Members burton4snow Posted September 29, 2015 Members Share Posted September 29, 2015 want to do this to one of my guitars were the neck pickup is proprietary and sucks ass. i need good direction because i am new at this . thanks the switch in question the switch in question Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members onelife Posted September 29, 2015 Members Share Posted September 29, 2015 If I understand you correctly (do you want to use only one pickup in your guitar?) then the short answer is yes. The switch is question is actually two single pole single throw switches so if you are not using it to select pickups then you can do some other simple things with it. The easiest way to set it up would be to put one switch across one of the coils so that when it is engaged it takes that coil out of the circuit leaving the other one active as a single coil pickup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WRGKMC Posted September 29, 2015 Members Share Posted September 29, 2015 Knowing what kind of guitar you have would be a big help to giving you advise. If we don't know what kind of control cavity you have its impossible to properly advise you. If your guitar doesn't already have an LP style route or deep enough route under a pick guard, that's not going to be the switch you want to use. If this is a two pickup guitar you can easily use a simple mini toggle and use it for coil splitting one pickup in one direction and another in the other direction. You also have loads of other options like Push/Pull or Push/Push switches which may be better suited to your guitar. One thing for sure. If the pickup sucks as you say, switching options isn't going to fix it. Splitting also requires a three or 4 wire pickup and strong enough winds to work. Some Pickups can sound great split and others horrible. Knowing what kind of pickup this is along with the guitar type would help so we don't have to throw up every option possible and hope one sticks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members papaschtroumpf Posted September 29, 2015 Members Share Posted September 29, 2015 The way I read the original post is you want to turn a 2 pickup guitar into a single pickup guitar that is splittable using the existing switch (which currently switches between pickups/both)? The answer is yes, although I can't take the time to write up an explanation of how to do it at the moment. Late for a meeting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted September 29, 2015 Members Share Posted September 29, 2015 Is the guitar in question the Duesenberg in your sig? If so, it looks like a humbucker size P90. I'm sure you could probably swap it out for something you'd like better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gardo Posted September 29, 2015 Members Share Posted September 29, 2015 Is the guitar in question the Duesenberg in your sig? If so' date=' it looks like a humbucker size P90. I'm sure you could probably swap it out for something you'd like better.[/quote'] Who is going to coil tap a P90? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted September 30, 2015 Members Share Posted September 30, 2015 Who is going to coil tap a P90? The OP said: want to do this to one of my guitars were the neck pickup is proprietary and sucks ass. . . . His sig lists the following gear: Duesenberg Starplayer TV Outlaw Fender Toronado w/Burstbucker Pros Fender Highway One Telecaster w/SCs Burstbuckers aren't proprietary to Fender and I presume he wouldn't be talking about splitting the coils on a Tele with SCs. That leaves either the Duesenberg, which has a humbucker in the bridge position that can be split and a P90 in the neck that can't, or some mystery guitar that's not listed in his sig. If the guitar in question is the Deusenberg, then the OP is talking about splitting the bridge humbucker and the sucky proprietary neck pickup is the P90, which looks to be humbucker sized so it should be possible to install a humbucker in its place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gardo Posted September 30, 2015 Members Share Posted September 30, 2015 The OP said: His sig lists the following gear: Duesenberg Starplayer TV Outlaw Fender Toronado w/Burstbucker Pros Fender Highway One Telecaster w/SCs Burstbuckers aren't proprietary to Fender and I presume he wouldn't be talking about splitting the coils on a Tele with SCs. That leaves either the Duesenberg, which has a humbucker in the bridge position that can be split and a P90 in the neck that can't, or some mystery guitar that's not listed in his sig. If the guitar in question is the Deusenberg, then the OP is talking about splitting the bridge humbucker and the sucky proprietary neck pickup is the P90, which looks to be humbucker sized so it should be possible to install a humbucker in its place. It looks like there are a few mysries with this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gardo Posted September 30, 2015 Members Share Posted September 30, 2015 Apparently the mystery guiar is a Mustang Can you make a Mustang Switch Into a Split Coil switch? 09-28-2015, 02:56 PM I just run one Dimarzio in the bridge and have the neck disconnected. Can I use one of the switches to split coil the Dimarzio rail? If so please show me a diagram of how to do it. