a7d7e7 Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 Hey folks .... As the search continues (well, selling non-music collectibles to pay for it, actually) for my Les Paul, I have discovered that some models come with a push / pull split coil feature. Would having those make the guitar itself more versatile or is it something that can be done without?
Rabs Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 As always with these things its down to personal taste if you like Split coils and the like.. Some people think it distracts a bit but id say it will certainly give you more variation in sounds with one guitar.. Certainly you can do the same thing with effects and pedals and the like.. or you can just find a setting on your guitar so its down to what you like the sound of and what you find easiest... I have a Firebird 2011 with three coil tapped P90s and a phase switch and I love it to death.. I can spend hours going through the different settings finding hundreds of new sounds.. It has a five way selector switch, and when you include that with tone and volume controls and the phase switch the possibilites just go on.. So id say yeah they are great.. but not necessarily for everyone.. try it is the best advice..
Vega1 Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 Just bought a Les Paul Studio Deluxe 50s yesterday with the coil taps, and it's awesome. It definitely adds alot of versatility, for example having the toggle in the middle (both p/u) and then putting the neck pickup in single coil is a sound I have turned out to be quite fond of so far. I would recommend checking it out when your shopping.
Dg77 Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 My peronsal opinion is that coil taps are moreso made for gigging musicians looking for versatility so as. It to change guitars frequently. I have a trad without coil taps and I haven't once missed them. But I'm a hobbyist not a musician.
glp2012 Posted February 21, 2012 Posted February 21, 2012 I, too, have the 50's Deluxe with the split coils. I was goofing with GarageBand the other night and afterwards my neighbor came over and asked: "What kind of guitars are you using?" Only one. Really, the plethora of options are amazing!
Lazerface Posted February 21, 2012 Posted February 21, 2012 I upgraded my epi lp custom with gibson lp trad plus electronics which has split coils, sounds enough like a tele to pass until i get my real tele
Nightspore68 Posted February 21, 2012 Posted February 21, 2012 I was skeptical about the coil splitters on my custom pro, but they're actually very cool and very useful. I could live without them, but I'm glad I have them. Occasionally I want that clean stratocaster-like clear-as-a-bell tone and the coil splitters really fit the bill. Of course if you don't like single-coil tone, don't get coil splitters.
Malchik Posted February 21, 2012 Posted February 21, 2012 I'm an anti-hum kind of guy, so I use push pulls for series/parallel. It's especially useful if you have a really hot bridge pickup and you want to cut it's output by half. If you want to get fancy, I suggest setting up all the controls as push pulls and experiment with phase-reversal and series wiring.
Details52 Posted February 21, 2012 Posted February 21, 2012 I play the Gibson LP trad pro with coil taps. I play alot of country style as well as rock. I find that switching to single coil gives a nice bright acoustic sound. This keeps me from having to switch guitars between harder tunes and the traditional tunes. It also gives so many different sounds. My only problem is that I often forget which combination gives me the different sounds that I like.
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