Coil Split or Parallel

[Sly_D]

OK, I finally decided to buy 2 on-on switches. I will use one with my Custom and one with my Pearly Gates (coming soon from Black Rose Cusatoms - special thanks to Surgeon for telling me I could buy a PG for the price they sell the 59 here in Canada! ).

What would you suggest, coil split or parallel? Is there a big difference in sound? I tried coil split through Spin-a-Split... sounds great but no hum cancelling, so it's rather noisy.

Is the parallel sound as good as coil split?

 

[STRATDELUXER97]

Re: Coil Split or Parallel

OK, I finally decided to buy 2 on-on switches. I will use one with my Custom and one with my Pearly Gates (coming soon from Black Rose Cusatoms - special thanks to Surgeon for telling me I could buy a PG for the price they sell the 59 here in Canada! ).

What would you suggest, coil split or parallel? Is there a big difference in sound? I tried coil split through Spin-a-Split... sounds great but no hum cancelling, so it's rather noisy.

Is the parallel sound as good as coil split?

Coil split has less volume and an overall thinner,brighter tone with normal single coil hum...Has more output and fullness than the parallel position..

Parallel...About 1/3 less output compared to series...Less output compared to split also,no hum,thin sounding,very clean and articulate also...I seem to hear a bit more mids in parallel than I do with the split position....

I always use a DPDT on/on/on and wire my switch for series/split/parallel so I can have my cake and eat it too..

John

 

[Sly_D]

Since Single coil use only one side of the on-on switch, could I actually use only one switch for both pups and use one side of the switch per pup? Like this:

x x
o o
o o
| |___> This one for the bridge
|
|_ __> this one for the neck

It would be too good to be true...

 

[drp555]

Since Single coil use only one side of the on-on switch, could I actually use only one switch for both pups and use one side of the switch per pup? Like this:

x x
o o
o o
| |___> This one for the bridge
|
|_ __> this one for the neck

It would be too good to be true...

Check out this: LINK

Look around their site, they have lots of good wiring diagrams for different situations...