Splitting coils on HB102 / JB & Jazz

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eviltobz

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Based on some of the pretty positive comments about Duncan Designed pups in this thread I decided to grab myself an HB102 set, which is the Duncan Designed version of the JB and Jazz combo, to try in a guitar that is lacking a bit of oomph in the bridge pup.

Whilst I'm going to be hacking around in the guitar I was wondering if it is worth trying to get some coil splitting options going on by way of push/pull pots or a StewMac Freeway switch ( and by the look of the eBay piccies, mebe hacking the pups themselves to add extra hookups as they look to be 2 conductor rather than 4).

Does anyone here have experience of splitting these pups (come on, I'm sure loads of you do) and if so, what are your opinions about how well they work as single coilies? The JB at least is quite high output so should still sound ok when cut in half I presume...

Cheers guys.
 
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Re: Splitting coils on HB102 / JB & Jazz

Right now, my favorite guitar, with my favorite pickup wiring, is my dual-humbucker Tele with the HB102 set. I'm using a Superswitch for my favorite switching scheme. So let me start by asking . . . will your guitar accommodate a Fender-style switch, or must it be a toggle?
 
Re: Splitting coils on HB102 / JB & Jazz

nope, it's a peavey wolfgang and there's no way i'm doing anything to poke extra switches through. but she has 2 pots that can be set up for push pulls, and a huuuuuge cavity behind the pup toggle switch that gives plenty of space for the aforementioned freeway toggle.
 
Re: Splitting coils on HB102 / JB & Jazz

*bump*

Artie's response implies that some configuration of coil-splitting on em may work. Anyone else have any views on it? I know that some pups don't work well split, especially lower output ones, and as it may take a bit of effort to get it splittable I'd like to have some reassurance that they are well suited to it.
 
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