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Re: Awesome way to split pickups without buying a push-pull pot of extra switch!
Could you take the phase switch out?
It's hurting my brain...
Originally posted by ArtieToo
You don't wire "both" pickups to the tone control. Lets make sure we understand this. First of all, in the spin-a-split mod, one tone control is converted to a spin-a-split pot. Its no longer a tone control. (Although it can be. More on that later.)
You can only spin-a-split one pup per pot. So, if you wanted to do this with two pups, you'ld have to convert both tone pots over, or, and this would probably be the better option, replace the tone control that you're converting with a dual-concentric pot. Then you can do both.
Ok, remember, as I state above, its no longer a tone control. The "split" happens gradually over the entire travel of the pot. So, you are "dialing-in" any degree of "split" that you want. There is no "point" per se. You just fade in, (or out), the other coil.
Now, as for the splitting and being a tone control at the same time: this is exactly how a Peavey T-60 is wired. The red/white wire is connected to the unused end of the tone control. As you bring the tone control around to a certain point, the resistance-to-ground becomes low enough that coil "splits".
Here's a Peavey T-60 diagram. Keep in mind in this diagram, Peavey has the red/white wires connected together internally, and they only bring the red wire out. But its the same thing as the red/white combo on a Seymour Duncan pickup. Also, Peaveys "white" wire, is SD's "black" wire.
You can only spin-a-split one pup per pot. So, if you wanted to do this with two pups, you'ld have to convert both tone pots over, or, and this would probably be the better option, replace the tone control that you're converting with a dual-concentric pot. Then you can do both.
Ok, remember, as I state above, its no longer a tone control. The "split" happens gradually over the entire travel of the pot. So, you are "dialing-in" any degree of "split" that you want. There is no "point" per se. You just fade in, (or out), the other coil.
Now, as for the splitting and being a tone control at the same time: this is exactly how a Peavey T-60 is wired. The red/white wire is connected to the unused end of the tone control. As you bring the tone control around to a certain point, the resistance-to-ground becomes low enough that coil "splits".
Here's a Peavey T-60 diagram. Keep in mind in this diagram, Peavey has the red/white wires connected together internally, and they only bring the red wire out. But its the same thing as the red/white combo on a Seymour Duncan pickup. Also, Peaveys "white" wire, is SD's "black" wire.
It's hurting my brain...
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