line6man
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Steve St.Laurent said:Mine don't have 3 singles - they are both singles in the neck and mid and a humbucker in the bridge. The variable coil split is on the bridge and works as shown on this site: http://www.smitspickups.com/coiltapping.htm - scroll about 2/3rds of the way down the page. One of mine has just a variable coil split - the other has a dual variable coil split on a push/pull pot.
I'm probably starting to sound like a grumpy old man, but there is some improper nomenclature in that link, too. :blob7:
The author uses the terms interchangeably, but coil splitting is not the same thing as coil tapping.
A series wired humbucker is essentially the same as a tapped single coil for what is being described there, but there is a difference. Splitting is switching a humbucker into single coil mode, tapping is selectively overwinding or underwinding a coil by winding a tap into the coil.