Why don’t all humbuckers have PRS coil split wiring resistors? They seem to work perfectly and sound great.
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Please explain what the resistor does...I am not familiar with how PRS does it.Administrator of the SDUGF
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Originally posted by Mincer View PostPlease explain what the resistor does...I am not familiar with how PRS does it.
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Originally posted by Mincer View PostPlease explain what the resistor does...I am not familiar with how PRS does it.
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Here's a linkry to the Fralin version
In a recent article, we discussed a guitar modification called the Lindy Fralin partial tap resistor. This alters the pickup splitting modification to allow you to use it with weaker pickups. Without this modification, you might not ordinarily split a low output pickup, because the volume dropoff would be too great. In the Lindy Fralin […]
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Originally posted by skelt101 View PostThe resistor is placed between the splittable coil and ground so that some of the signal is retained. I guess it’s similar to a “spin-a-split”, except the resistor is not variable. Here’s an example:
https://d159anurvk4929.cloudfront.ne..._schematic.pdfAdministrator of the SDUGF
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It depends on the tone you want and the DCR of the pickup. I preferred it slightly higher and put a 2.7k in the neck.I get the feeling the A8 will blow your skirt up more so - Edgecrusher
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I've done this myself. I settled on 2.2k for both the Whole Lotta Humbucker neck and the Screamin' Demon. It pulls up the DCR to the 6k range and adds a little more output to it. It's great for vintage output humbuckers. I made a thread on it last year after wiring it up.
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This brilliant idea was originally proposed by Bill Lawrence back in the 70s. It languished pretty much forgotten because back then the only production humbuckers wired for splits were high output and didn't need the help.
PRS revived the idea in the 21st century and it has gained wider popularity because it works very well indeed.
An adjustable version can be done using a trimpot instead of a fixed resistor.
That way you can set it to taste, and if desired you can always redial it later.
Not tweakable moment-to-moment like a true spin a split - but you don't have to sacrifice a tone control..
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