'Splain the Pup Switching on JP BFR for Newb - Please?

[joe1871]

hey y'all,

This is coming from my phone while SWMBO picks up a few groceries. Forgive the typos.
I just got my new JP BFR and I am resenting things like food, sleep, and work where I am not playing that gorgeous piece of work. However I have one question on how the pup selectors work. How do you get just a split single coil? What are my single coil options? Is there a doc (owners manual?) somewhere there that splains it all to my little brain?

TIA

Joe

 

[JoeDogInKC]

Here goes:

Coils 1 & 2 = Neck Pickup, 3 & 4 = Bridge Pickup.

Magnetic Pickup Switch to the far right (or down depending on how you look at it) is just bridge pickup (coils 3 & 4). Middle position is coil tap with coil 2 and coil 3 together. Up position is just neck pickup (coils 1 & 2). While in the middle position if you pull up on the tone knob, you'll get all 4 coils together.

Now, in addition to that, if you set the piezo pickup switch at the top of the guitar to the full "up" position, you'll get piezo only. In the middle it's a mixture/blend of piezo + whatever other magnetic pickup settings you have already selected. In the down position it's magnetic only.

 

[joe1871]

Hey Joe - thanks for the reply.

Yeah that is what I had kind of figured out, but I guess I am comparing it to all of my other "splittable" guitars (my first mistake). I am used to a split giving you a single coil, and then having the middle position be the "tweener" on a Strat - the "quack" position if you will. I am not upset that there is no single coil, these are just other tone options that are fantastic as far as i am concerned, and I am sure that is the way everybody else on this board looks at it as well. No problems, just have to change my long ingrained way of thinking about a split switch.

Again - I really appreciate the info.

Joe