Silo: Coil Split opinions

[dfung]

Any opinions on the coil split tone of a neck positioned PAF PRO? I'm looking to possibly do this for my HSH Silo, but am thinking the resulting tone may be lacking the character quality I'm looking for in a single coil. Aside from entertaining a possible SSH pickguard swap, I wanted to hear if anyone else has done this and hear their opinions. Gosh, if you have sound samples, that would be the cat's meow!

 

[Norrin Radd]

A split HB ≠ Single Coil. Ever.

 

[petel]

The splitting of my stock HSH Silo sounds close enough to a single-coil that the audience won't notice at volume. Is a PAF pro any different? Not sure... or is PAF pro stock in the Silo?

True, I guess HSH will never be as convincing as having SSS, but it's close enough to pass for me.

 

[Roubster]

I think it depends on the humbucker itself. Some split better than others, but again they never sound like a true single coil. That being said I really like the split humbuckers on my Y2D, and gives me that extra option.

 

[DrKev]

With DiMarzio pickups, I've heard that on a lot of their models the two coils are not identically wound/voiced so each coil should sound a little different on their own. Does that help? What about parallel vs series vs single coil?

 

[JMD]

My 2 cents is that you go ahead and wire in the mod - if your going the push/pull way - its totally reversible with no harm to the instrument (cosmetic or otherwise).....or if your not hot for the resulting sound - you could also just choose not to engage it (then buy another Silo - hahaha).

+1 regarding a split humbucker not being able to match a dedicated single coil...these mods are always a compromise of design.

Personally, I'm sucker for versatility - so I don't know why all humbucker guitars are not modded for a selectable coil split - just 'cause - why not?!