L710 split coil- cool enough to install it??
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L710 split coil- cool enough to install it??
I'm putting a pair of L710s in my Franklin... I'm thinking about using the third lead on each to install split coil switches. Is it a cool enough sound to fuss with it? Looking for the opinions of those who have done this before. Thanks!
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Disclaimer: I have not done it.
But a couple of things to consider.
You could install the pickups, and instead of hard wiring the leads, you could use wire nuts to make the connections. That way you could easily try out the different sounds for a while to see if it's worth it.
And, not trying to be the vintage police or anything, but if you drill holes and mount switches, you may impact any vintage value or collectability of the guitar. With most other guitars it's not really a huge issue, but a Franklin is not most other guitars.
However, if the guitar already has switches, then it's not an issue.
Does the guitar have any pots on it? If so, you could replace a standard pot with a push-pull or (my preference) a push-push and not need to do any drilling.
But a couple of things to consider.
You could install the pickups, and instead of hard wiring the leads, you could use wire nuts to make the connections. That way you could easily try out the different sounds for a while to see if it's worth it.
And, not trying to be the vintage police or anything, but if you drill holes and mount switches, you may impact any vintage value or collectability of the guitar. With most other guitars it's not really a huge issue, but a Franklin is not most other guitars.
However, if the guitar already has switches, then it's not an issue.
Does the guitar have any pots on it? If so, you could replace a standard pot with a push-pull or (my preference) a push-push and not need to do any drilling.
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As far as mounting the switch, you can take a piece of aluminum angle, mount the switch to it, and secure the switch to the bottom of the guitar. I'm doing that with an XR-16 on my Mullen.
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In addition to shorting out one coil by connecting the third wire to ground or hot, put a capacitor (0.02) in line to the other conductor. This will produce the clear harmonics of a single coil, but with the power and most of the humcancellation of the humbucker. A tip from Bill Lawrence.
Gibson recently offered this as "Frequency Compensated Coil Tap."
Gibson recently offered this as "Frequency Compensated Coil Tap."
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Rich,Rich Peterson wrote:In addition to shorting out one coil by connecting the third wire to ground or hot, put a capacitor (0.02) in line to the other conductor. This will produce the clear harmonics of a single coil, but with the power and most of the humcancellation of the humbucker. A tip from Bill Lawrence.
Gibson recently offered this as "Frequency Compensated Coil Tap."
Can you give more details. I don't completely understand the line I bolded in your response. The only wiring diagram I could find had the red wire (and a green twisted together with the red that my pickup doesn't have) going to one side of the SPST switch, with the other lug on the switch wired to ground (to the ground lug on the jack?).
Carter D10 8p/8k, Dekley S10 3p/4k C6 setup,Regal RD40 Dobro, NV400, NV112 . Playing for 53 years and still counting.