Coil Splitting an Ibanez s570DXQM

WEAR HEADPHONES! Video Diary and audio samples of coil splitting on an Ibanez guitar with stock pickups, a great way to make yourself an idea on how is going to sound after the mod is performed.
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link to the Ibanez forum entry:
forum.ibanez.com/yaf_postst588...
Diagram for the stock wiring:
www.reproguitarparts.com/Docu...

[@ElijahRock92]

Yes. This is exactly the guitar mod I want to do one day. Thanks for this. You just saved me hundreds of hours on research.

[@redfurydubstep]

I was thinking about doing this to one of these guitars, but I couldn’t tell if the guitar was even deep enough to add a push/push pot to it…thank you for proving it’s possible!

[@rckstar74]

Really appreciate the video. It's great to have so much versatility in one guitar.

[@juliancarreno101]

rckstar74 indeed, i can play basically any genre with this guitar at the touch of a button, paired up with a good effects processor and i can carry my gear easily anywhere.

[@lpedanny]

This is so cool! Well done. Sounds great! Guitar is a beauty too

[@Monty4G63]

This is exactly the information I needed for my AZ47P1QM! Thank you!

[@blainethemono19]

Thank you your coil tapping versus coil splitting video is by far the best on KZbin. I think that the coil tapping sounds a lot brighter especially on your guitar it really brings out the high notes and clarity. Thanks so much for the video this is very helpful for the work that I'm about to have done on my guitar.

[@juliancarreno101]

blainethemono19 I’m glad it works for you, that was the whole point, now you can work your guitar having a clear reference of what the result will be, have a great day.

[@xxHeavyTxx]

If it sounds brighter than humbucking, its Coil Split. Coil Tap sounds like a Humbucker with very Löw Output

[@javisowo]

Un muy buen video, sin relleno y directo al punto, te llevas mi like!🤙

[@McLOVIN.....]

Excelente demo!

[@Spider._.dust_music]

Very cool! Going to try this out

[@manasbhatt007]

GREAT IDEA! though do a half hummbucker produces a sound as good as that of a single coil is the question here coz i can't hear that thwang .. ..? Moreover, if it can, then this would be best damn thing with all passive combinations in place in just one guitar.

[@juliancarreno101]

Manas Bhatt that’s why I made the video, the effect is subtle, the “twAng” you talk about is caused by more than the pickup alone, but now you’ve heard and you can decide if it’s worth it.

[@manasbhatt007]

@@juliancarreno101 yeah man great video. I appreciate that... (y)

[@tipston3366]

Excellent resource, thank you!

[@jovanradojkovic5167]

Great video bro, also great work you done there. Love the versatility of that mod. Enjoy your guitar now 👍🤘

[@juliancarreno101]

Thanks! If you’re a poor musician with just one or two guitars it’s great to have versatility; funk to metal, to jazz to pop, at the flick of a switch…

[@joeystratman]

Thanks for the info. The mod definitely made the humbucker versatile, as you can switch from humbucker to single coil. In my speakers, i can hear a low level hum when you switch it to single coil, (normal for a single coil). A small price to pay, just put some noise gate. Cheers!

[@INeedsMoneys]

But I thought coil tapping would keep the noiseless feature of a humbucker? 🤔

[@MarcusFHurt]

GREAT!! Now I have to go listen to Change of Seasons now.... :( lol anyway, I came for the guitar, stayed for the coil-split mod project. Sounds very nice with the mod. Great video!

[@Cestariarts]

Incredible!

[@SaintGabriel111]

Very interesting! Thank you!..

[@mossonax]

Very nice! thanks!

[@ElCanalDeEzequielMartinez]

muy buen video, justamente estoy por hacer lo mismo!

[@juliancarreno101]

Gracias!

[@Alkatross]

You may want to test it, it sounds like the inner coil on the neck pickup, not the outer as pictured

[@XxStonedImmaculatexX]

Coil Taps are a genius invention!!!

