Coil Tapping my JP6

[Rubblesteve]

Hi all.
Can see this subject has been covered many years ago but most of the piccies and links are gone, its a new one for me.

I have just bought a 2011 JP6 with Crunch Lab & Liquifier Dimarzio's on board. No coil tap.

So, I'm looking to mod it to the same spec as the BFR model, anyone out there got any wiring instructions, do's dont's? any info helpfull, including any kit I need to buy.

Cheers

Steve

 

[Samoht]

Hi all.
Can see this subject has been covered many years ago but most of the piccies and links are gone, its a new one for me.

I have just bought a 2011 JP6 with Crunch Lab & Liquifier Dimarzio's on board. No coil tap.

So, I'm looking to mod it to the same spec as the BFR model, anyone out there got any wiring instructions, do's dont's? any info helpfull, including any kit I need to buy.

Cheers

Steve

If you're handy with a soldering iron and can read schematics, you can get the switching from the Dimarzio website. I believe they have documentation for almost every possible switching scheme for each pickup on their site. Here's a document showing wiring options for the Crunch Lab & LiquiFire: http://www.dimarzio.com/sites/default/files/diagrams/4Conductor.pdf

Also, are you looking to "split" or "tap"? I assume you mean split, which is to turn off one coil of a humbucker, leaving a single coil. Also keep in mind that many people choose to do something different by adding parallel switching, which gives a stronger and still hum-cancelling sound, but still more open and glassy than the stock humbucker series wiring. Coil tapping can only be done on pickups that are designed to be tapped and have been wound in such a way as to add a tap point somewhere in the coil between the start and end point. Joe Barden Two Tone pickups are designed this way. Most I've seen are not. To make matters more confusing, Dimarzio's own documentation refers to what is truly a "coil split" as "Coil Tapping/Coil Splitting".

My recommendation: Use what Dimarzio calls "Dual Sound" which is a two way, DPDT, on/on series/parallel switching that can be a push/pull or push/push switch on bottom of the appropriate pot to replace the existing pots....so as not to cosmetically change your guitar. You'll have your stock series humbucker sound, and an option to get a more open, single-coilish sound. Both are hum-cancelling. The Dimarzio part number for a push/pull 500k pot with DPDT switch is EP1201PP.