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Let me note in passing that while I doubt you can actually nail scooped mids in a single pickup (whether SC or HB), variations of scooped mids is actually part of the position 2 and 4 "cluck" sounds on a Strat, and probably some pickup combinations on other instruments as well.
In those instances, the de-emphasized midrange is actually a product of cancellations rather than an inherent property of the wind itself. I know we like to think of multi-pickup combinations as additive, but with the same string wiggling over multiple pickups, sometimes counteracting string motion occurs, and with it cancellations. Every plucked string produces multiple vibrations and wavelengths at the same time. The between-pickup distance and note being played results in some waves on the vibrating string that have part of the string moving away from the polepieces over one pickup while simultaneously moving towards the polepieces on another. You get sort of the same thing happening with PAF-style and dual-rail humbuckers as well, but in those instances the cancellations occur at such short wavelengths that they arer well out of the midrange.
That's not to say that the famous Strat "cluck" sound is equal to scooped mids, but midrange cancellations are part of what delivers up the seemingly pronounced bass and treble. Technically and theoretically, then, a person might be able to provide a designated or targetted midrange scoop by a) winding pickups with a given set of resonances, and b) positioning them a given distance from each other so as to electronically produce cancellations at those selected frequencies at the pickup stage without any additional EQ-ing.
In those instances, the de-emphasized midrange is actually a product of cancellations rather than an inherent property of the wind itself. I know we like to think of multi-pickup combinations as additive, but with the same string wiggling over multiple pickups, sometimes counteracting string motion occurs, and with it cancellations. Every plucked string produces multiple vibrations and wavelengths at the same time. The between-pickup distance and note being played results in some waves on the vibrating string that have part of the string moving away from the polepieces over one pickup while simultaneously moving towards the polepieces on another. You get sort of the same thing happening with PAF-style and dual-rail humbuckers as well, but in those instances the cancellations occur at such short wavelengths that they arer well out of the midrange.
That's not to say that the famous Strat "cluck" sound is equal to scooped mids, but midrange cancellations are part of what delivers up the seemingly pronounced bass and treble. Technically and theoretically, then, a person might be able to provide a designated or targetted midrange scoop by a) winding pickups with a given set of resonances, and b) positioning them a given distance from each other so as to electronically produce cancellations at those selected frequencies at the pickup stage without any additional EQ-ing.
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