[@simaarr]

Split*

[@wilsard]

my favorite mod for the h-s-h is to give up the tone knob, and use it for a variable coil split for the 2 humbuckers. using the middle wire that connects the humbuckers 2 coils coils together, solder 1 to 1 outside log on the "former" tone control, put a ground in the middle, and the center of the other humbucker to the other lug. this way, the "former" tone control acts as a volume for 1 coil of each humbucker, depending on what you have selected with the 5 way switch. much more tone variation can be had this way.

[@juliancarreno101]

wilsard not only much more, the variation is progressive, not fixed, whoa, thank you for the idea!

[@olxs__]

hey i know this is a long shot, but i would love to do this to my Ibanez guitar, can you please maybe explain how to do it?

[@LimewaterMusic]

I love this idea but for anyone with the guitar in the vid, I don’t think this is possible in S series type Ibanez guitars, the push/pull only fits in the volume slot because the guitar is too thin. Would love to be proven wrong tho so I can give this a shot lol

[@Andrew-su9rk]

Thank you

[@Jouke-Janhottenga]

Interesting. Normally in the 2nd and 4th positions the humbucker coils are split in combination with the middle pickup. Which means the middle pickup runs in parallel with the either the bridge or the neck coil split. Did you remove these splits to have the humbucker on full in positions 2 and 4, in order to split them with the push push pot?

[@juliancarreno101]

No, the split kills one coil (inner coil in my setup) the positions remain the same but without humbuckers, lately I sacrificed my tone knob to add a 4 way switch to be able to include more configurations like full both Humbuckers simultaneously.

[@MrMetalclay]

It sounds great! I've been going through different schematics to find the one that you have used. So you didn't take the pickups apart or change their orientation? If you didn't, my next question is; is it the outside coil of the humbucker running when the split is engaged as in the diagram of pickup selection? I'm trying to figure this out with the three wires and I've only been able to run the inside coils independently. I've been testing by touching the poles with a screwdriver periodically to see which pickups are engaged.

[@juliancarreno101]

No, didn’t take the pickups apart or changed their orientation, Yes, the outside coil is engaged when the coil tap is engaged.

[@MrMetalclay]

@@juliancarreno101 got it! I was using the red to ground instead of the other pickup wire! Thanks for your quick response!

[@juliancarreno101]

MrMetalclay I’m glad! Now enjoy it, do remember that you can change the orientation of the pickup magnet to get phase or out-of phase sound.

[@rdb9936]

Great video! Just noticed you have a push-push pot. Do you prefer these to push-pull and do you find they get in the way at all? Thanks

[@juliancarreno101]

Richard Bartlett yes, by accident I only could get a push-push, later i found the push-pull, but I was hooked, if you think about it, you just need one quick slap to change a push-push, as with the push-pull, you need to actually grab it and pull, when you measure the time, you spend almost as double the time as in with the push-push, but hey, get them and try them both and judge for yourself! Cheers!

[@SeverinoSE]

When in single coil mode, are they really true single coils? Because I don't hear the typical hum.

[@juliancarreno101]

Spirituality1980 There is hum, they become true single coils, is just that the format of the audio doesnt really show, also this pickups are quite good and my shielding is very good.

[@walterneto9066]

Hi! Thank you for the video! I´m trying to see the ibanez forum entry for weeks and I´ve still not suceeded. Do you know where I can find explanation on how to mod like you did?

[@juliancarreno101]

Walter Neto Hi, I just checked and indeed the link seems to be down, I don’t know where to find it but if you provide the mode of your guitar and what kind of pickups it has we might be able to find the resource with the instructions on how to do it.

[@drewerz01]

A very useful video, thank you. I thought Ibanez produced models with a coil tap feature?

[@INeedsMoneys]

Higher end models I believe

[@stephenramoran2001]

Hi ! Im new at modifying guitars. Im modifying my guitar from SSH to HSH pick ups and i was looking for any wiring diagrams for HSH and i saw your video. My question is it okay if i dont use a push/pull pots? And do you have any links for the diagram on that. Thank you so much.

[@juliancarreno101]

Sure, using pull push pots will allow you more sounds with the pickups and a 5 way guitar switch, the diagrams depend very much on the brand and type of pickups you will use, I don’t have diagrams at hand, try google, the Seymour Duncan website has a lot of them.

