Coil splitting a VHII neck

[martinbmortensen]

Hello everyone,

I just received a vhii neck and a rebel yell bridge pickup for my Carvin CS6M. The guitar has coil splitting installed. The description of the vhii says that it is good for coil splitting due to the assymmetrically wound coils. As I understand it though, the screw coil has the higher output, while the slug coil is usually the one used when splitting a neck humbucker. So my question is, should I just wire it like it is usually done, or is there something to be gained from using the screw coil when splitting?

[Yellowjacket]

I have the VHII neck and Rebel Yell bridge in my Godin LG. 
I also have a push pull pot for coil tapping.

I don't know if it is the inner or outer coil that I am hearing from the VHII, but I get a significant drop in output.  It still sounds great though. 

Even though the LG is a very dark guitar, the coil tapped bridge pickup is still exceedingly bright.  Very useful for some applications.

[darkbluemurder]

The description of the vhii says that it is good for coil splitting due to the assymmetrically wound coils. As I understand it though, the screw coil has the higher output, while the slug coil is usually the one used when splitting a neck humbucker. So my question is, should I just wire it like it is usually done, or is there something to be gained from using the screw coil when splitting?

Your understanding is correct. By using the stronger screw coil you would achieve a better balance between the split and series humbucker mode for two reasons: 1 - due to more turns of wire on the coil and 2 - due to the closer proximity to the fretboard.

Cheers Stephan