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jack mcmahon
January 21st, 2010, 01:49 PM
hell all,
is it more or less preffered to use the "north "coil of a bridge humbucker when you tap it? or is there more to consider?
thnx
jack
marnold
January 21st, 2010, 03:45 PM
It doesn't matter a ton. When I did mine, I cut/shunted the coil closest to the bridge. I did that in the hopes that it might be slightly less bright, although the main reason is because it was easier to wire. I just had to connect the two wires that are normally soldered together to the middle lug of a push-pull pot and solder a wire from the top lug (aka the one closest to the knob itself) to the ground. Dirt simple.
Having said that, I found series/parallel switching to be a much better choice than coil shunting. Parallel makes it almost sound like a single coil and it's hum-canceling to boot.
duhvoodooman
January 21st, 2010, 03:57 PM
+1 on both points.
Kazz
January 21st, 2010, 05:34 PM
Wow....Rev Rawk sounded like he knew what he was talking about there. +100
marnold
January 21st, 2010, 08:33 PM
Wow....Rev Rawk sounded like he knew what he was talking about there. +100
Thanks for the vote of confidence, Kazz. :)
Yeah, was down this road before with my Fender Showmaster. Someday I might do series/parallel for both pups on my Jackson, but I'm in no hurry.
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