Guitar Wiring Mods: How to do a Partial Coil Split

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4 жыл бұрын

In this video we cover a popular and incredibly easy wiring mod to try out at home. We explore how to to a partial coil split.
In a typical coil split setup, it works by shunting half of the pickup (one coil) to ground, effectively turning it off and leaving one coil active.
Sometimes, depending on the pickup, this can lead to a weeny sound or a very noticeable loss in volume.
To fix this, you can use a resistor to send the signal to ground, resulting in only some of the signal being grounded (leaving the coil partially active).
It does require playing around with resistor values however - use a low value resistor (typically 1.1k - 4.7k) and see what works for you.
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@AlCapwn369 6 ай бұрын

This is such an incredibly well thought out video. thank you. Exactly what I needed to see, and the playing examples are very helpful.

@deadpoolxs 3 жыл бұрын

nice channel man. definitely a one stop shop for all guitar wiring mods.

@peterkoutros8190 Жыл бұрын

Love your videos.. great detail, very helpful..Thank you

@michaelgrahamwongacutemadness 11 ай бұрын

i used to not like the volume drop but i want a quick way to get cleaner tones without using the volume knob or switching to a neck pickup of lower output

@Wdevries 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic mod! Very curious what it would do if you also put a bass cut into it.

@TheFlutecart 10 ай бұрын

Smaller the resistor, the smaller the bleed from the other coil. I have the P-Rails, I will have to try this with them. Each of the coils in the P-Rails is suppose to resemble a single coil and a P-90, respectively. I wonder if this will help the specific voicing or hurt it. Likely a thread about this somewhere already. Or a PRS guitar loaded with P-Rails. Fascinating stuff.

@Guitarnivore Жыл бұрын

I used a slightly higher 6k resistor, but I was splitting a mini humbucker and a single coil size dual rail. It seems to work pretty well. I tried a 10 and it didn't work out so well.

@bart5559 11 ай бұрын

Great video! Is this also possible with a toggle switch?

@mihailmilev9909 Жыл бұрын

What is you use a variable resistor? Like another potentiometer? Would it be basically a normal full coil split at 0 and full humbucker at 10? Which one should you use?

@oudaijawad5809 3 жыл бұрын

Hi I have guitar with volume only and two Hambacker pickup I want change volum pot to splitter pot guitar is Dean V and how can I wiring the pickups comes with 4 conductor. Which splitter volume I should buy. Thank you

@rodolfoamaralguitar 3 жыл бұрын

Hello. Guthrie Govan Charvel guitar model has what they call ´´single coil stimulation´´. Instead of resistor they use 0.1UF capacitor (104MSR250K) between the signal and the ground.

@ErebosGR 3 жыл бұрын

That's a cool trick! I gotta try it.

@GByePorkPieHat Жыл бұрын

Hello. Thanks so much for all the great content you deliver. I have an idea, with which I could use some help: My ES-335s has coil splitting via a mini toggle switch. I understand how to accomplish the partial split. BUT, I’d like to introduce a variable coil split capability into this circuit. What can you suggest as the best way to accomplish this, without having to add another knob on surface of this instrument?

@mihailmilev9909 Жыл бұрын

I would opt in for another knob lol

@nevenlisica 3 жыл бұрын

How much difference there is, if I use 1.2k resistor instead of a 1.1k ?

@flo-bezee9547 Жыл бұрын

How would I do this using a 5 way switch to split the coils?

@tomvice 2 жыл бұрын

I'm going to get the tech timo install 5k trim pots, as the resistor sweetspot is easier to dial this way

@lordofthekino3310 4 жыл бұрын

Does a partial split retain some level of hum cancellation from the weakened coil? Thinking of doing this with some PAF output pickups (Kiesel Berylliums which are pretty similar to PRS 85/15 pickups in tone and output).

@gonzalooliveraalves 2 жыл бұрын

Kinda late response but yes it does (according to Kris from Thomann), because the other coil it's still active, so technically it's still working as a humbucker

@pk952 6 ай бұрын

How do the single coils get affected in a HSS configuration with one volume when doing a coil split? Obviously they won’t split but will they be affected in anyway if the switch is left in split mode?

@anthonyanderson2955 4 жыл бұрын

I'm looking online at your wiring diagram for the Jimmy Page style wiring. I can see where I would wire the resistor on the bridge volume, but the neck volume looks different. Where does the resistor go there? Thanks for the videos!

