i have a dimebucker wired in the bridge of my sg special and i want to coil split with a toggle. Right now i have it so the red and white soldered together on one of the 3 tabs on the switch and a ground in the middle tab. I'm not shure if it is right. There is some tone difference but not much. So i tried seperating the white and red with one on the middle tab and the other on the side and i get a huge volume and tone difference it is much more quiet very low output which is the right way:irate:
Coil splitting a dimebucker
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rashayritto
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Re: Coil splitting a dimebucker
i think you got it right the second time. some pickups just suck when split. my hotrails does the same thing
i think you got it right the second time. some pickups just suck when split. my hotrails does the same thing
Re: Coil splitting a dimebucker
well if that is the case i like the sound of the wrong way better hopefully it wont hurt my pickup.... I thought the dimebucker was supposed to be hot so you would thing the split tone wouldnt be so weak that i have to crank my volume to hear it then when i switch to humbucking it is just way too loud.
well if that is the case i like the sound of the wrong way better hopefully it wont hurt my pickup.... I thought the dimebucker was supposed to be hot so you would thing the split tone wouldnt be so weak that i have to crank my volume to hear it then when i switch to humbucking it is just way too loud.
Artie
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Re: Coil splitting a dimebucker
Actually, you had it right the first time . . . maybe. Basically, you want the red and white wires to be shorted to ground when split. You can connect either ground or red/white to the center lug, and then the other to either lug directly above or below that one. Generally, you'ld use the lug closest to the pot so the split takes place when "pulled".
In your second mode, you had effectively broken the connection betwen the red an white wire. The two sides of a push-pull pot switch are independent electrically. By breaking that connection, you had the pup turned off, but since the two coils are coupled magnetically, you still got some signal feed through. Thats why the signal was weak. Think of it as a bad way to turn off a pup.
I'm surprised that the first way didn't yield a greater difference in tone, but thats possible with a Dimebucker, I suppose.
Actually, you had it right the first time . . . maybe. Basically, you want the red and white wires to be shorted to ground when split. You can connect either ground or red/white to the center lug, and then the other to either lug directly above or below that one. Generally, you'ld use the lug closest to the pot so the split takes place when "pulled".
In your second mode, you had effectively broken the connection betwen the red an white wire. The two sides of a push-pull pot switch are independent electrically. By breaking that connection, you had the pup turned off, but since the two coils are coupled magnetically, you still got some signal feed through. Thats why the signal was weak. Think of it as a bad way to turn off a pup.
I'm surprised that the first way didn't yield a greater difference in tone, but thats possible with a Dimebucker, I suppose.
Re: Coil splitting a dimebucker
Hi Mitch
Absolutely nothing wrong with wanting to mod and tweak everything bro. That type of behavior is the engine of discovery! Look at all the killer things we have which came from guys like you. The hybrid '59 pickup comes to mind for one. The name of the guy who started the thread here on the forum escapes me but Im pretty sure it was a forum member here on SD that came up with that idea and Seymour himself liked it and now they are available to the masses.
By the way, I have Dimebucker here too and its not in an axe right now. I had been thinking about putting it my Epi Les Paul and splitting it. My thinking was maybe since its so hot it might not suffer the drastic volume drop that some other humbuckers do in split mode. What is your opinion on the tone of the DB when split? Would it be decent for playing bluesy stuff? I also have a '59 neck pickup I could use ( standard 59 not the hybrid ) but it is a pretty dark pickup whereas the Dimebucker has much more treble and heat to it.
Your opinions would be appreciated. Anyone else whod care to chime in as well please feel free.
Hi Mitch
Absolutely nothing wrong with wanting to mod and tweak everything bro. That type of behavior is the engine of discovery! Look at all the killer things we have which came from guys like you. The hybrid '59 pickup comes to mind for one. The name of the guy who started the thread here on the forum escapes me but Im pretty sure it was a forum member here on SD that came up with that idea and Seymour himself liked it and now they are available to the masses.
By the way, I have Dimebucker here too and its not in an axe right now. I had been thinking about putting it my Epi Les Paul and splitting it. My thinking was maybe since its so hot it might not suffer the drastic volume drop that some other humbuckers do in split mode. What is your opinion on the tone of the DB when split? Would it be decent for playing bluesy stuff? I also have a '59 neck pickup I could use ( standard 59 not the hybrid ) but it is a pretty dark pickup whereas the Dimebucker has much more treble and heat to it.
Your opinions would be appreciated. Anyone else whod care to chime in as well please feel free.
Re: Coil splitting a dimebucker
Honestly if you want heat from the humbucker with good split tones in an LP I think you should look at a Dimarzio X2N for the bridge...really sounds nice split IMO....
Honestly if you want heat from the humbucker with good split tones in an LP I think you should look at a Dimarzio X2N for the bridge...really sounds nice split IMO....
Re: Coil splitting a dimebucker
Like Artie said, the first way you did it was correct. Usually the red and white wires are soldered to the middle lug and the bottom lug goes to ground...
http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/wiring-diagrams/schematics.php?schematic=1hum_1vol_split
but it should work just the same the way you wired it.
Like Artie said, the first way you did it was correct. Usually the red and white wires are soldered to the middle lug and the bottom lug goes to ground...
http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/wiring-diagrams/schematics.php?schematic=1hum_1vol_split
but it should work just the same the way you wired it.
