Power Violence Posted July 15, 2003 Report Share Posted July 15, 2003 I was wondering if anyone would know how to make a humbucker (I was thinking a duncan distortion) have a way to select if an indivdual pick up be selected and when both are selected they would function as a humbucker (series). I made a wiring schemeatic for it, but I don't think it will work. Eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted July 15, 2003 Report Share Posted July 15, 2003 you mean coil tapping?it's done all the time.here it is that's why they have those extra wires Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Power Violence Posted July 15, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2003 you mean coil tapping?it's done all the time.here it is that's why they have those extra wires What is a coil tap? A coil tap refers to a lead connected to an individual coil’s winding and is used to raise and lower a pickup’s output and change its tone. This is most often utilized on single coil pickups where the player wants a higher output pickup but also wants to be able to switch to a lower output and more vintage-type tone using the same pickup. Many of our pickups for Strat® and Tele® are available in tapped versions for an additional $1 - $11, depending on the model. In addition,you can special order a "Shop Floor Custom" tapped version of any other pickup for an upcharge of $12. What is coil splitting? Coil splitting refers to the ability to disable one coil in a humbucker-type pickup. This offers the player option of getting a single coil-type tone from a humbucker-loaded guitar. Many pickups have three- or four-conductor wiring that allows for one coil to be disabled by shorting one coil to either ground or hot. All production Seymour Duncan humbuckers can be purchased with four-conductor wiring either stock from the factory or as a Production Floor Custom order. The exceptions to this rule are the Vintage Rails (SVR-1) and Duckbuckers (SDBR-1), which are wired internally in parallel from the factory I want the second one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted July 15, 2003 Report Share Posted July 15, 2003 okay jeez i used the wrong term but the diagram and info i gave you refers to what you are after.just substitute the word splitting for tapping. what i am trying to say is that i and thousands of other guitarists already do this.all you have to do is follow the diagram that matches what you want on seymourduncan.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedy McFeely Posted July 15, 2003 Report Share Posted July 15, 2003 also try here they have pretty much everything you could want to do, even active pick up diagrams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Power Violence Posted July 16, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2003 okay jeez i used the wrong term but the diagram and info i gave you refers to what you are after.just substitute the word splitting for tapping. what i am trying to say is that i and thousands of other guitarists already do this.all you have to do is follow the diagram that matches what you want on seymourduncan.com actually it seems to be completley diffrent, because I want to use two on/off switches other than one on/on switch. and guitar electronics looks like it might have it. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roli Posted July 16, 2003 Report Share Posted July 16, 2003 Then you know what you want already. Then what it was? Quiz show? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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