How to Coil Split Humbuckers

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In this video we demonstrate how to coil split a Seymour Duncan humbucker and show how it gets wired up to the volume control in a guitar circuit. Coil splitting is a simple and popular mod to do yourself using 4 conductor wire pickups. It sends the signal path of one coil to ground leaving just the other coil in operation.
The video features a simple circuit consisting of a volume push pull (used to split the coils), a jack socket and a Seymour Duncan humbucker.
After the pickup is added to the circuit, it gets plugged into an amp and tested.
Coil splitting is a simple mod which essentially grounds or shuts off one coil (half) of the pickup. This results in a single coil operating.
Pay attention however! The majority of 4 conductor pickup manufacturers use the same four colours (black, white, red and green) but they are rarely in the same order. For example, the hot signal wire on a Seymour Duncan humbucker is typically black, on a Gibson humbucker it is typically red and on a Fender humbucker it is typically green! Confused yet?
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@alienn4hire Год назад

I love the simplicity of this video, thank you so much!!

@STEALMAN83 2 года назад

Amazing video, I always had issues with doing this. However now it’s so much easier

@ricardoteixeira8553 5 лет назад

Excellent job! Helped me a lot! Helped the staff of Brazil a lot! Thank you!

@SixStringSupplies 5 лет назад

Very good sir glad it helped you out

@Chris-ob6es Год назад

Working with these now, you're a life saver!

@topfloorstudio2684 2 года назад

Ooooooh I love your idea of shrink-tubing the output jack's "tip hot" wire like that! I can see 2 benefits to that *1* :protects wire from stress and *2* :keep the hot wire from being grounded out on anything metal on the jack or cavity shielding. I will be stealing that little trick if you don't mind and I've been wiring/fixing my own guitars since the 90's. Really goes to show you that we can always learn something. Thanks man!

@SonnetGomes 4 года назад

Thank you so much for posting this. I have a DIY project coming up, and this should be very useful when I "upgrade" my guitars with coil split and some duncans.

@SixStringSupplies 4 года назад

Nice project. Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching

@billwatson8616 4 года назад

I have to say that I would love to see a PRS SE Custom 24 with a coil split tone, regular volume pot and 3 way toggle wiring tutorial. You have a very clean soldering and wiring layout that impresses me! Keep up these excellent videos! Cheers!

@TheForce_Productions 4 года назад

The thing I love from PRS was the rotary switch they used until late 90's, I'm still can't understand how they could changa that.

@arechj 4 года назад

Thanks sooo much! Great lesson!

@ArcMediaFilms 6 месяцев назад

Great tutorial thanks.👍

@superxorn Год назад

You just saved me a lot of time. I was just about to swap a Fender Diamondback to a Seymor Duncan TB-4. I thought I was lucky they used the same color, must mean the same thing, but noo. Thanks for the correct color chart.

@riffafrank 3 года назад

I will do that on my jackson Adrian Smith signature guitar. Thanks man.

@warlock1663 2 года назад

First off, thank you so much for the great video! If I were using push /pull tone pots, can you tell me where I would connect the wire for the volume? Im using the classic style push pulls. Thanks!

@Victorgutten1 3 года назад

Very helpfull video! Can I use cloth wire instead for tinned copper when grounding from the lugs to the pot casing? Sorry for noon question, it’s my first time moddin a guitar.

@vittonik72 4 года назад

Thanks for the video, some quick questions, please. Can the red/white coil splits be routed behind the pc board instead of in front? I'll melt the insulation if I route the wires and solder the eyelet if I route in front of the eyelet. For the grounds (my project is a single cts volume pot with a treble bleed, two coil split humbuckers, and a three way toggle (upgrading an import Washburn Nuno N24) my worries are the 7 grounds. Can I solder both the green and bare in addition to a ground to eyelets 1 and 3. I was planning a bare wire ground on 1 and 3 behind the pc board, similar to the coil splits you did on another video. I just don't know if ground wires need to be isolated or if they can be joined to minimize the grounds on the pot casing? Thanks again

@sanjeevmraman Год назад

Great video! I’m rewiring/ replacing pickups on a H-S-S configuration SuperStrat style Samick guitar with a single volume and single tone, a five way blade selector switch and a mini toggle. I’m using Dimarzio pickups- a Satch Track single coil sized humbucker in the neck, an Air Norton S in the middle (also a single coil sized humbucker), and a “proper” Super Distortion humbucker in the bridge. I have a five position blade and a mini toggle switch (which is for coil splitting the bridge humbucker in the original wiring). How would I wire these so that I can coil split or coil tap the neck and middle humbuckers to a single push pull volume pot? You could point me to the appropriate video if you have made any such. Thanks again- your videos are awesome and lucid, and I’ve used it to wire up a Gilmour style black Strat successfully.

