Improving the Epi...

[neckcutta]

Hello.

Could someone please explain to me the whole idea of splitting the coils of pickups and getting single-coil tones?

And also the pots, 250k...500k...

Kind of confusing.
Thanks, in advance.

[theboatcandream]

Re: Improving the Epi...

Hello.

Could someone please explain to me the whole idea of splitting the coils of pickups and getting single-coil tones?

And also the pots, 250k...500k...

Kind of confusing.
Thanks, in advance.

The idea is that you split a humbucker to get single-coil tones.

Tone pots of higher resistances are brighter.

[neckcutta]

Re: Improving the Epi...

The idea is that you split a humbucker to get single-coil tones.

... I kind of said to explain the idea, not just restate it.
... It'd be nice to know how a single-coil tone is different, maybe?

[neckcutta]

Re: Improving the Epi...

Tone pots of higher resistances are brighter.

... Thanks for that actual useful part of your post.

[theboatcandream]

Re: Improving the Epi...

... I kind of said to explain the idea, not just restate it.
... It'd be nice to know how a single-coil tone is different, maybe?

I'm not sure what there was to explain. Humbuckers have a certain sound to them. Single coils have a certain sound to them. Splitting a humbucker turns it into a single coil.


Single coils are more associated with Fender tones, especially telecasters, while humbuckers are more associated with Gibson les pauls, SGs, etc. Jimmy Hendrix used single coil pickups, Santana uses humbuckers. But it's not that simple since you can get such a wide variety of tones from both styles. For instance I'm pretty sure moneen uses single coils but they have a pretty solid sound, but if you want to play the opening to a western like the one for the good the bad and the ugly, you'll also want to have single coils to get that bright twangy attack. Humbuckers can do anything from jazz to metallica, it just depends on the model and the amp settings.


If you want to get any more technical than that, there are plenty of FAQs on the subject in the support section of the website.

[neckcutta]

Re: Improving the Epi...

Oh, alright. Thanks for taking the time... Appreciate it.