[@stephenramoran2001]

@@juliancarreno101 okay thank you! I'll try to look for it. Thanks for the information :)

[@juliancarreno101]

Stephen Ramoran try their wiring diagram database, www.seymourduncan.com/resources/pickup/wiring-diagrams

[@billythekid2281]

How does it sound into a tube screamer?

[@franco-iy5co]

is that coil tapping or coil splitting? im asking because i have a guitar that comes with the coil tapping feature... but ive heard coil splitting is better, in my opinion this is a perfect example of what those should do, pls tell me

[@juliancarreno101]

f r a n c o I’m not an expert, so better read this article www.haloguitars.com/store/coil-split-vs-coil-tap-whats-the-difference

[@nadirtasrienadire7675]

That's a pity you don't know because there is a huge difference between coil splitting and taping. I think you did coil taping because for splitting you need a 4-wires humbucker. Coil split is the best

[@INeedsMoneys]

@@nadirtasrienadire7675then how do you explain the single coil hum that is being introduced? Im pretty sure he did a split in this video. Otherwise there wouldn’t be hum

[@bagziseyler]

please share a diagram!

[@nasiasteel9105]

I did it to my 570 it is worth the money

[@kangandres]

wiring diagram?

[@ivangomez8584]

Awesome work dude, can you provide a wiring diagram of your guitar with the mods?, I want to do this with my Ibanez RG270

[@juliancarreno101]

sorry, no diagram at hand, will have to make one, basically just follow the link on the description to do the mod, when pulled the volume button will ground two points on the pickups, hence making them single coil.

[@ivangomez8584]

Thanks for your answer, It is a bit difficult to me to understand the link that you provide, I don't speak english at all, I use google translate haha, so if you can do a diagram and take a photo it will be appreciated hahaha, thanks dude

[@juliancarreno101]

Luis Angel Ayon hablo español tambien, puedo guiarte, pero el diagrama ya existe, y en el video están las instrucciones, si no entiendes porque no tienes experiencia con electrónica, soldar y conectar, te aconsejo que lleves tu guitarra a un luthier o corres el riesgo de dañarla.

[@AbhiBass96]

Could you have all of them switched on? That would amplify the sound right?

[@juliancarreno101]

Disney Jazzcore That’s true, the power of each pickup adds up when combined, doesn’t work on my combination though, but a slight change in the wiring would allow an “all-ON” position.

[@AbhiBass96]

That would be awesome. Thank you for the reply, Julian. Good video.

[@D-8-Tone2]

Does a normal push/pull fits in this body? i want the same mod for my jivavr....

[@juliancarreno101]

Yes, it fits fine.

[@parisdorthen4209]

hi i'm interest to wiring my guitar like you can you re upload the wiring diagram? because the link already expired

[@juliancarreno101]

www.musiker-board.de/attachments/verschaltung-gif.52634/

[@altanpinar4074]

great job. i tried to do it with my rg370ahmz but sound got weaked. whats your wiring diagram? can you share it?

[@juliancarreno101]

When the pickups are out of phase that happens, diagram here: www.musiker-board.de/attachments/verschaltung-gif.52634/

[@altanpinar4074]

@@juliancarreno101 thank you but is it standart wiring? i need your push pull coil split wiring

[@juliancarreno101]

You need to read the description and check the forum entry, I don’t have schematics, basically you ground with the push pot the two wires from the humbuckers to get the split.

[@altanpinar4074]

@@juliancarreno101 i have some questions for you can you follow me on instagram? @altanzzone

[@chethankadoor3547]

Hey! Do you have a link to the website you got this information from? I think the mod is definitely worthwhile, because it does give a crisper tone that is not possible from a humbucker. Great video and a very nice clean tone. :)

[@juliancarreno101]

hi Chetan! great skill in your video! sorry for not adding the link before, I´ve added it to the description and here you have it! forum.ibanez.com/yaf_postst58897_coil-splitting-my-s470dxqm.aspx Have fun!

[@chethankadoor3547]

julian carreño Thank you so much! KZbin needs more people like you. Cheers! :)

[@juliancarreno101]

well, one by one! thank you!

[@adityasethi1201]

hey man.. ! well done ! from where i can get push push DPDT switch ??

