They’re different names for different functions! A “coil tap” is where you tap into a lone coil’s winding (usually at half way). Usually this features on Fender-type single-coil pickups. A “Coil split ...

When we shut down one of the coils in a humbucker to produce a single coil tone, the correct term is coil-splitting. A coil-tap is more commonly found in specially-wired single coil pickups. It allows ...

Single-coil pickups are great for country guitar or 60s style pop rock. Conversely, the best humbucker pickups are better-suited for heavy rock, jazz, and blues.

Fishman says that its new pickup range is the first truly new electric pickup system design for over 80 years. Its Fluence technology is claimed to deliver the kind of pure, consistent tone and ...