tapping vs. splitting vs. "jimmy page wiring" ?

[MVI]

Can some of you chime in on what the terminology, and technical differences are between tapping, splitting and "jimmy page" wiring guitars /pickups. I think I have some vague grasp that humbuckers can use one or both coils independently. Does this relate to my above questions, and if so how ? How many variations does "jimmy page" wiring allow as opposed to typical les paul configurations ?

Thanks !

 

[tone4days]

Re: tapping vs. splitting vs. "jimmy page wiring" ?

this info is all in the FAQ on the SD homepage .. you might want to check there .. the forum also has a search function find threads on this (or any) topic

yes, any 4 wire, double coil pickup can be split so that either the 'north' or 'south' coil is operating in the circuit ...

a tapped pickup coil is one that has a wire at its start, a wire at its finish, and a 'tap' wire somewhere in between .. when the tap wire is in the circuit, it reduces the ouput of the coil ...

i do not have first hand experience with this, but AKAIK, jimmy page wiring involves coil splitting and in/out phasing and series/parallel combining of pickups/coils in a dual humbucker guitar

 

[PFDarkside]

Re: tapping vs. splitting vs. "jimmy page wiring" ?

While T4D's definition on a tap is correct, you will see references to a "tapped" humbucker which 99% of the time means split. I installed the Jimmy Page wiring on my Les Paul, I really like it. The best part about it is that with all the pots down, it looks and functions as stock. Basically the push/pulls do the following:

-Split Bridge pickup
-Split Neck pickup
-Put pickups out of phase with each other
-Join pickups in series rather than stock parallel config.

I think there are technically 21 combos with this wiring, some more useful than others. One really cool one is both pickups split, in series. Basically one coil of each wired like a humbucker.