Coil Splitting on a P Bass (Series/Parallel operation) 

Clear riffs, clear comparison. 10/10 mate, thank you a lot.

Thanks for the comparison. I like the down (series) position. It sounds beefier/louder.

Thanks for sharing your experience with this. The shot of the pre-installation CTS circuit board wiring was very helpful. I just finished the modification today on my 2023 Squire Sonic Precision bass with a Relentless Middle pickup. Parallel mode for slap provides a more even tone and more bite on the pop. I also think it sounds more like a jazz bass in that mode as well, which I like for home practice.

This is awesome, I can't wait to do this to my p-bass! It might become more suitable for slapping, the drop in volume is also convenient for that.

Thank you! Cool to hear the difference. I like the parallel setting; just my own preference.

Thanks so much for this! I’m wiring up my PJ build so I can get the full jazz bass tone on demand

Thank you SO much ! I thought you had to buy a special pickup that has 4 wires. This is perfect !

Cool, I didn't realize you could do that with a P bass. Thanks.!

In regards to this mod, I went from "nah I'm not doing this" with fingers, to "I need this!" in slap. A genuine improvement.

thanks for the video! do the same rules/steps apply for dual-coil soap bar humbuckers? it is the volume pot which needs to be replaced with a push-pull pot, right?

There are the 9 terminal as well and they switch on the opposite axis

Try this into a Germanium Fuzz Face for the full benefit of the Parallel mode.. Run another pickup to a clean compression bass amp and we got everything.

2:16 - 2:17; What did you say connects to the 2 middle terminals on the switch? Thanks.

There is a quite a bit volume jump in series mode. I wonder if I can wire a resistor in the series mode, to lessen the vol jump a lil bit...

This would be really interesting for the split p from dimarzio

The P-bass pickup is a humbucker in either series or parallel configuration. So may I suggest using "twisted pair" wiring which is hum-cancelling. Simply twist hot and cold pairs together. It does not have to be tight, just to ensure they lie alongside each other

Where did u get that bridge?

Hi great sound i was wonder if i can do thath in a pj bass?

Hi Oliver and thanks for this video. Does it work also on a 5 string split pickup? The difference in resistance will make one of the two pickups sounds thinner?

My pickup has an extra ground wire between both coils. It has a white and a black cable connecting the coils instead of one. Is this common? What should I do to the other cable if I want to do this coil splitting?

I think it's even more interesting ... on a P-J bass 👍🙂

This is cool. No wonder most P basses are wired in series even at the cost of a less defined sound sometimes, but for keeping that low end punch, that's the right way. I'd like to see this working in a PJ bass as well, both a series/parallel switch for the split coil sides, and one for the P and J single signal path. Is this possible? Nice video.

This has never crossed my mind. Wiring the domino in parallel should give a nice slap tone. You say one is reverse wound?

On your parallel wiring, do you have the pickups wired out of phase? Or in phase?

Series👍

Hello. Help !!! I'm working on a custom bass. I want to make it a double p bass. Anyone know how to properly wire them without going out of phase. ???

You didnt show how the pick-ups go into the guitar. Are they directional? Or do you just put them in any old way?

Did you really play to bid you farewell?

Excuse my ignorance.... A normal precision is series conection?? I,d rather the parallel one in your test

Series mode = Picking and Fingerstyle Parallel mode = Slapping and Fingering Simple mods that really increase the versatility..👍

Voglio proprio metterlo sul mio Fender jazz!!

I have a question...the Pj Basses are series or parallel?

Series/parallel switching is not coiltapping as far as I know..

Are you Dracula?🤷‍♂️