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Can I coil split a DiMarzio Split P pickup?

DarkWeek

DarkWeek

Jan 10, 2019
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Each half is it's own humbucker, and I don't know enough about these specific pickups to be able to tell.

Also I can't seem to find any information anywhere. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance.
 
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The "dual sound" is simply switching the coils from series (the normal way Precision PUPS are wired) to parallel.

You can wire it so you kill one coul, but because each coul senses only two strings you loose those two strings. It's not at all the same as switching out the dummy coil of a standard humbucker.
 
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DarkWeek said:
Each half is it's own humbucker, and I don't know enough about these specific pickups to be able to tell.

Also I can't seem to find any information anywhere. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance.
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Sheesh, guys. Read up on the product before responding...

OP, what you want is doable, AFAIK, but the complete pickup has only 4 conductors not 8, so you'd have to open each humbucking half and pull up the internal connections - which are, I'd venture to say, probably in parallel. How difficult the above is I couldn't say: certainly above my paygrade, and possibly yours. Looks like a job for a pro tech, or an experienced tinkerer at least.
What I can do is suggest you open a mirror thread over at the Pickups & Electronics for Bass Guitar forum section, and do a forum search there (with "DiMarzio" and "split" as keywords) in the meanwhilez.
I've just taken a look myself, and seen that the above suggestion to add a series-parallel switch (between the two half-pickups, not the two coils that each has) already has a supporter in one of our most knowledgeable posters, @walterw:
walterw said:
it's of course possible with any P pickup (except an EMG).

it just doesn't sound so great, except for the split P! that pickup is basically two little humbuckers already. in normal series mode it's kinda boomy and muddy IMO, but in parallel, it's still plenty loud, but clear; it sounds kinda like one nice soapbar humbucker.

i don't bother wiring these in series at all, so the switch at least is worth a shot on this one.
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and might be an easier way for you to get the tone you expect from the pickup, at the flick of a switch, without messing with the casings and internal wiring.
 
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