Secret PRS Coil-Split Mod | Guitar Tech Tips | Ep. 67 | Thomann

[@mvyper]

You can also put a potentiometer in between the coil and the ground so you can choose the amount of signal you're actually putting to ground.

[@FerSpada]

NICE ONE

[@cafesociety8525]

Perfect use for a trim pot, can mount it in the cavity

[@Manuel-Burnett]

I'm interested in doing a trim pot in a tele for the neck humbucker. Any idea where I can find a wiring diagram for that?@@cafesociety8525

[@middle_pickup]

A friend of mine did this in his Les Pual custom. Four push pull pots in total with the volume pots operating as switches for the coil splits, and the tone pots acting as the variable resistors when in the pulled position. It created some amazing sounds. Great for chimey Edge sort of tones into a Vox.

[@emilong]

In case you want to compare the mod without the full humbucker in between: 2:26 before the mod 2:46 after the mod

[@sing-519]

Why does it sound the same to me?

[@barneycarparts]

to me a split humbucker is still quieter than a humbucker. The resistors help but still there is that vol diff. Ho do you fix that?

[@bruhskifrfrnocapbussinmate]

@@barneycarparts Use a higher value resistor (like 3.9k). It will also thicken up the tone and reduce noise, but it may lose too much of the single-coil flavor depending on the pickup so its something to play around with.

[@scod3908]

@@barneycarparts try parallel wiring instead of splitting and see if that is to your taste

[@pipotherium]

@@bruhskifrfrnocapbussinmate Agreed - Fralin recommends higher capacitors 7k? To me it sounds excessive but it probably makes sense for vintage voiced pickups where individual coils may be a bit weak.

[@cironicholas526]

The coil splits on my PRS S2 sound outrageously good and I assumed it was the pickups. Great to know, now, that this is an easy and cheap mod that can be done with any split-able humbucker! Thanks Kris!

[@travismccartney]

Late to the party, but you could use a small through hole mount type pot to dial in just the right amount of resistance for a setup with both humbuckers on one split. That would save you from needing to solder in different options.

[@MrShredarg]

Cool, I prefer switch to parallel rather than split, sounds more straty yet hum-canceling🔥

[@davidfaustino4476]

No.

[@rottalmusik6563]

Me too😁

[@MrSongwriter2]

Agree. A hot rail sounds great in parallel

[@cafesociety8525]

Just add a 3 way on on on switch and you can have it all.

[@ampersandmcvinegar5681]

Dude. I did this and put a push/pull pot on my bridge with reverse phase wiring. Absolutely mental! Thank you so much!

[@Waterinmenbenen]

I always wondered why the split sounds on my PRS McCarty are so much better than my other guitars. Thanks for sharing!

[@josephhughes9490]

Kris, Absolutely love your tech shows even though I am way to terrified to mess around with my guitars. I learn a lot from you anyway. Always have Kris playing guitar time on the show. You are amazing.

[@mghumphrey]

Just did this to my HB CST-24T which has Seymour Duncan Jazz/JB in it. I used 2.2K bridge, 1.2K neck. It made a huge difference - much more than I could hear in this video. Sounds great, and very similar to the way my PRS SE Swamp Ash Special sounds when I coil split it.

[@donald-parker]

Cool idea! And easy enough to test with several different R values using some wires with clips on the end (which, BTW, are very handy to have in your kit at any time) before soldering tings in permanently.

[@-davidolivares]

So, you would clip both sides of the R to possible future solder points?

[@ClaudioMartella]

just use a variable resistor, a trim pot.

[@joermnyc]

Cool mod, another reason for the issues is, the humbuckers usually use 500k pots on these, while single coils generally use 250k (unless it’s a Jazzmaster/jaguar which use 1M instead.) Running a single coil through the higher resistance pots thins out the tone and volume. I have an old Ibanez Jet King and I replaced the volume point with a 300k to kind of split the difference (it has separate switches for the split), it sounds much better.

[@MikeTaffet]

you're half right. If you had it somehow switch to a 250k pot, the output would be darker because more high signal could go to ground, HOWEVER, the output would be even lower. The magic of the PRS mod is that it keeps the output closer in volume.

