar.htm

http://www.1728.com/guitar1a.htm

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