Anyone coil tap the SoCal Dimarzio's - How'd they sound

[vondran]

Been thinking of adding a coil tap switch on my SoCal. Before I do so, anyone done this and how did these pickups sound tapped.

[DHardmanJr]

Been thinking of adding a coil tap switch on my SoCal. Before I do so, anyone done this and how did these pickups sound tapped.

I did the coil tap with a push/pull volume control and am happy with the results. The Evolution in the neck has a lot of output even as a single coil and I can get some nice liquid-distortion type lead sounds out of it. When both humbuckers are on and the coils are tapped it can really do a nice sparkling clean sound. The TZ sounded good by itself tapped as well, but I don't use that setting very often.

In my opinion though - I'd say if you are looking for any kind of twang out of the pickups you won't really find that with tapping the stock pickups.

[Newc]

Agreed. There's no twang, but plenty of shimmer when both are split. I dig it.