[@ClaudioMartella]

@@MikeTaffet lower ohm pots don't have less output

[@KozmykJ]

Excellent tip thanks. I'm currently in the middle of modding my HB35+ which I've had and loved for four years now. Locking Klusons and IronGear Blues Engine pickups; I'm looking for a bit of extra brightness over the original Wilkinsons. Converting to '50s tone wiring' and replacing the 47nf caps with 22nf. While I'm in there I'm going to add this coil-damper mod as well, now that I've heard the difference. 👍

[@Gerhard468]

Would love to hear how this turned out.

[@vitaliistep]

That's a really nice mod, thank you very much, Chris!

[@philcorcoran4970]

I have a PRS and have wired the resistors in. It works OK, ish. My preferred way of wiring for coil split is leave one pickup wired this way via a push/pull pot, and as I never use the tone pot (always flat out) I've wired the other pickup so that the tone is a blend pot on it. On 10 the pickup is full humbucker and as I turn the pot down it slowly shorts one coil to earth. It allows me to dial in exactly the tone response I want. I use hot rail type pickups on my strats and have used the lower tone pots to do that for years on them. I replace the pots with push/pulls so I can also series/parallel the coils as well for that fatter sound.

[@tanguydelooz2881]

Thanks for the idea !! If the volume is 500K : What value do you need for the blend pot ? Does it need to match the resistance of the Vol pot necessarily ?

[@philcorcoran4970]

@@tanguydelooz2881 as long as the pot is the at least the same resistance as the pickup it doesn't matter, it will just turn one coil off at a different point in its rotation. Basically, minimum 20k pot, but a lot easier to find a 250k. Hope that helps.

[@tanguydelooz2881]

@@philcorcoran4970 Thanks for the reply !!

[@felipousismix]

Thanks for the tip, worked like a charm. I wanted to do the coils split on my Ibanez S so using the Volume was the only option, thanks to your video the coil-split sound more full. Cheers!

[@welfiblablabla]

Wow this really makes a difference! I recently saw an interview with Mick Thompson where he said he used to unbranch his tone knob because he didn't use it and he noticed a significant loss of output. Is there something to this (logic says yes) and if so a video how to rewire a guitar to cut out the toneknob would be intresting

[@mihneazoican2479]

Just cut the wire that connects the 2 pots. It’s not an integral part of the circuit, the signal will still go to the output. It’s also really easy to reinstall if you want to use it again

[@welfiblablabla]

@@mihneazoican2479 oh didn't know it was this easy 😅

[@mihneazoican2479]

@@welfiblablabla in my experience, the tone pot doesn’t really suck out too much high end/output. If you don’t use it at all you may want to consider this, otherwise I’d just leave it in

[@welfiblablabla]

@@mihneazoican2479 Ok, considering doing it on my old Ibanez that would benefit from the output gain, no matter how small. And never used it's tone knob in 10 years owning it.

[@gabillos]

You could also replace your tone knob with a No-load pot. What it does is that when you roll up your tone to the fullest, it "cuts" out the knob from the circuit. That way, when the tone is at 10 it is like it's not there. And then, when you roll it back, it's there again if you ever need it.

[@deanallen927]

Hey, we're over here! Quit looking over there! There's nobody there! LOL! The "after" sound of the tapped pickups is far superior than the old usual way, without a doubt. I'm putting that in my friend's PRS SE Standard 24, which I already had to fix and does not have that. Thanks!

[@wesboundmusic]

Yeah, makes a lot of difference, hadn't known this little resistor would have such an impact!

[@InfoStatz]

Chris, Great instructional video, as usual. I always enjoy dropping by and learning something new!. I have a PRS SE STANDARD SANTA. I swapped out the pickups for a PRS SE 85/15S set. I experimented and found that a 2.2k resistor on the neck PU was perfect. I leave the bridge PU with no resistor. Cheers!

[@okimotdm]

I Did the mod on my Gibson deluxe les Paul today that had much higher value resistors. Sounds great. Definitely made them useable now. Thank you

[@bluwng]

That is great. Essentially it’s still a humbucker so I am guessing it can’t do a twangy single coil sound.

