EthanBrackett Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 So, I think I've seen this before but i cannot seem to find it. can the 496R/500T be coil split/tapped and could it be wired in series and parallel to achieve full craziness like Page's guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mako shark Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Yeah, these ceramic p'up's have 4 conductors so with push/pull pots you can do a Jimmy Page. Search the web for the schematics - Seymour Duncan have easy to understand diagrams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kennis Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 I'd be willing to bet one of my Vs your 2006 Gibson stock pickups only have one conductor + braided wire. to do Jimmy Page wiring, or pretty much anything else, you'll need 4 + ground. Although it is ofc possible to modify the pickup to be 4 conductor, messing with the coil wire is a bad idea even if you know what you're doing. And modern Gibson stock pickups really aren't worth the effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btoth76 Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Hello! Kennis is absolutely right! Modding a 2-wire PU is like brain surgery - one wrong move and You've ruined the pickup. Please refer to this: http://home.earthlink.net/~tfntech/id56.html. I've ordered from Tom Nerkowski. He is a great guy. He did the custom wiring for my FSR Tele. We even discussed the possibility of coil-tapping the 2-wire P-90s of my Tribute. As He said, He could do it, although it's a risky job. Feel free to contact Him, if You still insist modding Your instrument with the stock pickups. Cheers... Bence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riffster Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Frankly it is probably not worth it to split such hot pickups. I may be mistaken but pickups on the PAF gsin range sound best split. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kennis Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Frankly it is probably not worth it to split such hot pickups. I may be mistaken but pickups on the PAF gsin range sound best split. on a contrary, I find low output pickups to often feel a bit anemic when split, as they end up with 4kOhms or less output, while high output pickups still have quite a bit left when effectively halved. I've got coil split on my '81 Dirtyfingers, which is basically the 500Ts older brother with a checkered past, and it sounds great! If you're going for a vintage sound and need 4 conductor I strongly recommend "The Mule" by Bare Knuckle. I have never heard any pickups as awesome as the pair I have. In Vs, Pauls, and Semi-hollows, they're amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riffster Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 It may be a question of taste, I have a GFS '59 humbucker that sounds great split on the other hand I have a Duncan Distortion that I just bought that clocks at 17.3Kohms and can be split but it does not sound like a single coil from a Fender guitar if you will, it is too hot, too much noise comes in when split because of the high gain, maybe I have to play it through a lower gain amp, but that is my impression. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Farnsbarns Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 I don't want to teach my grandma to suck eggs but you do realise that a coil tap us a completely different thing to a coil split. Only in your op you mention both. Could tapping requires a secondary output from part way round the coil and I believe that means a rewind. I would assume that is a lot more expensive and a completely different sound, effecting making one, or both, of the coils much cooler. Sorry if you're aware, just thought it was worth mentioning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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