Pickup coil tapping or splitting?

[Little Timmy]

I have a 35th Ann. S2 Cu24 with 85/15s pickups, and mini switches. The SC vs. HB tones and volume difference are actually pretty decent... but I'm contemplating a pickup swap to 57/08, 59/09, or 85/15 and want to keep the mini switch function.

Are any of the above mentioned pickups coil tapped vs. coil split?

 

[SinSir]

Yes they are. All 4 wire humbuckers are.

 

[Malloc]

Most PRS pickups support coil splitting including all the ones you listed. The only exception I’ve seen is some hollowbody sets are straight up single conductor. The only PRS pickups I know of that have an actual tap are MT (Multi tap) style.

 

[Little Timmy]

I assumed all 4 wire are coil split. The ones I see that are 3 conductor, are they cool tapped or just split?

 

[Malloc]

I assumed all 4 wire are coil split. The ones I see that are 3 conductor, are they cool tapped or just split?

All PRS 3 conductor I know of use coil splits, often with the resistor mod.

 

[SinSir]

I assumed all 4 wire are coil split. The ones I see that are 3 conductor, are they cool tapped or just split?

3 wire and a shielded wire or is one of the wires shielded? The shielded wire or the shielding around a wire is a ground to the wire inside.

 

[Little Timmy]

3 wire and a shielded wire or is one of the wires shielded? The shielded wire or the shielding around a wire is a ground to the wire inside.

I'm referring to ones with a braided shielded wire and one extra wire.