[@rutiger6901]

You have presented an idea here that I can hardly wait to implement. I pretty much gave up on coil splits for the reason you pointed out. Splitting is diminishing and therefore not a sensible mod. Says I. But you have influenced me to get busy and do it the RIGHT WAY. Thank you.

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Thanks a lot! Have fun experimenting with different values. Cheers //Kris

[@bluwng]

Did you do it? In theory sounds good but it’s still a humbucker , I am assuming you can’t get the twangy sound of a single coil this way?

[@countblue]

Correctly speaking this is a coil dampener. Which is, as a matter of fact, not at all a split. Hence it doesnt even get close to that single coil sound you might think of when you hear a tele,strat or a P90. Its nice because its a change in sound but thats about it. Also its not prone to hum at all, of course because its still just a humbucker with one very weak coil. I know it I have a PRS SE with that in it. However your video was on the spot and its good people know about this possibility.

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Thanks man! Yes, that's why I was very careful calling this a coil-split at all in the video. Because it's not really a split anymore. I have to say though, I very much prefer this to a week and quiet traditional coil-split tone. Since I don't think any of the two wirings really sound like strats or teles, I'm only interested in it being usable and good sounding. Cheers //Kris*

[@countblue]

@@ThomannsGuitarsBasses True. I guess week=weak? ;-)

[@ClaudioMartella]

@@ThomannsGuitarsBasses it kinda is. not perfect split, but it's a coil and a bit

[@Williamwerenberg]

Thanks! That’s a good improvement 👍 I’ll be doing that and then take the lesson that coil splits are not for me in the future 😊

[@chitarrafaidate]

That is great! I just ordered a 2.2 k resistor for a pedal and i got 5! I know what to do with it!

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Haha! Awesome! I love the spirit, have fun and let us know how it went. Cheers //Kris

[@anggagrey]

yeah i try and the result is great , nice share thoman im found this method on forum and now this accesible

[@high2407]

Duuuuude this is the exact kinda thing I was looking for with my new cool guitar that just drops too much with the coil split to be useful in band context probably. Am definitely trying something like this soon

[@sergeyv4908]

On my guitars with humbuckers i am using parallel /series toggle for that. I do not like split coil tone at all - it has no that single benefits like a full and sparkling tone but has single coil penalties as noisy signal and big drop of volume. Parallel mode makes noiseless and chimy tone without big drop of volume and it's reduced signal level is suitable for clean and fuzz. For me it sounds way better than split coil.

[@sylvestre.rawminey]

Excellent ! Is it the same trick that Fender uses with their Double Tap humbucker ?

[@tanguydelooz2881]

Or is it the same trick inside the Fender Noiseless Single Coils ?

[@OneMomentFromForever]

One cool trick you can do is use a 10k trim pot instead of a resistor, then you can blend in how much of the second coil you want to use, instead of just the 1k and 2k resistors

[@OneMomentFromForever]

I wonder as well if you could use a capacitor in series to prevent some of the bass frequencies from going to ground

[@God-yb2cg]

@@OneMomentFromForever At that point add a programmable DSP IC to the guitar ;) Jokes aside, that sounds like a very clever idea, may use it.

[@__Rob]

I had been thinking of putting independent splits.for a Duncan sh2 and sh4 on so I could basically use the independent volume controls to dial in a.custom blend with a little bridge humbucker mixed with a single coil neck sh2 sound. Basically to get a slightly fuller single coil tone...with this mod I wonder if that is already accomplished because the other coil is only partially muted. I see you have only one volume pot anyway but hypothetically,.do you think it would be overkill to mix in a little bridge humbucker tone? Say, 7.5 volume on the split neck and 2.5 on the unsplit bridge or something similar?

[@picksalot1]

Interesting Mod. Does the PRS resistor method of splitting the coil retain the normal "hum-cancelling" property of a Humbucker, or is that compromised to any degree?

[@jeffshuffle]

I haven't looked in the back of my Harley benton sc450 that came with coil splits... Im wondering if you guys had them made with the resistor already installed?

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Hey Jeff, as told, this is more a PRS thing, the SC450 will not have a resistor built in. PRS is the only mainstream brand I know of, that uses this little trick. Luckily it's a simple and affordable mod, so if someone wants to do it, it's really not a big deal. :) Cheers //Kris

[@jeffshuffle]

@@ThomannsGuitarsBasses thanks kris, Ill be giving it a go. On ebay buying the resistors now.. Cheers.

