Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: FernandoDuarte on September 08, 2007, 08:00:25 PM
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Hey! I have read it, but I didn't understand the meaning of "tapped" p90's, can anybody help me?
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there is coil split and coil tapped.
with humbuckers they do a coil split which I guess you already know about
but a coil tap means taking a certain number of winds out of the circuit, reducing output.
anyone feel free to correct anything I have wrong :P but I think its right
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Yep, just as Will described. By 'tapping' the pickup you take the output 2/3 of the way through the coil (for instance) which would give something like 6k on a standard P90 for less output.
:twisted:
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:? Weird... So this way a BKP-92 will sound alike a 91 or 90?? But it change much thing? isn't easier to make one under-winded?
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it gives you the option. the coil tap is not always on
if you have a switch for it (instead of push pull knob), you can have full power, and then flick the switch and you have reduced power
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its really all semantics... but yes, will is right - a coil tap is a coil with an extra output for different power levels from the same coil and a split is where you take a humbucker and remove one coil....
... but when people come to me and say they want a coil tap switch i know they genrally mean coil split!!
the real question is, are BKP actually offering this as an option? i know if i spoke to tim to get it done as a custom he would be able to do it but i want to know how he feels it affects the quality of the pickup !!