Hot Stack for neck louder when splitted

[LeoFazzilani]

Hello, everyone!

I've installed an STK-S2n on a Tagima strat, with a DPDT switch to split. But trying it out, I had the impression that, splitted, it sounds louder that in common use - coils in series. The "hum-cancelling" (or it's cut by split) is working as expected. The pots are 500 k.

Does someone know why?

[Mincer]

It is cancelling some frequencies when full on, and those frequencies might be something you are sensitive to. On my STK-S4, I don't really hear a difference when split, but it might just be my hearing.

[LeoFazzilani]

I've just replaced an STK-S4m that I had in neck position for the very same reason - the only difference I felt was the "hum-canceling" when using medium/high gain drives... but could the 500 k pot interfere with the output gain in any way?

[jeremy]

on old style stacks like the stk2, you do get a volume boost when you only use the top coil. with the newer stack designs like the stks4, there is a pretty subtle difference but the top end does open a touch when split to my ears