@deanaf 2 жыл бұрын

I need help. Anyone. lol I want to use a push pull to switch between two pots (not the one on the push pull). left on OR right on. Not both at the same time. It's probably easy, but my brain is broken. Any diagrams that would help?

@elliotjgc 3 жыл бұрын

out of curiosity, would placeing the resistor between the pickup and the pot instead of between the pot and ground work aswell?

@Wesquire 2 жыл бұрын

No. Because then it would always be active

@bluwng Жыл бұрын

It looks like a series filter which enables you to retain higher frequencies or more accurate attenuates loss, isn’t the complaint that split Humbuckers are to thin, eg dominant high frequencies wouldn’t you want the opposite? What happens if you do the same with a humbucker I suspect it would brighten it up.

@AManIsNoOne67 5 ай бұрын

I know this is old but... It's still up so... The resistor was supposed to be in parallel like he showed with the tele/hss videos. This is in series. I think that's an important detail which needs to be corrected. Am I wrong? Is anyone going to see this?

@pleximanic 3 жыл бұрын

That is a Cool wiring but i prefer the Spin a Split wiring myself using a no load pot .

@raulacevedo-esteves9493 Жыл бұрын

Hello, Can you please explain how to do it?

@remikid7 2 жыл бұрын

one thing that really confused me, what are the differences between "normal (full) split" and "partial split"? is there related to parallel and series? or it's just neck pickup switch for "normal split"?

@mindfield9832 Жыл бұрын

The humbucker is in series wiring. Doing the partial split is like somewhere between humbucker and single coil (split mode). I think a lot of people might prefer a series/parallel push/pull over series/split. I know I do.

@AManIsNoOne67 5 ай бұрын

Am i dumb? Is this resistor not in series? Is it not supposed to be parallel? What am i missing?

@atrumluminarium 2 жыл бұрын

What about using a capacitor such that the cut-off is just above 60Hz instead of a resistor? That way hum cancellation is maintained right

@TheAmphibic 2 жыл бұрын

yes, it's an old Bill Lawrence trick .... he used 0.02uF

@schmoemi3386 10 ай бұрын

Gibson did this with their "tuned coil tap". To be found in pre-2020 models (before they changed their products lineup to the classic / modern collections)

@briw4647 2 жыл бұрын

You have 2 wires going to c2.. what do you do to the other 3 wires, if you have say a semour duncan ?

@julianrachele757 2 жыл бұрын

For seymour duncan pickups, the black wire goes to the volume ring on the pot, the green and bare wires go to ground, and the white and red wires go to c2

@tomvice 2 жыл бұрын

Would splitting the screw (instead of the slug) give you a strattier tone?

@SixStringSupplies Жыл бұрын

Hi, really depends on the pickup.

@NextGenEvs 4 жыл бұрын

Is it possible to do this using a 500k push pull pot and when the partially split single coil is engaged also use a 470K resistor so that it sees a 250k pot? Not sure where the 470k resistor would be attached... You wouldn’t want it engaged when the full humbucker is activated. Partially split humbuckers get so bright with a 500k pot. A partially split humbucker seeing a 250k pot would be ideal!

@MikeTaffet 2 жыл бұрын

@@JYZProductions They're saying that once you split the coil using the partial tap, a single coil typically wants to see a 250k pot value instead of 500k for volume. So they're wondering if there's a way to split the coil, and have that also engage a parallel resistor on the volume pot that makes it look like 250k instead of 500k.

@toneseeker87 Жыл бұрын

You can solder a parallel 470k resistor going to the "splitted to be" hot wire of the humbucker going to the switch so that single coils sees 250k values. I would suggest using a dual gang bourns or cts which has 250k+500k pot stacked values or if they're both 500k stacked you can solder a 470k parallel resistor to lugs 1 and 3 terminals for your single coils. That's the other way.

@bluwng Жыл бұрын

You know the pots are wired in parallel to the pickup so this is essentially the same as using a lower resistance pot like a 250K vs 500K , but in this case you are increasing the Pickup resistance vs lowering the pots resistance. I think the volume drop is only perceived what you are hearing is change in frequency not volume. Note, the ideal max power transfer occurs when both resistors in parallel are the same resistance . You can experiment with resistor values to accomplish this. Pickup + Series Resistor = Pot Resistance Value for max power or signal transfer.