Wiring question - What does Series/Split/Parallel do with single coils?

[Corbic]

Question is in the title.

I can understand the use of series and parallel switching, but how do split a single coil? What effect does it have?

Also, what would be a more useful tone, bridge/middle in series, or bridge/neck in series?

Thanks!

-Corbic

[zionstrat]

There is no way to split a single coil unless it is one of the very unusual split pups like a Pbass PUP (SOme music mans used similar)-

On the other hand you can tap a single coil, but that's an entirely differnt thing- All you are doing with a tap is taking a signal out of the pup at lower number of winds and also from the end of the coil- So you can get a cleaner "clearer" sound with the tap since it has less turns and also get the 'full' pup sound-

This what you were after?

[tone4days]

series / split / parallel only refers to what happens within a double coil pickup

the way a 'normal' double coil pickup is wired is in 'series' so that the signal passess first through one coil and then the other coil in series ... this method of combining two coils produces strong output and hum cancelling and the resistance of the coils is added to find to total resistance (5k coil + 5k coil = 10K total resistance)

'split' means that the signal is only traveling through one of the coils - this is not hum cancelling and total resistance is just that of one coil (e.g. 5k)

'parallel' means that the signal is passing through both coils at the same time - this is hum cancelling and total resistance is the reciprocal of the sum of the reciprocals of the individual coil resistances (e.g. 5k coil in parallel with 5k coil = total resistance = 2.5 k)

right?

[Corbic]

Thanks guys, I think I was a bit confused between split and something else. I guess the split function doesn't work on the single coils in the schematic in the Schematics Section.