Coil tapping and coil splitting

[James2244]

Do coil tapping single coil pickups give you the option to have higher gain like that of a humbuckers and still have the option to switch back to single coil sound?

[Falloffthebonetone]

Re: Coil tapping and coil splitting

Yep. You can split stacked singles or you can cut the output of a true single if it's high enough and the right kind. You will need a push pull pot to switch back and forth.

[ItsaBass]

Re: Coil tapping and coil splitting

Not necessarily, because that statement is too general to be true. Coil taps can be wound into any sort of pickup coil for different output levels. It doesn't mean that one is necessarily humbucker-like and the other is necessarily single-coil-like So, just because you purchase a pickup that can be tapped, it doesn't mean it's a high-output pickup as a rule. There are pickups out there that can be tapped from a medium output pickup down to a normal output pickup, or from a normal output pickup down to a low output pickup. There are even pickups with two taps, so you can switch between three different winds, using the same pickup

[Falloffthebonetone]

Re: Coil tapping and coil splitting

Not necessarily, because that statement is too general to be true. Coil taps can be wound into any sort of pickup coil for different output levels. It doesn't mean that one is necessarily humbucker-like and the other is necessarily single-coil-like So, just because you purchase a pickup that can be tapped, it doesn't mean it's a high-output pickup as a rule. There are pickups out there that can be tapped from a medium output pickup down to a normal output pickup, or from a normal output pickup down to a low output pickup. There are even pickups with two taps, so you can switch between three different winds, using the same pickup

Duh. I was speaking in generalities to quickly answer his question. A high or medium output is desirable for taps because you don't want to cripple the output of a weak pickup by tapping it... There are ALWAYS exceptions but sometimes it's best to just keep it simple, especially for, people that are just getting into this kind of thing.

[AlexR]

Re: Coil tapping and coil splitting

Two things coil tapped singlecoil pickups don't do:

Give you a humbucker tone, only hotter or less hot singlecoil tone.
Cancel hum. A hotter singlecoil will hum more.

[ItsaBass]

Re: Coil tapping and coil splitting

Duh. I was speaking in generalities to quickly answer his question. A high or medium output is desirable for taps because you don't want to cripple the output of a weak pickup by tapping it... There are ALWAYS exceptions but sometimes it's best to just keep it simple, especially for, people that are just getting into this kind of thing.

I wasn't talking to you.

[Falloffthebonetone]

Re: Coil tapping and coil splitting

I wasn't talking to you.

My bad bro.

[KnifeR]

Re: Coil tapping and coil splitting

old thema - always the same
cold taping vs coil spliting

[ItsaBass]

Re: Coil tapping and coil splitting

My bad bro.

That's OK. I was replying directly to the OP, and I hadn't even read what you wrote. Sorry that offended you, but I assure you it was by accident.

[Falloffthebonetone]

Re: Coil tapping and coil splitting

That's OK. I was replying directly to the OP, and I hadn't even read what you wrote. Sorry that offended you, but I assure you it was by accident.

Didn't offend, just was clarifying my pov.