@lukaslinnert2200 4 года назад

I have a few questions. Can i coil split my Humbucker with just a two way switch ? And can i combine this with the gilmour wiring ? And how can i combine this wiring with the gilmour wiring? Instead of the two way switch in the gilmour wiring video, can i use the two way switch from the fender jazzmaster ? Thanks!

@Yuckadroni 4 года назад

Hi there. Thanx for your video! I was looking for this. I have 2 humbuckers in my guitar and I want to coil split them. But I would also like to switch the phase from them when they are in single coil mode so that they sort of humbuck again. To get they Brain May kinda sound. Is there a special switch for that and wire diagram. I checked seymour duncan already but I could not find a diagram for that. Also they like to avoid phasing. Hehe. I like that sound and I like to have the option :-) Thanx in advance.

@seanalessi7976 4 года назад

I have a washburn N2, it only has 1 volume control, ie lets say I was using this pot, it has 2 coil splittable humbuckers, how would they wire up to this ? would it be the same, just wire the 2nd pickup to the other side ?

@Pgcmoore 5 лет назад

he's back!

@SixStringSupplies 5 лет назад

Guess who’s back, back again. Yes I went missing for a few months due to being severely busy (It’s a one man business and keeping on top of things, orders, purchasing, shipping and a social media presence on several platforms can be mentally tiring). Thanks for your support 👍

@leods4722 4 года назад

Can you explain how wiring a Jimy Page Les Paul, thanks a lot. Greetings from Spain

@ottolehmann5286 4 года назад

im a bit confused, im going to be wiring a mini humbucker that has the four wires + the bare one into a fender strat . i want to use a separate toggle switch to control the coil splitting, how would i do this? do you have any diagrams

@levitucker01 4 года назад

Is it possible to wire a single push/pull pot to split multiple coils at once? How would I go about doing that?

@ActualCoverage 2 года назад

What if it's two pickups? I've got Seymour Duncan Pickups Hot Rodded (SH-2n & SH-4) JB / Jazz Set. Can both pickups be split with just one knob? I have a Levinson Blade strat, and the tone pot has a the push pull which orginaly split the bridge pickup, but I'd like to use it to split both of the seymour humbuckers. if possible.

@christianurgese 8 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@michaelflagulant Год назад

was wondering what this would cost on a epiphone sheraton 2 to make it a pro coil splitter?? thanks

@HigherPlanes 4 года назад

On a wiring diagram I have from Seymour Duncan, which doesn't use push pull pods, it shows red/white from both pickups going to a 5-way selector switch, so If I solder those wires to the push pull pots, will everything still work? I hope I explained that right. I basically have to 500K push pull pots, one volume and one tone and a 5-way selector switch that I'm trying to wire.

@josimarcastilla1501 7 месяцев назад

Hi! Really cool video. How can I make a split coil with a 3way toggle switch (les paul type) for a 4 wire fender humbucker? Any tip? Thanks!

@paddeemusio 3 года назад

If you don’t split the coil could you use a push/pull pot to kill the volume instantly by a pull?

@WyattStensrud 2 месяца назад

If I wanted to add a treble bleed to this while keeping the coil splitting, where would I install it? Would it affect the split and not-split positions or would I need to pick one?

@gmichaelhall 2 года назад

Q- Lock down inspired DIY'r here. I'm refitting a T style guitar with new pickups and wiring. Stock, it came with a single in the bridge and full size humbucker at the neck, mounted at the pickguard. I have a lil59 on hand and 4 wire humbucker to use as replacements for the stock pups. The stock control plate is a US fender with one volume one tone and 3way,all to be upgraded. At this point, I'm leaning towards the BKP CTS custom push pull 280k pots and an Oaks Grisby 3way. I want to be to split both bridge and neck if possible and keep the control plate as one volume and one tone pot. Is this plausible or do I need to lose the tone pot and run two volume pots? Would I need to use a 4way switch to do so? I'm not married to the idea but I do want to keep it as straightforward as possible largely because I lack the soldering skills or confidence to complicate the build beyond what has taken me a bit to understand at this point. Any advice or opinions are kindly appreciated and considered. Note, I'm not trying to obtain an authentic telecaster sound for this guitar, I intend to use it as a D standard heavier but not metal rhythm option. Stay safe and well all, thank you for the remarkable videos, I could watch this guy solder all day, his work is impeccably clean and his explanations are comprehensive and easy to understand. ✌️🎶🎶

@theguitarmanifesto 5 лет назад

Keep up the videos buddy 🎸👌

@SixStringSupplies 5 лет назад

Cheers!

