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Thanks for all the input on coil tapping... although a bit more than i
expected, none the less good info, i think that this might be a better
alternative to getting new pick ups.
>From: "Brian Neal" <>
>Reply-To:
>To: <>
>Subject: RE: [SurfGuitar101] Re: coil tapping
>Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 11:57:27 -0500
>
> > "Coil Tap - traditionally a way of dividing the coils of a humbucker
> > to produce a single coil sound, however, coil tapping can be true coil
> > tapping whereby the windings of a coil are interrupted during winding
> > and a lead attached before the windings are then finished thus in
> > effect on one bobbin you would have two coils, one wound on top of the
> > other. These two coils will not be humbucking as they will be be in
> > the same magnetic field. Coil tapping can also be used for making
> > pickups out of phase, and for series/ parallel switching."
>
>I bought a humbucker with 4 leads instead of 2. When I flip a switch (or
>pull up on my push/pull volume pot), I send one of the coils to ground. And
>voila, the humbucker (2 coils) now becomes a single coil. When the switch
>is
>closed, you have your standard 2 coil humbucker. That, to me, is coil
>tapping.
>
>I realize that you can tap the pickup at arbitary points, but when you see
>a
>guitar advertised as having a coil tap, they are most likely talking about
>turning a humbucker into a single coil with some kind of switch.
>
>BN
>
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