Coil splitting pickups

[kbit]

Opinions? Praise? Hate? Indifference? Say it say it.


I almost always prefer neck pickup only when I play, but sometimes my humbucker just too thick / compressed with dirt. The low end dominating my whole sound, which I love, but not all the time. I kept trying to remedy the problem by switching to my bridge pickup but I'm not a fan of the nasally tone. & then I was like "hey, I wonder if splitting the coil would give me the sound I'm after..." It totally did. Single coil for a balanced and kinda "hollow" sound , humbucker for full on blowing it up. SO SMRAT, I ARE.

Only thing I'm not a fan of is the push/pull tone pot for splitting. It's not the easiest thing to do quickly.
I'm dreaming of a guitar with only a neck pick up and a push button switch for splitting. No other controls.
Donny's EGC is inspiring.
ILF4LYF.

I need to go to sleep.

[Rygot]

You could always just switch the coil tap to a toggle... always seems to be the easiest.

[deathmonkey]

I did this with my newest guitar for the first time ever. Since I did it, I have been running pretty consistently both pickups on, with the neck in single coil and the bridge in humbucking mode. Any other guitar i have the neck pickup was pretty much a decoration, it got used so little.

[Holy Schnikes]

I gotta Maton stock with coil splitting HBs and fell in love immediately. I'm generally all HBs all the time. That helped me see what I was missing. I prefer middle toggle position frequently now which is a huge change for me, neck PUs just never impressed me much before....

Since the Maton, I've swapped PUs in everything, some coil tapped, others series/parallel. Either way, it won't offer up true single coil tone but it gets real close and adds a shit ton of variety, esp if you're used to and comfortable with HBs. Not a fan of push/pull but the push/push is great, use 'em in my tone pot position generally, keep outta the way.

If going this route, be sure and buy pickups with enough output to avoid sounding hella thin with major volume loss when switching. That would be a tragedy. Maton is nuts, like 21k and coil tapped but they still have an open, vintage like tone, not all compressed, sound awesome. LP Custom has Bare Knuckel Abraxas, "Vintage Hot" is how they're categorized, basically a juiced PAF but only like 15k for bridge and 8k for neck. These are series/parallel and the neck sounds so effin' good, full but with really good clarity, no mud whatsoever

[deathmonkey]

I should probably offer that my "coil-tapped" pickups are also Lace Alumitones, that don't actually have "coils" but still LOVE the sound.

[Holy Schnikes]

I should probably offer that my "coil-tapped" pickups are also Lace Alumitones, that don't actually have "coils" but still LOVE the sound.

Always been curious about the Alumitones, what kinda guitar are they in? Tons of clean output from Alumitones or what??

They look badass, that's for sure!

[MEC]

I'm dreaming of a guitar with only a neck pick up and a push button switch for splitting. No other controls.

I've got a couple that have a Bare Knuckle Warpig neck pickup only. I used the three way Tele switch to go from Series (17k) to Split (8.5k) to Parallel (4.25k).
Like Schnikes was saying, you want to make sure you use a pickup that's pretty hot and full sounding.

[Holy Schnikes]

Wow, those are badass MEC, especially diggin' the Tele.

[deathmonkey]

I should probably offer that my "coil-tapped" pickups are also Lace Alumitones, that don't actually have "coils" but still LOVE the sound.

Always been curious about the Alumitones, what kinda guitar are they in? Tons of clean output from Alumitones or what??

They look badass, that's for sure!

that's the guitar with the alumitones as a closeup, apparently i don;t have a full shot of the guitar with them.

Here it is with the stock humbuckers.


It's a michael Kelly patriot baritone. Love the guitar. they are loud pickups, but they don;t have nearly the issues with delay pedals or reverb like my other guitar. I have bareknuckle nailbombs in another guitar and for straight riffage it rules, but my reverby tones got muddy. Way too hot. The alumitones are CRYSTAL clear. i've heard some people say they sound odd,because they have a flatish eq, but i don;t have that issue(i sort of love it). they cut way better than my other pickups/ guitars, and have a tone of bite when i need them. I'd recommend.

[deathmonkey]

(also, i should add... I actually have the deathbucker in the bridge and regular humbucker for the lower output in the neck)

[dub]

I've got a guitar with Dirty Fingers in it that split. Sound better actually, louder less compressed... maybe I prefer the single coil sound? That would be funny since all my guitars have HBs.
They do a fantastic 80s metal tone though... and feedback like muthas, ha.

[kbit]

I'm dreaming of a guitar with only a neck pick up and a push button switch for splitting. No other controls.

I've got a couple that have a Bare Knuckle Warpig neck pickup only. I used the three way Tele switch to go from Series (17k) to Split (8.5k) to Parallel (4.25k).
Like Schnikes was saying, you want to make sure you use a pickup that's pretty hot and full sounding.

JESUS CHRIST MAN. Can I have one?
We like the same kind of guitars and pedals.
Dirt and verb for life

Did you build these from Warmoth parts?

[Obulus]

I'm dreaming of a guitar with only a neck pick up and a push button switch for splitting. No other controls.

I've got a couple that have a Bare Knuckle Warpig neck pickup only. I used the three way Tele switch to go from Series (17k) to Split (8.5k) to Parallel (4.25k).
Like Schnikes was saying, you want to make sure you use a pickup that's pretty hot and full sounding.

Are those Glendale bridges or do you know another source for tele bridges without a pickup hole? I'm kinda looking for one of those

[MEC]

Did you build these from Warmoth parts?

I got the Tele body from eBay and the neck on that one is from a Squire VM.
I did a build thread here: http://www.ilovefuzz.com/viewtopic.php?f=192&t=27677

The Jazzcaster body is a Warmoth and the neck is a Mighty Mite.

Are those Glendale bridges or do you know another source for tele bridges without a pickup hole? I'm kinda looking for one of those

The bridge on the Tele is a Glendale. The bridge on the Jazzcaster is a Wilkinson with some carefully placed Chrome Fishing Lure Tape.
From a few feet away it looks legit.

[Holy Schnikes]

I should probably offer that my "coil-tapped" pickups are also Lace Alumitones, that don't actually have "coils" but still LOVE the sound.

Always been curious about the Alumitones, what kinda guitar are they in? Tons of clean output from Alumitones or what??

They look badass, that's for sure!

that's the guitar with the alumitones as a closeup, apparently i don;t have a full shot of the guitar with them.

Here it is with the stock humbuckers.


It's a michael Kelly patriot baritone. Love the guitar. they are loud pickups, but they don;t have nearly the issues with delay pedals or reverb like my other guitar. I have bareknuckle nailbombs in another guitar and for straight riffage it rules, but my reverby tones got muddy. Way too hot. The alumitones are CRYSTAL clear. i've heard some people say they sound odd,because they have a flatish eq, but i don;t have that issue(i sort of love it). they cut way better than my other pickups/ guitars, and have a tone of bite when i need them. I'd recommend.

Very nice guitar, first time I've seen one honestly.