[@guitarspeakpodcast1383]

Very cool :) I actually find the split in a DiMazio PAF Pro very usable, but I will definitely give this a try - thanks.

[@patdalymusic]

I wanted to go with a PAF Pro but ended up with a PAF Master, which also has a good split coil sound. I'm curious if you (or anyone reading) has ever compared the two pickups, Pro vs Master?

[@caseylee12]

I've always wondered how PRS does that, now I know. I wish I'd seen this earlier... I'm gonna go try it. Thanks for the video!

[@bluwng]

Did you do it if so how did it go?

[@caseylee12]

@@bluwng haven't had time yet, got 3 other guitars going, but I'm gonna try it on a Brian Moore iM guitar (non Roland ready) with Seymour Duncans as soon as I catch up.

[@relicguitar]

Why not making a video comparing this coil split with coils in parallel (another good noiseless option to get close to single coil tone). Happy new year!

[@BunkerAudioPanama]

It does take some low end off of the modded humbucker though.. thanks for sharing!

[@ClaudioMartella]

when the pot is pushed, the mod is out of the circuit

[@warrennorton6519]

Great Job! Love your channel! Question Will the resistors installed for the coil tap affect the tone of the full humbucker pickups?

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Thanks Warren! I haven't noticed any change in tone at all. Cheers //Kris

[@Eliphas_Elric]

No, the resistor is only the signal path when the push pull is activated, otherwise it's completely out of the circuit.

[@changlee5179]

So the solution if you don't want to loose any volume is to not split or am I getting this wiring thing wrong?

[@paolodn89]

Would it be possible to put 2 different resistor in the same push pull? I mean to put one resistor in the ground pin of the neck pickup and another one in the other pin rather than only one resistor connected as a bridge between the 2 pin for both pickups.

[@rodolfoamaralguitar]

Yes

[@mykewright1]

Yes, just connect the resistors between the coil split wires and the switch or use a double-pole switch keeping the two paths separate. You can obviously vary the resistor values and for higher DC Resistance pickups you might choose proportionately higher resistor values. You could temporarily wire the coil split wire through a pot (ideally about 25K Ohm) that's wired to ground on the other lug and find the best split sound. Then measure the resistance of the pot at that setting and use a resistor (or group of resistors) equal or close to that measure value.

[@rowbocaster]

Thanks for the rich content. I'm always stopping by for info. Do you know if it's possible to do this on an older PRS Swamp Ash Special? It has a bridge and neck humbucker with a single coil in the middle. These older ones use a 3 way toggle (Gibson-like), 1 vol. 1 push-pull tone. I've never seen wiring quite like it. I think the middle pickup comes on when the push-pull is in the up position. I think the humbuckers get split simultaneously as well. It's a little unusual. It does suffer from volume loss when split.

[@MauricioGarcia-mk5bz]

Awesome video Kris! Ty!

[@george.kollaros]

Nice trick!!! So, for split-5 wiring (split in positions 2 and 4) you can solder the resistor between the 2-wire joint and the lug of the switch. But the sound might not be satisfactory because you'll have a partially split humbucker and a true single coil (middle)? Can anyone elaborate in this?

[@j.a.s.1416]

Hey George a little late to the party. Not sure exactly where your talking bout with placing the resistor. But I actually think the sound would be better if you had a vintage output humbucker let's say 7k-8.5k and you split the coil it would only be about 3.5k-4.25k and would sound very thin with a huge volume drop. So if your not Trulu grounding one cool you will get a higher output closer to a true single coil 5.5k-6.5K out of your humbucker and those split positions hopefully will sound Fuller instead of thinner and weak. Now if you had a high output humbucker you wouldn't need to do this mod unless you were running an HH setup and wanted a bit more fullness on your "split coils". I do wiring harness as a hobby and definitely would recommend this for most vintage output humbuckers. Some manufacturers put more/higher winds on the split coil of humbuckers so they retain output / volume so this is very pickup based. I hope this helps.