[@juliancarreno101]

Aditya Sethi I don’t know where you’re located but in some places is not easy to come by, tell me where you live and I will help you find the closest source, cheers!

[@joeliantoro]

Great sound, would be possible please to send me the wiring diagrams please

[@juliancarreno101]

Rakhdiat Yuliantoro check the comments, go to them first link and see the forum entry with instructions, the link with the stock diagram is here photobucket.com/albums/b331/SP2333/S470.gif but you need to read the forum entry for instructions about what cable to connect to what terminal on the five position switch. Cheers.

[@wicasawakan3]

@@juliancarreno101 Thanks for your video! Just to say that this link is dead... ;)

[@fernandolucas4596]

Hey bro with the pickup of the bridge you can play metal? Put backward the pickup dont affect the tone?

[@juliancarreno101]

The stock Ibanez INF pickups are very versatile; they are very hot and not too muddy, so yes, you can play metal, I did have the pickup turned around, but it makes little difference on the sound, the orientation of the pickup is defined by the orientation of the magnet inside, switching the magnet has a more radical effect. Me switching the pickup was precisely an experiment on noticing differences, but I found out it makes little difference in the final sound.

[@fernandolucas4596]

@@juliancarreno101 i got the rg 350 with infinity, thanks bro i will try

[@davidm3569]

Bridge single, to me sounds thin, metallic. More mellow in humbucker mode. The single, neck more acoustic sounding. Nice. 👍

[@juliancarreno101]

If I switch the magnet polarity on a given hum-bucker, I get more combinations, like Brian May’s Red special setup, but some sound way too thin for me so I stopped at this amount of combinations, it suits my playing styles, thanks!

[@ZockerBruderschaft]

Song name in the background? I'm sure i heard it before but i don't know the name

[@juliancarreno101]

“A change of seasons” - dream theater

[@INeedsMoneys]

I was just about to ask, thanks bro

[@ekalamergosum1]

Wiring diagram please

[@Anshul1614]

I got a newbie question, after I did this mod I found out both north coils were split, which is not the middle position tone i was going for. I wanted both outer coils. How do i go about doing it? I did it on the volume put with alligator wires and I just connected the one I wanted to change, to the hot of the volume. I just don't understand how to do the same on the tone pot.

[@juliancarreno101]

I’m not getting how you connected the pickups, are they 4 wire pickups? If so, remember the order of the color wires changes if you kill the outer or inner coil, I guess you’re trying to connect it like this? www.seymourduncan.com/images/wiring-diagrams/2H_3B_1VppSPLn_1TppSPLb.jpg use their wiring setup to get a clear idea www.seymourduncan.com/resources/pickup/wiring-diagrams this general one forum.seymourduncan.com/filedata/fetch?id=5830431&d=1595620085 shows you what the circuit is doing, depending on the two colors you “ground” when activating the switch you kill either the Inner or outer coil.

[@Anshul1614]

@@juliancarreno101 I wired both humbuckers to a Tone push pull pot. The middle position though has both North coils when split. I want one of them to be South coils. That's where I'm getting stuck at.

[@Anshul1614]

@@juliancarreno101 guitarelectronics.com/2-humbuckers-3-way-toggle-switch-1-volume-1-tone-coil-tap/ This is the diagram I used.

[@juliancarreno101]

Seems you have the wrong colors going to ground, follow this diagram which is easier to follow since it uses colors to let you know which coil is getting killed forum.seymourduncan.com/filedata/fetch?id=5830431&d=1595620085

[@Anshul1614]

@@juliancarreno101 does this also work the same on a tone pot?

[@michaelgaraphoto]

great idea! Link seems to be down? Do you have that schematic anywhere else? :)

[@juliancarreno101]

Michael Gara which one? The link is for the Ibanez forum discussion, but the schematic for the Ibanez pup connection is on the video itself.

[@PumpkinSeed17]

Was able to get it from The Way Back Machine :) web.archive.org/web/20160504052847/forum.ibanez.com/yaf_postst58897_coil-splitting-my-s470dxqm.aspx

[@hetfieldofjames5261]

How do you know what side of the humbucker is turing off

[@juliancarreno101]

Each cable controls one side, the one you ground turns off, if you touch the pickup poles with a metallic object the side that’s turned off won’t sound.

