2018 SE Santana.
4 wire + bare.
Simple push pull coil tap.
The coil tap works, ish.
The sound is very thin and weak.
I have read lots about people putting resistors et al. in the mix somehow, but I’ve clearly muffed it up.
Bonus round: I’m getting lead (adjustable) coil ON at the neck, and lead coil ON at the bridge.
I want slug coil ON at the bridge.
I’ve tried swapping wires around to no real avail - it is doable, right?
What am I doing wrong?
How do I tell which coil is which from sticking a multimeter to the wires?
Coil tap/split: what am I doing wrong?
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Coil tap/split: what am I doing wrong?
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Re: Coil tap/split: what am I doing wrong?
black + bare to ground
red to output
green + white together and connected to the coil tap switch (which switches to ground)
assuming these are PRS pups and have not been replaced.
red to output
green + white together and connected to the coil tap switch (which switches to ground)
assuming these are PRS pups and have not been replaced.
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Re: Coil tap/split: what am I doing wrong?
G&b pickups yeah. That’s how I’ve wired it.
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Re: Coil tap/split: what am I doing wrong?
swap the black and red to get the other coil live. You will have a phase issue in the middle position then though unless you turn a magnet around in one pickup.
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Re: Coil tap/split: what am I doing wrong?
ok found this... looks like the wires are different on the neck & bridge pickups, so swap the red and black on the bridge and you should be good to go.
Neck G&B
Red = Hot
Green/White = Series
Black/Bare Shield = Ground
Bridge G&B
Black = Hot
Green/White = Series
Red/Bare Shield= Ground
Neck G&B
Red = Hot
Green/White = Series
Black/Bare Shield = Ground
Bridge G&B
Black = Hot
Green/White = Series
Red/Bare Shield= Ground
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Re: Coil tap/split: what am I doing wrong?
My man!!
Will update once I’ve given it a hoon
Will update once I’ve given it a hoon
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Re: Coil tap/split: what am I doing wrong?
You absolute ripper.sizzlingbadger wrote:swap the red and black on the bridge and you should be good to go.
Job jobbed.
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