[@thunderberg]

Sweet tip! I’ve got an epiphone LP custom pro and have always found it to sound bad at no matter which setting is used. I suspected it was those chintzy pots. Has anyone pulled out the push pull and put in quality cra or Bourns 500k pots? Was it worth the effort?

[@astrologyambience240]

Nice Mod! Thank you

[@CalebSingleton]

Love this!!! Thank you for posting this. Does it matter which pot I replace? Does it need to be the volume (I assume) or the tone pot? I got a Zach Myers model and I want to install the coil splits on it. Thank you!

[@CalebSingleton]

@Till Steinbacher thank you!

[@ipuya]

Excellent tip! Cheers 🍻

[@hymnsake]

Never thought of this, great work thank you!

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Glad to hear that mate, it's a fine little mod. Cheers //Kris

[@rebelsoul777]

Great, thanks for sharing this. 👍

[@hearpalhere]

Thanks for doing this Kris! I was interested in seeing the specifics of this mod and have a follow up question. By not sending the second coil fully to ground, is this configuration still hum cancelling? Just curious.

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Hey Pal, yes it is noise cancelling since it's not just one coil active if you split. Thanks for watching! :) //Kris

[@hearpalhere]

@@ThomannsGuitarsBasses Perfect, thanks for letting me know Kris!

[@tanguydelooz2881]

@@ThomannsGuitarsBasses Do you know if a similar trick is used inside the Fender Noiseless Single Coils ? :)

[@Erickchicas]

Nice, does this also eliminates the hum from split coils??

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

It reduces the hum a bit, single both coils are (somewhat) active. It's not the same as a full humbucker, but less hum than a fully split coil. //Kris

[@Erickchicas]

@@ThomannsGuitarsBasses Thank you very much, I'm gonna try it on my suhr.

[@francescomarchisotti]

Can you do an episode on splitting Humbuckers from start to finish? I want to split the pickups in my guitar and I'd like to see how you do it before I open it up and butcher something :)

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Hey, we do have an episode on coil-splitting humbuckers: kzbin.info/www/bejne/laGYnJ57nJJ-mpI Check out the playlist, we have covered many themes already. Cheers //Kris

[@jmzdgrz841]

Hi Kris! Thank you very much for your vids! I apologize for the late question but could you help? On my PRS SE I've noticed that when splitting, the screw coil sounds much quieter so looks like it's grounds over resistor. In my mind, it should work exactly the opposite - the inner coil should be grounded. Am I wrong?

[@kutneb]

Did you consider that single coils usually have 250k pots?

[@GoudVis56667]

This is great! Can someone explain that the value's work. Higher value = higher output?

[@paulmeredith_]

Higher value resistor = less current pass through to ground so more volume from split pickup

[@itsfailix98]

Is a coil split the same thing as a coil tap? If not, what's the difference?

[@fen3184]

Not the same. Very roughly explained? A coil split bleeds off one of the two coils to ground, leaving a weakened signal that's 'similar' in sound to a single coil. A coil tap is a specific type of coil winding where a tap wire exits the pickup at a chosen point in the winding, but the winding then continues until it reaches its final number of winds before exiting; allowing you to switch between the two different values.

[@wcray3684]

Is there a way to get a diagram of the switch wiring? Not sure of the exact terminal etc!? Thanks!

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

We made a video on "how to coil-split a humbucker", check it out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/laGYnJ57nJJ-mpI Hope this helps! //Kris

[@rsaathoff]

How do you use this mod in an hss strat. I particularly want the split tone in position #2 to get this set up. I'm not using a push pull pot but simply want this effect of the humbucker in position #2.

[@orryfishburne5326]

I really want to learn soldering. Start with something easy like making cables, then move up to guitar mods.

[@KevinJones-lc6mu]

Hey how do I do this if I add a push/pull on the volume control for a prs ce 24 used the push/pull for bridge and make push/pull for volume and get 8 sounds instead of 6 where the front and back use the push/pull together Pastor Jones in Mississippi

[@God-yb2cg]

Better yet would be a pot instead of a simple resistor, that way can easy smoothly between single and humbucker. The only problem is that drilling is required and will permanently devalue the instrument.

[@teknical100]

Why not use a pot to fade out one of the coils? Then you could have an infinite amount of different 'resistors' in the circuit.

