I researched them on the Mando sites for the same reason about a year ago, found out there is no neck truss rod. Did not make a lot of sense to me, or a lot do the folks on the mandolin sights. Bought a Risa instead.
Yes. Most magnetic pickups are made with either one coil (single-coil) or two coils that are in parallel and have the magnets and windings in the opposite phase - this makes them "humbucking." These were invented, or at least originally patented, by Gibson (and I bet to this day they are gnashing at their wrists for not registering a trademark on the term "humbucker."
Their patent was also either too narrow or too general because other companies started manufacturing and selling humbucking pickups shortly thereafter.
I researched them on the Mando sites for the same reason about a year ago, found out there is no neck truss rod. Did not make a lot of sense to me, or a lot do the folks on the mandolin sights. Bought a Risa instead.
Wow...that's pretty crazy especially considering that they make an eight-string version. I wonder how many of the 8-string Mandobirds have necks that look like ski jumps...