[@patrik_fekete]

Hi! After you done with the soldering, are you flip the two humbuckers?

[@juliancarreno101]

I can’t understand the question. you don’t need to flip them, if you’re talking about my backwards pickup, that was a mistake.

[@patrik_fekete]

@@juliancarreno101 Yes, I mean the backward pickups. Ok thanks!

[@INeedsMoneys]

@@juliancarreno101lol i don’t understand him either 😂😢

[@ricardorosaslopez2899]

Disculpa, tendrás el diagrama de conexión?

[@juliancarreno101]

No, usa el de stock, y lleva a tierra la pastilla que quieras a tierra, a mano, con switch, tu decide, pero eso es todo lo que tienes que hacer.

[@xypher2]

Is your neck pickup upside down due to the requirements of your mod?

[@juliancarreno101]

Is unrelated, I was testing something on that pickup.

[@faridridhwan6233]

great video.... hi bro... can u share any diagram..????? because same model guitar.... please sir....

[@juliancarreno101]

www.reproguitarparts.com/Documents/rt650%20diagram.jpg just send to ground the white or red you want to disconnect when on split.

[@faridridhwan6233]

@@juliancarreno101 sir pull or push at tone... u mod at volume.... so how..????

[@juliancarreno101]

@@faridridhwan6233 tone of course, you need your volume. Take a wire, connect it to ground, and the other side connect It to white or red from the humbucker you want to split, that’s what you will do with the switch.

[@faridridhwan6233]

@@juliancarreno101 sorry sir.. im understood... diagram u sent to me,push pull at tone pot.. in your video push pull at volume pot... very different... can you explain..???

[@faridridhwan6233]

hi sir please rply me

[@leonardodarioromero]

Hi, Good video Thanks !!! DO yo have de circuit electronic?

[@juliancarreno101]

photobucket.com/albums/b331/SP2333/S470.gif

[@leonardodarioromero]

@@juliancarreno101 the push pull si not there ☹️

[@juliancarreno101]

Try this www.reproguitarparts.com/Documents/rt650%20diagram.jpg

[@leonardodarioromero]

@@juliancarreno101 No found. It`s no problem. Thaks my friend !!!

[@juliancarreno101]

Oh man... sorry. Here the image drive.google.com/file/d/1DNytx3oSmwpp10Uc69rGp52EsDP79TcQ/view?usp=drivesdk

[@asmadwasram2853]

Hi, what pushpull brand you use? Thanks

[@juliancarreno101]

Asmad Wasram not a particular brand, I bought the one I found.

[@asmadwasram2853]

julian carreño I don't found this push-push pot in my country

[@juliancarreno101]

Asmad Wasram where are you from ? I’ll try to find it.

[@asmadwasram2853]

julian carreño hi, thanks for your offer, I have found it in my local online marketplace about IDR110.000 more expensive than brand Alpha about IDR35.000

[@huginstarkstrom]

you mean coil Splitting, not tapping, Right? Coil tapping is using half the windings from a single coil - less Output more clarity. Coil Splitting is using one of the two Coils on a HB.

[@juliancarreno101]

You are very right, and I have corrected the title, thank you!.

[@eddiem4868]

What switch did you use?

[@juliancarreno101]

A 500k, push push pot, nothing fancy really…

[@poison4822]

Make one for distortion

[@juliancarreno101]

Poison will keep it in mind!

[@godzilla964]

Single coil sounds like an acoustic guitar.

[@xxHeavyTxx]

Coil Tap is NOT Coil Split. Coil Tap still sounds like a (weak)Humbucker. Coil Split sounds like a Single Coil...

[@juliancarreno101]

Thanks, you’re late like 4 years with the comment, but thanks for your input! 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@INeedsMoneys]

@@juliancarreno101😂😂😂

[@SydneyDrums]

That’s coil splitting .. NOT coil tapping. They are two very different things

[@juliancarreno101]

Sydney Drums thank, somebody called attention about it and it was corrected on the title and search parameters, the video will stay the same, thanks anyway!