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I'm was going to add coil split to some humbuckers but came across this PRS method, which seems to keep a degree of hum cancelling. What's it like though, is it a convincing-ish single coily sound? Same difference? It looks a good idea but I've never played a PRS. The only local one I know of is an SE which doesn't seem to have the push/pull (though could be wrong on that).
Diagram here -
http://prsguitars.com/csc/schematics/2012/mc58_2012.pdf
Ta.
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It has more brightness and clarity but usually lacks body. The is also a significant drop in output.
The PRS method - which is in truth not 'their' method (by which I mean they didn't invent it) - only partially removes the output of the second coil.
It will probably depend on the actually pick-up and guitar as to which is better.
My McCarty is wired in this way and the split sounds are very good.
You wouldn't think 47k would sound much different to no resistor at all, but it does. It adds a little Tele fatness to the remaining coil without dulling things too much.
With an unknown pickup I usually start at 100k.
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Don`t know what the PRS method is ( the link won`t work anyway) but, this week I`ve done a series/parallel mod on the push/pull switch on the vol pot on my PRS SE Standard .
Its on a SD TB14 ,with a 500k pot and it works a treat .
It's been a while but I finally got around to re-doing the Dot, and the resistor split thing is working out well. A question, is there any benefit in replacing the trim pot with a resistor? Reliability maybe..?
I got the slimline blue ones which are tucked against the side of push-push pots so they're not wobbling around or in harms way.
I used a trim pot connected via croc clips to find the right values (for me that was 2.4k for the bridge, 1.5k for the neck), then bought and soldered in fixed resistors.
http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/40195/
I really like the result - the split tones are much more usable to my ears.
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Excellent, cheers.
@djspecialist same here, the results are good, think I'm on 2.5k and 1.7k so far but going to mess with settings a few days before stuffing the lot back in.
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The 'PRS Method' - which is not really what it should be called, as it was invented long before PRS started doing it - is to run one coil through a resistor which allows some signal through.
This gives several benefits: it sounds more like a 'proper' single-coil, some level of hum-cancelling is retained and the drop in volume is less than with the second coil completely disconnected.
I hate the volume drop - would love to try a 408 where there is no drop
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