PHILBERT
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I don't know if this is the case for your guitar but a buddy of mine was doing warranty work on a Traditional and after a number of calls to Gibson about the split coil not working he found out that they don't split at all. Their so called "split coil" is actually a capacitor that just changes the sound. Too funny.
Hi, Pat. These actually do split. My screwdriver tap test on the pole pieces confirmed which coils were active. The green and white leads, which connect to the bridge between the inner and outer coils, ground out at the switch when it is in the up position. My problem was with what coils remained active...the inner. Not the best tone in those positions, so I flipped the red and black. Much better, especially on the neck pickup. I am going to put another push/push pot in and do a phase rversal option on the bridge pickup. Why not?
The big question is if I want to try my ThroBak's in this guitar. I like the tone now, although the neck pup is not as clear as what a ThroBak could do (I think). At some point I will give this a try, but I want to really know these 57/super 57 pups before I make the switch. I still am really digging this Les Paul. Tone and play are a dream come true.