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted September 30, 2015 Members Share Posted September 30, 2015 It looks like there are a few mysries with this one Apparently the mystery guiar is a Mustang . . . Okay, that makes a lot more sense. AFAIK, the DiMarzio is a four wire pickup and the appropriate diagram can be found here: http://www.dimarzio.com/support/wiring-diagrams#1-3-2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members billybilly Posted September 30, 2015 Members Share Posted September 30, 2015 I did a two humbucker middle position split with this 3-Way 4-Pole On/On/On Toggle Switch http://www.guitarelectronics.com/product/SWT36-17/3-Way-4-Pole-Guitar-Toggle-Switch-Chrome.html Using this diagram http://www.dimarzio.com/sites/default/files/diagrams/2h1v1t_1dpdt1111or3wtelsplit.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members onelife Posted September 30, 2015 Members Share Posted September 30, 2015 The stock switch on a Mustang is centre off. You could set it up so in the middle position there is no effect on the pickup - it's a full humbucker. Wire the switch to conect the two wires of one coil together in one direction and the two wires of the other coil together in the other direction. This will effectively allow you to select which of the coils you want to be active when you "split coil" the pickup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted September 30, 2015 Members Share Posted September 30, 2015 What's wrong with as if it's two pickups like a standard Gibson? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members burton4snow Posted September 30, 2015 Author Members Share Posted September 30, 2015 It is a Squier Carbonita with afiltertron type pickup that sucks. I already split the bridge with the switch sounds cool. It is a GFS Lil Puncher. For all you GFS HATERS. It kicks ass. Better than my Dimarzio Hot Area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members billybilly Posted September 30, 2015 Members Share Posted September 30, 2015 It is a Squier Carbonita with afiltertron type pickup that sucks. I already split the bridge with the switch sounds cool. It is a GFS Lil Puncher. For all you GFS HATERS. It kicks ass. Better than my Dimarzio Hot Area. Clearly GFS is better than Dimarzio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WRGKMC Posted September 30, 2015 Members Share Posted September 30, 2015 It is a Squier Carbonita with afiltertron type pickup that sucks. I already split the bridge with the switch sounds cool. It is a GFS Lil Puncher. For all you GFS HATERS. It kicks ass. Better than my Dimarzio Hot Area. You say the pickup sucks then you say its kick ass? Sounds a bit contradictory but whatever. Anyway, Artec makes the pickups for GFS and I Have many of them. Their quality is mediocre at best. I do have of the ones you have in a Plexiglas Flying V so I'm very familiar with the pickup. I'd think the guitars stock pickup would sound better but everyone has their own opinions about what sound good. They are wound a bit hot and hurt on the top end a bit for my liking. In my case I used the third tone pot on the V to split the pickups. If I turned the knob in one direction It would split the bridge, turned the other way it split the Neck. It adds a little flavor to the sound but I'll likely swap those pickups at some later date. Your cavity looks like this? As far as fitting that switch in there you may have enough space. It uses a Tele route and there's not allot of room. The thing is when you drill that hole you're going to depreciate that instrument. I'd suggest using something that doesn't require additional drilling. Push push pots are a very cool way of switching. Just bought a pair of these for a Mod I'm doing. You can push the knob down like a Bic Pen to switch settings. (I like these better then push pull because pulling up on a knob playing is tough when you're holding a pick. Another options could be a small rotary Or a Freeway switch that has more then three positions. None of these would require any drilling and are completely reversible if you ever plan on selling the guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members burton4snow Posted September 30, 2015 Author Members Share Posted September 30, 2015 Clearly GFS is better than Dimarzio. Sorry this is all my opinion. Alot has to do with setup guitar whatnot, but to my ears it sounds better than my Dimarzio Area Hot T. I just get tired of people calling GFS crap when so many people have so many good things to say about them. I have to say my self that there was a few that I didn't like but I have had a few Gibsons, Dimarzios, Lollars, and Duncans I did not like and that sucked after the money I pumped into them especially the Lollars. I really think they have to jell with your setup. Was not trying to start something I was just happy it sounded so good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted September 30, 2015 Members Share Posted September 30, 2015 You say the pickup sucks then you say its kick ass? Sounds a bit contradictory but whatever. . . . The pickup that sucks is the stock Fideli’Tron in the neck position. The pickup that kicks ass is the GFS Lil Puncher in the bridge position. Not that hard to understand if you're reading carefully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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