[@kadirskadirs]

thank you..👍🏼

[@gjm1971]

Amazing tip Kris!!! Does a partial split retain some level of hum cancellation from the weakened coil?

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Yes, a little. It's still not gonna be far from being noiseless though. If that's what you want, try a series / parallel switching. That's completely hum bucking. Cheers //Kris

[@gjm1971]

@@ThomannsGuitarsBasses Thanks Kris! 🙂

[@atrumluminarium]

@@ThomannsGuitarsBasses or use a capacitor suck that the cut-off is just above 60Hz instead of a resistor

[@kattastrofe]

Does this also reduce hum?

[@myhapylife]

Interesting. How this works, the higher resistor value is the quieter that other single coil will be? (Single coil that we are trying to quiet down in a humbucker) Or other way around?

[@mykewright1]

Other way round, the higher the resistor value the louder the split coil will be, in other words less of its output is being shunted to ground.

[@Funkfreed]

besides PRS are there any other brands that does this?

[@muhammaddzulfikrihaidlahai3204]

Do you have wiring diagram for this mod?

[@PooNinja]

Let’s say I had lots of room in my electronics cavity for a few switches and a 9 volt battery, could I replace my neck humbucker with a sustainiac pickup? Or are they bigger than a typical humbucker? ♾ sustain 🤘🏽. Frantically digging through resistors with a VOM looking for a 2.2k

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Dig deep Poo, I'm sure you'll find a 2.2k in a drawer. :D Sustainiacs have the same size as normal humbuckers so that's not an issue. ;) //Kris

[@PooNinja]

Thanks Mr. B 🤘🏽 ooooh I’m a get me one , it may cost almost as much as the guitar I’m putting it in but that’s definitely my xmass preset to myself this year🤘🏽 Frantically googling sustainiacs

[@yetimatzenightcat8702]

@@PooNinja 😄👍

[@BlackLotus1220]

what does the resistors do???

[@jamesmarkham7489]

You say guitars and BASSES each week but I haven’t seen some low end love in a while. Can we get some love on the bass?

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Hey James, you are absolutely right!! We just recorded a few 100% bass episodes which will go online within the next couple of weeks. Cheers! //Kris

[@valebliz]

This one is really interesting

[@pineapple8407]

Is this used on production Harley Benton models ?

[@ChrisMillerdoubleplanet]

I want to use a potentiometer to partial coil-split, so it will be variable the amount of the second coil. What would be the best value to you? Or ball park?

[@mykewright1]

Anything in the 10K Ohm to 25K Ohm range would be most usable.

[@Steinstra-vj7wl]

The volume loss is still there...so are you sure this is the PRS trick? The new PRS Fiore has the humbuckers switch from series to parallel and that works very well: good single coil tone - still works a bucker so without the hum or volume loss.

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

This is not the only wiring method PRS uses. This is just something they (also) started using on some of their guitars. Series / parrallel is also nice, even though you don't really get a single coil sound with that. It's more of a super clear sounding and narrower humbucker tone. Which is great, don't get me wrong. It's just a different tone compared to actual coil splitting. Cheers //Kris

[@saarangnarayan123]

Thanks for this, guys! I do have a question though: How does one do this on an HSH with a 5-way where the Humbuckers are split in positions 2 and 4?

[@george.kollaros]

Unsolder the 2 wires connected together you use to split the pickup from the switch lug and solder the resistor between the 2 wire joint and the lug of the switch. But maybe you don't have a satisfactory sound because you'll have a partially split humbucker with a true single coil.

[@LexTalinois]

Why cant you do both resistors sharing one push/pull tone?