@NegativeCreepYT 4 года назад

I have a lot of questions, I did not see the full video, I do not speak English, I understand something, but I prefer to ask by comment. Does this pot only split one of the guitar humbuckers? and when dividing will only use one of the two coils? I mean you can't switch between the two coils of the humbucker, right?

@awonderingoneil206 4 года назад

@Six String Supplies Hello, I was wondering if you guys could help me out, I've got a Seymour duncan humbucker and a push pull volume with no tone pot I'd like to just split the bridge and leave the neck pickup by itself. Do you guys have a diagram for this at all? I realise it's a bit unique. 😩

@robertm.1098 4 года назад

What exactly gets connected to a switch selector?

@seanproj Год назад

Is possible to wire 2 humbuckers to do both split coil & series/parallel switching with a 3 way pickup selecter switch & 1 volume push pull pot & 1x tone push pull pot?

@theanarchistcook Год назад

Which wires do you swap to change which pickup is active? The black and the green?

@artemisxo6734 2 года назад

how would i do this if i wanted down the be the single coil tones and up to be the humbucker?

@TheEmre1979 3 года назад

Is there also Video for HSH 2 Poti (ibanez) push pull coil split -wiring with this same pots on the Video Sir? Thanks for an Answer, regards from Austria

@lgv3051 3 года назад

Which wires to swap to change which coil is active? Red goes to live, where the black wire went in the video. Black and green go to C2. White and the bare wire go to ground on the side of the pot.

@thegee-tahguy4877 3 года назад

Finally, a good push-pull pot.

@waynewhittenberg3756 3 года назад

When splitting a humbucker with a 500 K push pull tone pot, the split humbucker still sees a 500 K tone pot. It needs to have a 500 K resistor in the circuit to bring that 500 K Tone pot down to 250 K to give it a more single coil sound. Where in this push pull pot would you mount such a resistor?

@Andluth 4 года назад

Are you using real silver solder like the kind you braze metal with? Thanks!

@Bikewithlove 2 года назад

Thank you for this. Your straightforward demonstration explains where each wire needs to go, and helped me to wire 2 CTS push-pulls on an HH strat with a tone pot. Would have been a much more arduous task without your video 👍🏻

@SixStringSupplies 2 года назад

Glad it helped

@redkurn 3 года назад

my first repair/build I wired this in reverse, pull is series and push is split. haven't bothered to fix it and probably never will since the neck pickup as split usually sounds a bit better on a HH for some music i've been working on learning.

@sbrave 2 месяца назад

What's the sound difference if you have the screw coil active when you split the pickup? Does it sound any different?

@troybrown976 2 года назад

How does it split the coilnif both wires are going into the same spot?

@dave25311 Год назад

How do you wire it so it is split when the pot is pushed down and full hb when up ??

@kaoe145 4 года назад

Would if I wanted to switch between the north and south cool while being split

@eaglechildkeys Год назад

Thank you very much for this video. Very helpful! ；） Do you need to solder a capacitor too? In my kramer volume pod there is a capacitor between two lugs.

@aaronbates500 Год назад

Thank you so much for this video. I am new to this and this helped so much.

@justinwells6239 5 месяцев назад

By swapping the wires over, do you mean pairing white and green together?

@adrienquet749 2 года назад

Hey, quick question, 3:03 is this the same for epiphone and gibson ?

@TheAilson1 4 года назад

Muito bom. 👏👏👏

@FunkyELF 3 года назад

If you solder the red and white together won't you get bleed? I thought you were supposed to solder one to C1 and the other to C2

@fitimshaqiri 4 года назад

HELLO I LOOKING TO BUY 3 PICKUPS 2 AKTIV AND ONE PASSIVE IS IT POSSIBLE TO INSTALL THEM BOTH ACTIVE AND PASSIVE ON ONE GUITAR I HAVE A CORT x6 VPR GUITAR WITH Pickup Switch Type 5-Position Blade, Controls Push-pul, VOLUME KNOB. I WANT TO BUY Duncan Blackouts Ahb-1n, As-1 AND FOR BRIDGE DIMEBUCKER IF YES CAN YOU SEND ME A SCHEMATIC HOW TO DO WIRING THNX

@destroso 3 года назад

It's an APH-1 I just bought a set, the original pickups made famous by slash

@christianacera1981 2 года назад

Any humbucker can be split Right?

