I've got a coil split option on my Super 2's and I'm just not digging it. The volume drop is too much, and the single coil sound is too bright for my taste. (Sorry, I know, sacrilege, but that's what I'm hearing, and maybe Jerry would have gone to a partial coil split if he were alive today). I read about the partial coil tap process where a resistor is placed between the cut coil and ground. Used by PRS on some of their models. Recommended by Fralin when splitting anything other than an overwound. Anyone here tried it with a Super 2? Any recommendations as to the resistor rating?
This may or may not work, but I raised the poles in the north coil up ala strat style, and lowered them a bit in the south coil (both in the middle pup), then play it in hum bucking mode. Seems to sound great! It does not sound as "Jerry", but it is closer while still retaining more thickness.
I have never heard of your trick with the resistor? Perhaps someone with more knowledge than me on this board, Waldo!, could chime in.