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Any guitarists?
I'm wiring a 3 humbucker "super Strat" like this: https://res.cloudinary.com/phostenix/image/upload/GuitarWiring/StratHHHHotRailsSeries.jpg Two Seymour Duncan mini-humbuckers in the neck and middle position as per the diagram, and one Bill & Becky Lawrence regular humbucker in the bridge. https://www.wildepickups.com/ The SD wire codes are black - north start, white - north finish, red - south finish, green - south start The Bill Lawrence is black - north start, white - south start, red - north finish, green - south finish (ref: https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-fxdzp2uudp/product_images/uploaded_images/bill-lawrence-original-xl.jpg) I have it wired up as per the diagram except on the BL since the color code is different I have white on that one to ground, red to top left of 5 way switch pin 1, green to top right of five way switch pin 1. Switch position 1, 3, and 5 give the quiet powerful hum-bucking sound I'm used to. Something seems wrong with positions 2 and 4, though, but as I've only played a Les Paul or SG for 20 years I don't have any idea how splitting coils across humbuckers and running them in series is supposed to sound. I was under the impression that it gave a "virtual humbucker" kind of sound but it sounds thin and nasally more like a Strat single coil. Maybe that's how it is, don't know. Anyone see an error in how I've wired this up or in the diagram that could be causing the symptoms? |
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On 5/18/2021 3:28 PM, bitrex wrote:
Any guitarists? I'm wiring a 3 humbucker "super Strat" like this: https://res.cloudinary.com/phostenix/image/upload/GuitarWiring/StratHHHHotRailsSeries.jpg Two Seymour Duncan mini-humbuckers in the neck and middle position as per the diagram, and one Bill & Becky Lawrence regular humbucker in the bridge. https://www.wildepickups.com/ The SD wire codes are black - north start, white - north finish, red - south finish, green - south start The Bill Lawrence is black - north start, white - south start, red - north finish, green - south finish (ref: https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-fxdzp2uudp/product_images/uploaded_images/bill-lawrence-original-xl.jpg) I have it wired up as per the diagram except on the BL since the color code is different I have white on that one to ground, red to top left of 5 way switch pin 1, green to top right of five way switch pin 1. Switch position 1, 3, and 5 give the quiet powerful hum-bucking sound I'm used to. Something seems wrong with positions 2 and 4, though, but as I've only played a Les Paul or SG for 20 years I don't have any idea how splitting coils across humbuckers and running them in series is supposed to sound. I was under the impression that it gave a "virtual humbucker" kind of sound but it sounds thin and nasally more like a Strat single coil. Maybe that's how it is, don't know. Anyone see an error in how I've wired this up or in the diagram that could be causing the symptoms? Think I found the problem, black and green look to be reversed on my particular model of mini-buckers. Would be nice if manufacturers could agree on an industry-wide standard with respect to this stuff but that's probably wishful thinking.... |
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