@danterosales6985 5 лет назад

Also I have a question, would it be possible to attach a baseplate to a tele bridge pup with a ceramic bar magnet beneath the bobbin? Would it even be worth it?

@SixStringSupplies 5 лет назад

Not sure to be honest, I have never tried. I'm gonna say no to the baseplate.

@dodits1665 4 года назад

hi there! Talking about potentiometer, Can I use the push position to control Volume and pull to control Tone together in one push and pull potentiometer ? It maybe sound stupid question for you but I only have little knowledge on guitar wiring. Thanks.

@lokmankamal 3 года назад

the push pull is a switch only..if you want just one pot to control volume and tone.. there is stacked potentiometer..it might work it might not..i never try that myself

@jacoblang5642 3 года назад

Damn, Ron Weasley knows how to mod his guitars.

@adamrosalfestyle 5 лет назад

Do you have a diagram for two Seymour Duncan P-Rails and a volume push/pull and tone push/pull with 3 way toggle using CTs push/pull pots?

@SixStringSupplies 5 лет назад

Hi sorry I don’t - but the Seymour Duncan wiring diagram website might do

@91551186 3 года назад

Great video! Would the single coil sound too bright since it's going through a 500k pot?

@TheRustedShackleford 2 года назад

Not at all in my experience

@Danything123 4 года назад

Hey I have scechter sun valley super shredder with active humbucker!! would this wiring work?

@therealrandomistic594 3 года назад

Hey same, no this wouldn’t work

@tekotemuujin4269 5 лет назад

I have HS tele i want to split humbucker so should i wire it same as you?

@SixStringSupplies 5 лет назад

yes, but the hot signal wire goes to the blade switch, the other pickup wires go to the volume push pull as in this video.

@Rev792 5 лет назад

How many push pull pots do you need? I have an sg with four knobs Plus i think you dont specify wether you need short shaft or long shaft ... For gibson u need long shaft

@SixStringSupplies 5 лет назад

Hi, it's a generic video on how to coil split - typically you'd need 2 pots. This video here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-K98BkOlJgn0.html is for Les Paul (actually for Gibson SG you would use short shaft) We haven't got a video on the SG but its the same as the Les Paul one. Thanks for watching!

@fredericadda 4 года назад

Is there a way to choose which coil actually gets switched off?

@thomasherbert9970 Год назад

www.premierguitar.com/diy/mod-garage/coil-split-humbucker

@jonmatthews4254 5 лет назад

Right at the end - swap which wires over?

@makikogi 3 года назад

White & Bare = ground to pot, Black & Green to "C2" Red = hot to selector switch or pot

@vishnubatoosingh4951 4 года назад

That was hell on my neck, I almost gave up.

@nanofree01 3 года назад

At 9'35 : "you swap the wires over".....? what do you mean ? how do you choose the coil you want to stay active ? Thanks

@luckylimatik 3 года назад

Can two humbuckers neck and bridge be connected through one push pull pot?

@lokmankamal 3 года назад

I think..yes .

@steve_one Год назад

Two questions. 1) Which coil is next to the trem or bridge? Is it North or South and how do you determine them? 2) Could the other half of the switch connect to another humbucker, say in the neck position? Thanks for this video, just wanted to clarify some unknowns 🙂

@jerryrussell2600 Год назад

Screw slugs on the humbucker pickup face either the saddle of the bridge it on the neck pickup the screw slugs face the headstock of the guitar neck. The screw slugs side of the humbucjer is the south

@2482jamie 4 года назад

Hey would you have a diagram for 2 Humbucker 1 push pull vol, one tone and a Gibson 3 way switch?

@SixStringSupplies 4 года назад

Hi Jamie, you can find one here using the drop down menu: www.seymourduncan.com/wiring-diagrams?meta_params=guitar-options,2-pickups,neck-h,bridge-h,1-volume,1-tone,3-way-toggle,accessory-none

@bescanocft 4 года назад

@@SixStringSupplies this is what i was looking for, hopefully it works out

@bescanocft 4 года назад

@@SixStringSupplies would u say that PRS S2/SE pups 4 wires are color coded the same as ur video?

@danterosales6985 5 лет назад

YOU LIVE!

@SixStringSupplies 5 лет назад

yeah sorry been super busy that I neglected RU-vid...

@davemis40 5 лет назад

What solder do you use ? .. 60/40 or lead free ?

@SixStringSupplies 5 лет назад

davemis40 hi it’s lead free, added silver solder. You can get it from Rapid Online www.rapidonline.com/rapid-premium-lead-free-solder-18swg-1-2mm-0-5kg-reel-85-6618