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Tapping into Versatility With a Tapped Single Coil
If you’re like me, you love your Strat, but you’re not always in love with the traditional Strat bridge pickup. For many of us, the bridge pickup is the first one to get swapped out when it’s time for an upgrade. Alt rock, hard rock, punk, and metal tend to demand more power, midrange, and low end than a good ol’ vintage-style single coil can pump out. Continue reading
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Tagged Single Coils, SSL-5, strat, stratocaster, tele, telecaster
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What Is Coil Tapping?
Coil splitting is the practice of shutting off (or otherwise fading out) one coil of a humbucker, leaving behind a single coil for a brighter tone. Coil splitting is often confused with coil tapping, in much the same way that the terms ‘vibrato bar’ and ‘tremolo bar’ are considered interchangeable even though only one is technically correct. So what is coil tapping, and how is it different to coil splitting? Continue reading
Posted in The Tone Garage, Tips and Tricks
Tagged coil tapping, Hot for Tele, Quarter Pound For Tele, SSL-4, SSL-5, Tapped Tele
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