So I accidentally converted my humbucker into a single coil...

[Ror]

So I was bored last night and I was screwing with the electronics in my Ibanez Gio, and I accidentally ripped the wires off one of the coils in my neck pickup. It was late, and I didn't feel like firing up the soldering gun, so instead I just taped the two wires together with some electrical tape to complete the circuit. So now my Gio has a single coil neck pickup. IMHO I think it sounds better than it did before (still doesn't sound good, but better than it did ). Pictures:

 

[Daf57]

Ah man! Bummer. Yeah, pickup wires are very fragile. At least you think it sounds better so ... happy accident!

 

[muffinbutton]

I saw "accidentally" in the luthier section and though pondman built another guitar.

 

[Ror]

Ah man! Bummer. Yeah, pickup wires are very fragile. At least you think it sounds better so ... happy accident!

Well I have the equipment and know-how to fix it, I was just lazy, haha

 

[drmosh]

well, it was a gio so nothing lost?

 

[tommychains]

Silly Ror, that's not how you make a coil tap!

 

[Serratus]

For the LED guitar in my Avatar pic I did a similar thing - I stripped all the wire from one of the coils of the neck pickup and glued in some blue LEDs that shined across the front of the guitar. But I left the other coil alone so the pickup still worked as a single coil - sounded alright imho