53/10 Split Wiring Advice.

[sergiodeblanc]

I'd like to put my fat @ss 53/10 on a diet, it's just to big. I really dug the sound of the 53/10 split on Chris Reynold's pup shootout video in an all mahogany guitar (such as this one) and I'd like to get the same sound.

I don't really need the humbucker sound outta it seeing as though I'm on a single coil in the neck kick, and don't want to put a push/push-push/pull tone pot in there..

Can I just wire up that white wire to the pickup selector? or do I need to do both? Should I look around for a resistor to wire in-between there like a DGT thing or not?

Any help would be appreciated as my soldering iron is hot!

 

[AP515]

Do it. Just tape off the de-soldered bucker lead.

 

[sergiodeblanc]

Do it. Just tape off the de-soldered bucker lead.

Thanks, Joseph. So just the white wire then, correct?

 

[AP515]

Thanks, Joseph. So just the white wire then, correct?

I don't know the color schemes of the 53/10's. Which ever one is on the push/pull terminals. Take the one off the neck switch terminal and tape it. De-solder the one off the tone split and that will be the one to move to the neck spot.

 

[garrettb]

Whichever wire is currently taped off will be the coil split wire. Untape it, wire it to ground, and Bob's yer uncle. That should give you the screw coil. I believe the method described above will give you slug coil.

I'm a big fan of the resistor in split mode. It keeps the tone nice and full and the output drop isn't huge. With a compressor and overdrive, the drop is even less. If you find the pickups don't balance well after doing the perma-split, try the PRS prescribed 1.1k resistor in series with the coil split wire to ground.

 

[sergiodeblanc]

Whichever wire is currently taped off will be the coil split wire. Untape it, wire it to ground, and Bob's yer uncle. That should give you the screw coil. I believe the method described above will give you slug coil.

I'm a big fan of the resistor in split mode. It keeps the tone nice and full and the output drop isn't huge. With a compressor and overdrive, the drop is even less. If you find the pickups don't balance well after doing the perma-split, try the PRS prescribed 1.1k resistor in series with the coil split wire to ground.

Thanks, garrett! I'm gonna open her up today and reheat the iron.

I'm a compressor "always on" guy so the drop doesn't bother me too much.

 

[sergiodeblanc]

So I did it. I'm psyched. Thanks again garrett and AP515!

 

[bodia]

So I did it. I'm psyched. Thanks again garrett and AP515!

Nice! What you were after?

 

[AP515]

So I did it. I'm psyched. Thanks again garrett and AP515!

So you tell is it's done without a tone report? Dude!

 

[sergiodeblanc]

Nice! What you were after?

Single coil without lookin' wonky.

So you tell is it's done without a tone report? Dude!

Sorry, I got distracted this afternoon.

So I did what garrett suggested and soldered the split wire to ground on the volume pot. I still gotta mess with pickup and pole piece height but it's already in the ballpark of what I was after: Glassy and thinner, but this guitar (White Westie) has so much ass (bottom end) that it's still really powerful sounding. The humbucker only sound was too big and bassy in this particular guitar compared to all eight of my other guitars that it required kinda drastic changes in amp settings.

I may do the resistor thing later but so far so good.

 

[John Beef]

http://www.seymourduncan.com/blog/tips-and-tricks/mod-squad-muddy-sounding-neck-pickup

I have wanted to try this for a big ass sounding neck pickup some time. Unfortunately (well, actually I should say Fortunately) I've got my guitars dialed in at the moment.