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    Which wiring would give me the least volume drop and best usable (stratty ala Gilmour) sound? It's for a DD bridge and a '59 neck in a Gibson LP custom. Any input would be appreciated....

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    Re: Coil split; Series or parallel

    Originally posted by -Heineken-
    Which wiring would give me the least volume drop and best usable (stratty ala Gilmour) sound? It's for a DD bridge and a '59 neck in a Gibson LP custom. Any input would be appreciated....
    Parallel is going to give you about 1/3 of your total output with no hum...

    Split will get you closer to a single coil tone but will also give you the single coil hum..In either case,you won't exactly get a true single coil tone,but it's usable and at least gives you the versatility of series and split tones...I always use a DPDT ON/ON/ON switch so I can have series/split/parallel with a switch..

    John
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      Re: Re: Coil split; Series or parallel

      Originally posted by STRATDELUXER97
      Parallel is going to give you about 1/3 of your total output with no hum...

      Split will get you closer to a single coil tone but will also give you the single coil hum..In either case,you won't exactly get a true single coil tone,but it's usable and at least gives you the versatility of series and split tones...I always use a DPDT ON/ON/ON switch so I can have series/split/parallel with a switch..

      John

      Thanx for the info.

      Would like more opinions from other guitarplayers here on what they prefer though...

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