Coil Splitting vs Coil Tapping - SSL-5

Tapping a single coil pickup will not get rid of the hum. It will only change the output characteristics of the pickup. It will make a Strat much more versatile, but still keep it sounding like a Strat.

Recording details:
Warmoth Strat: alder body with a Wilkinson trem.SSL-5 bridge pickup (GFS middle and neck).
Marshall JCM900
Shure SM57 mic.

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Music

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• Coil
• Splitting
• vs
• Tapping
• Seymour
• Duncan
• SSL-5
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[flyingmonkeysquad]

I have a H-S-S strat. I already have a push pull volume pot to spit the humbucker. is it possible to have a coild spit and coil tap "blend" as well?

[OsainteveO]

@flyingmonkeysquad

It is possible to add a tap-blend knob in conjunction with a coil split. The only problem is that the pickup most likely doesn't have the 'tap' wire. This has to be done at the manufacturing stage.

[jthmguitarist]

I guess you could describe the tapped coil as "bright"... I would just say it sounds thin, lifeless and too trebly. It sounds like if you turned the volume knob down on the guitar, but also the bass on the amp. Thanks for the video though, now I know what NOT to do to my guitar LOL

[OsainteveO]

@jthmguitarist

It sounds more like a standard strat bridge pickup. I actually dislike the settings at either extreme, and I usually run the blend knob somewhere in the middle. To me, the full power setting sound lifeless also.

[PANICBLADE]

did gilmour use it tapped?

[OsainteveO]

@PANICBLADE

It's just a guess, but I don't think his was tapped. He tended to use the other pickups most of the time, and just use the bridge pickup for leads.

That's just my opinion.

[kammhron]

FYI.... I never get tired of listening to your voice. I always learn something. Thanx.

[DylanFanification]

Thank you so so much! This was so helpful! I wonder if you can order a gibson 57 classic or classic + that way?

[Zoso7227]

awesome thanks!

[gorfjorf2112112]

Thanks! Great video. Answered all my questions.