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Len Amaral

 

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Post  Posted 5 Sep 2024 6:05 pm    
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I have a Wilde 12 string pup in my Sierra wired for full humbucker. It has a coil tap wire that I put heat shrink tubing on it to isolate from grounding out. Has anyone used this coil tap and if so does the pup have single coil sound?
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Richard Sinkler


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Post  Posted 5 Sep 2024 7:07 pm    
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I have an XR-16 on my E9 neck with the red wire wired to a switch to go between humbucker and single coil. It definitely sounds like a single coil. I am about to put one in my C6 neck. I also had one in a Mullen SD12 I used to have.
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Len Amaral

 

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Post  Posted 8 Sep 2024 1:47 pm    
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Thank you Richard. I have this guitar at rehearsal so I am going to tip it over and use an alligator clip on the red wire to ground to see what it sounds like before I add a switch. If it has a vibe I’ll have to find a place to mount a switch.
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Richard Sinkler


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Post  Posted 8 Sep 2024 4:01 pm    
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Len Amaral wrote:
Thank you Richard. I have this guitar at rehearsal so I am going to tip it over and use an alligator clip on the red wire to ground to see what it sounds like before I add a switch. If it has a vibe I’ll have to find a place to mount a switch.


Good idea. I mounted the switch under the guitar.



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Bobby D. Jones

 

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Post  Posted 9 Sep 2024 10:14 pm    
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Here is another under guitar switch, To bypass on board volume and tone controls. Used existing holes under the guitar.

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Len Amaral

 

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Post  Posted 22 Sep 2024 9:48 am    
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I tipped the guitar over at rehearsal. removed the heat shrink tubing from the pickup tap wire, spliced a wire onto it with an alligator clip at the other end. I attached the alligator clip to the ground shield on the jack coming out of the guitar to the volume pedal. I was able to hear a distinct difference between the full pickup and coil tap.

When I get a chance to bring the guitar home I will add a switch under the guitar. For now, it works and only took 5 minutes.

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Richard Sinkler


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Post  Posted 22 Sep 2024 10:39 am    
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Cool. You'll love being able to switch between single coil and humbucker.
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