hotshot9991 Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 I was looking at the evh Wolfgang pickups and I found one of the bottom base plate and of all the wiring.I wanted to know is why are the 4 leading wires soldered like exactly on the bobbin is there like a little hole in the bobbin with with the coil and is threaded through it? I just wanna know what it is and how they do it, I have a pic at the bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbabig Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 These wires are used to for coil-taps, it's when you shut off one of the coils so that only one coil is working, essentially making it switchable between humbucker and single coil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilpanda Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 umm. what he said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searcy Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 each of the coils has a start and a end of the winding. That's what those are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy R Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 I think he was asking why they are connected that way instead of the traditional soldered inside the bobbin wind and then wrapped with tape. My guess would be that it makes them easier to manufacture and less chance for screwing up the wire on the bobbin. It is actually a pretty nice way of doing it because if you end up with a short lead you can easily replace the lead wire. I would also guess that it helps eliminate phase issues since it is easy to see what wire is going to what lead. Sometimes with other pickups they will use the wrong color wire on the coil lead and if you follow the wiring guide they provide your pickup is out of phase. Overall I think it is a pretty tight design myself... Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Let's hope it's not a passing phase.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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