acoustic goose Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Hello everyone, I'm toying with the idea of adding split coils and push/pull pots to my 2011 ES-335. I think it is called a coil tap feature on Gibson electrics.- I'm sure some one makes a harness and sells the pick-ups but I'm mostly an acoustic player and not familiar with those suppliers. Can anybody point me in the direction of companies that sell such things? I could also use advice from those of you that have done this conversion as I have not decided fully to do it yet. Thanks in advance for any help, Acoustic Goose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrorod Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Welcome to the Forum. I do not dabble in such stuff. I am a plug in and play kinda guy. There are those on the forum who may give you info. Seems like there is a wealth of knowledge on the internet. It just seems funny to me(I am a Vintage Guy) that 40-50 years from now....that someone will be *****ing that someone added coil-tapping pots to a 2011 ES335....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acoustic goose Posted April 27, 2013 Author Share Posted April 27, 2013 retrorod, I will give up the idea if I have to do anything that can't be changed back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 2 push-pulls or 4? This is the J Page / Schecter 'Z Plus' wiring mod which has been around in one form or other for many years. The in series/out-of-phase setting is quite something. Your pickups must have 4 wires at least to do this, and the usual pots to get would be 500k log I think, but I don't know whether you want long or short shaft. The earthing on this circuit is the black art. I have it on 2 guitars. Diagram here (there are other variants on this site): http://www.guitarelectronics.com/product/WD2HH3T22_09/Jimmy-Page-Guitar-Wiring-Diagram-2-Humbuckers3-Way-Lever-Switch1-Volume2-TonesCoil-Tap-Series-Parallel-Phase.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Versatile Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Yes as stated, coil tapping would require 4 conductor pickups...thereby escalating costs... Personal opinion, as a longtime 335'er would be to not... :blink: Results and satisfaction would be unknown until too late There are many semis and hollows far better suited to S/C sounds than the 335... ES 330/Epi Casino... Gretsch's many... Fender Tele slimline S/C version Rickenbacker 330 etc Deusenbergs various... V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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