ramcoy Posted August 12, 2018 Untitled by R.Rama Adhypoetra, on Flickr does anyone in here play electric guitar...? i usually playing metal I used to have a band that played cover songs from Megadeth, Metallica, Anthrax, Iron Maiden, Helloween but now I only play in the room for now I prefer Japanese bands, specifically the female band like Band Maid, Aldious, Mary's Blood, SCANDAL, Gacharic Spin for guitar... i love Fender Guitar and Marshall Amps 10 years (more i think) I have always used Telecaster, but in the last 5 years I have used Stratocaster this is my current guitar Untitled by R.Rama Adhypoetra, on Flickr 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kumi Posted August 12, 2018 I play a little. Wanted to play more but life has sometimes other plans. Forgot most of it... I have a Cort Zenox Z42 (sort of Les Paul type, but with different wiring and coil tap), a Squier Affinity SSS Stratocaster and a Fender Mustang I modeling amplifier. It's rather low-tier but good quality and sound. Friend of mine is a very good guitarist, he teaches guitar and even released an CD album in style of The Shadows. I'm always helping him with his computer problems Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ramcoy Posted August 14, 2018 I have a Cort Zenox Z42 (sort of Les Paul type, but with different wiring and coil tap), a Squier Affinity SSS Stratocaster and a Fender Mustang I modeling amplifier. It's rather low-tier but good quality and sound. do you modify it yourself...? as far i know, that cort series uses active pickups fender mustang is a good amp, i own fender mustang III ver.2 i love my tubes amp, unfortunately the amp is too loud for playing at home so I barely play it at home Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kumi Posted August 14, 2018 My Cort is older (first?) version with passive humbuckers (two, H-H setup like LP), all default from factory. The coil tap is interesting, it splits the humbuckers' coils and changes the sound to something like S-S config (sort of). At home even the Mustang I is loud fortunately it has headphones out too... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ramcoy Posted August 17, 2018 The coil tap is interesting, it splits the humbuckers' coils and changes the sound to something like S-S config (sort of). yes. i have split coil in my strat too my strat has 3 humbucker with 2 volume, 2 split coil with special wiring and blow switch by the way... coil tap and coil split is a different things on your guitar is split coil, not the coil tap coil tap is not splitting the coil... it has something to do with pickup output, when the "tap" is on the pickup has reduce the amount of power output many people has mistaken coil tap is for splitting the humbucker Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kumi Posted August 17, 2018 It's possible, in the 'net reviews people used both names and I wasn't sure what is correct. Maybe the cause is that the wire between the two actual coils is seen as "tap", don't know. But Your explanation makes sense Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ramcoy Posted August 17, 2018 It's possible, in the 'net reviews people used both names and I wasn't sure what is correct.Maybe the cause is that the wire between the two actual coils is seen as "tap", don't know. But Your explanation makes sense i believe your guitar is split coil you can tap or knock...? or hit...? (i dont know the langguage) your pickup pole pieces with screwdriver or something metal if 1 line dont have sound when the "tap" is on, then it is the split coil coil tap is use to make guitar sound "vintage" (low output) example common fender guitar has dc resistance (dcr) around 6k or 7k output in each pickup hot single coil pickup like fender texas has 8k or above (Seymour Duncan STK-S7 has 12k output) coil tap is used when you have hot pickup, but you want a vintage sound i believe your cort has around 10-12k output with ceramic magnet squier affinity has 6k output Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
