Eastwood Tuxedo: I'm smitten

[tot_Ou_tard]

Really cool stuff:


OK, I can't get youtube to show my previous links. So here is the actual link
to the tuxedo youtube page.

http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...astwood+tuxedo

[tot_Ou_tard]

For some reason it works today...

[tot_Ou_tard]

Another one:

[Ro3b]

Oh, man. Have you seen their website? I want an Ichiban, and a Town & Country DLX, and a Wandre, and yeah, a Tuxedo too.

[tot_Ou_tard]

Oh, man. Have you seen their website? I want an Ichiban, and a Town & Country DLX, and a Wandre, and yeah, a Tuxedo too.

Yup! Have you taken a look at the Joey Leone Signature RBC?

http://www.myrareguitars.com/joeyleonerbc2007.html

How does one coil-split a P90?

[kerc]

I gotta keep myself away from the Eastwood website. Those things are just too damn sweet!

[tot_Ou_tard]

I gotta keep myself away from the Eastwood website. Those things are just too damn sweet!

It might bite into your Rev budget, eh kerc .

[t_ross33]

How does one coil-split a P90?

Like this?

[tot_Ou_tard]

Like this?

Coool! I'll take it!

[kerc]

It might bite into your Rev budget, eh kerc .

Shhhh.

[Ro3b]

They say it's a tap and not a split. It's possible to coil-tap a single-coil pickup; I just haven't ever heard of it being done. What a beautiful guitar.

[Riley]

Sweet guitars, they sound great!!!!! 8)

[tot_Ou_tard]

They say it's a tap and not a split. It's possible to coil-tap a single-coil pickup; I just haven't ever heard of it being done. What a beautiful guitar.

When you tap a single coil do you effectively remove some of the windings from the circuit?

Yes, it's too rich for my blood, but if I had the scratch, I'd buy it in a heartbeat.

Here's a clip of the RBC

Sweet guitars, they sound great!!!!! 8)

Hey Riley, are you talking about the Tuxedo, the RBC, or Eastwood guitars in general?

Have you'd played a Tuxedo?

Another Tuxedo clip:

[marnold***]

You can't tap a single coil pickup (P90s are single coils) unless it's a hum-canceling one. Then tapping it will tap the dummy coil and make it a true single coil once again, but eliminate any hum cancellation.

[tot_Ou_tard]

You can't tap a single coil pickup (P90s are single coils) unless it's a hum-canceling one. Then tapping it will tap the dummy coil and make it a true single coil once again, but eliminate any hum cancellation.

The site says that the pups on the Eastwood RBC are P90s and that each of the three pups has a 3-way toggle switch: Off/On/Coil-Tap.

Why can't you just connect a wire, say, half-way through the windings and another at the end of the windings as usual. Depending on which is connected to the circuit you get a hotter, midrangy P90 sound or a thinner more standard single coil sound?

This is what I think R03b is talking about.

Come to think of it, wouldn't it be possible to wire up a continuously variable connection & so bring windings in & out of the circuit at will? Dial it down for vintage underwound single-coil sounds, or up for xtra-hot P90 snarl.

I'll bet it could be done.

[mrmudcat]

Have you seen this?
http://www.stellartone.com/Page.asp?NavID=76

Might be easierude:

[mrmudcat]

On the model you question.I will say these(pups) are stacked as mentioned above and that is what the coil tap is referring to

[tot_Ou_tard]

Have you seen this?
http://www.stellartone.com/Page.asp?NavID=76

Might be easierude:

Nope, I haven't. It looks cool.

I wasn't planning on building a continuous tap only wondering whther such a thing was possible.

On the model you question.I will say these(pups) are stacked as mentioned above and that is what the coil tap is referring to

O, so one pup atop the other, but wired in phase?

[tunghaichuan***]

The site says that the pups on the Eastwood RBC are P90s and that each of the three pups has a 3-way toggle switch: Off/On/Coil-Tap.

Why can't you just connect a wire, say, half-way through the windings and another at the end of the windings as usual. Depending on which is connected to the circuit you get a hotter, midrangy P90 sound or a thinner more standard single coil sound?

Some Schecter single coil pickups from the early 80s had this feature. I used to own a set. The tap is just what it says, a wire soldered somewhere along the winding. So basically the tap switch selects between a lower output "vintage" sound (less windings, part of the coil) and a hot overwound SC pickup sound (full coil).

tung