[@AgataFeelin]

Hi Kris, how would you go about wiring two PRS 57/08 humbuckers to a PRS Custom 24 (5 way rotary, no push-pull), that has been modified with 2 push-pull pots (to allow having both pickups ON or only the neck or bridge ON as either a humbucker or single/split)? Also, as far as I understand that would leave me with 2 non-used positions on the 5 way rotary switch, anything else I could try to make use of these positions? Thanks in advance

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Hi, thanks for the comment! I'm not a big fan of the rotary switch (had an old PRS and always took forever to find the right PU position on stage) so I'd replace it with a 3-way toggle. Even more so, now that you have the two push-pulls for the coil-split. BUT. Only if you can install a toggle switch, if you don't have to mod the guitar's routing. And of course keep the original rotary switch to be able to restore the guitar's original state at any point. If you want to stick to the rotary switch, you could do this: humbucker and coil-split tones with the rotary and series-parallel with the push-pulls. Or even in phase / out-of-phase with the push pulls. It's a little over the top, but you might find some really inspiring tones there. Cheers //Kris

[@schmoemi3386]

PRS itself doesn't use rotary switches any more, so probably they weren't so convinced either... 😅

[@nwilt7114]

Does the resister effect the humbucker's output when it is in series? The humbucker in series after adding the resister seemed a little quieter.

[@ClaudioMartella]

no, when the switch is not pull, the resistor is not in the circuit

[@danielbluez]

I've added added a variable Coil split. Les Paul hb, master tone and you get a free pot

[@labradoodlzz5698]

Quick question : doesnt the resistance cause the whole wiring to heat up or is the power that it generates too weak to cause any damage?

[@dt9r]

No worry, there's no danger

[@valebliz]

Man it's millivolts, the amount of energy produced by pickups is next to zero.

[@strange_jason]

So basically just solder the resistor in where the push pull goes to ground instead of a wire?

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Yep, it's that simple. Just have to find the right resistor value for your guitar. Cheers //Kris

[@Nechastivi]

Hi, i tried this with my new Roswell LAF pickups and it works flawlessly, but i got another problem. When the pickups are split i get the hum with switch in middle positon, is there any way to solve this?

[@Nechastivi]

Guitar is Harley Benton SC500 with two push-pull pots in place of Tone potentiometers.

[@jcugnoni]

This is GREAT!!

[@123Ir0nman]

Off to my local electronic components store for parts

[@teknical100]

Excellent.

[@boomerbassmeme]

You clever lad! Awesome! 😎👍

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Thanks buddy! It's not my trick though, I'm just showing it. Haha //Kris

[@JOOODYJOOODY]

its fine if you dont mind signal losss

[@fredericadda]

Wow amazing 🤩

[@dt9r]

Very cool

[@steveweilhart2359]

subtle but effective

[@johnb.wessels2115]

can this also be done with a bass guitar with 2 humbuckers?

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

If the humbuckers split and you don't want to loose output, then absolutely yes. Cheers //Kris

[@johnb.wessels2115]

@@ThomannsGuitarsBasses thanks for the answer. I was thinking, would a series /parallel switch do the same job?

[@Fredgomes431]

Does it work if I use 2 470k resistors @thomann's?

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Hi, that value is very far from what works for this coil-split trick unfortunately. Try to stick to the values mentioned in the video. You can find these resistors online or in electronic shops and they are really not expensive. Cheers //Kris

[@martgryfny]

that's good!

[@BetonBenni]

Does this affect the unsplitted tone of the humbucker?

[@ClaudioMartella]

no, when the pot is pushed the mod is out of the circuit

[@BetonBenni]

@@ClaudioMartella thanks :)

[@LeMans512]

500 or 250k pot?

[@riddickbass989]

Thanks 🙏🙏

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Thanks to you too for the comment! :) //Kris

[@jbognap]

Great video. On thing to share: notice that a 24 fret double humbucker will always have a more "strat quack" in the middle position, with one or both pickups split, compared to a 22 fret guitar. This is because on a 24 fret guitar, the pickups are closer to each other. Let's keep this to ourselves 😄

[@mykewright1]

If the coil nearest the neck is the live one when split, rotating the pickup will also help get more quack. It shouldn't have any major impact while in full humbucker mode unless you've adjusted the pole piece heights and you only have adjustable ones on that coil.

[@AntonioCavicchioni]

A diagram and a less faster take on how to do it would help to better understand what you did.

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

I don't have a diagram but I do have an episode about coil-splitting humbuckers: kzbin.info/www/bejne/laGYnJ57nJJ-mpI Hope that helps. Cheers //Kris

[@jaypaduadesigns]

I do the same thing with my non prs guitars :)

[@davidrangel8783]

F*ck, why didn't I think it before? Great video, dude!!!