I just pimped an older american deluxe strat; Middle is unchanged, Neck is coolrails from my local dealer and bridge is a pg-1b black matte i bought from thestratosphere on bay.
The standard wiring is changed the following way ..
- overall Tone
- swapped mid and neck pu on the 5w switch
- autosplit on coolrails, the pg is always full
the result is
1 - middle
2 - neck(split)+middle
3 - neck(full)
4 - neck(full)+bridge
5 - bridge
I verified the wiring results by touching the polepices/rails with a string. sound is good, switching as assumed.
Issue1: The Coolrails(full) is quite dull. Will this change a lot when going to a 500k tonepot? Will the singlecoil sound get even brighter then?
Issue2: The pg isn't cancelling hum. It seems to be connected correctly, measures about 8,4k and no coil from another other pu is accidentally connected on pos5 verified. I tried to find out if the internal ground may be improper, by additonaly grounding the pg's screw-lug - no effect.
For hum testing, i put the strat close to a transformer. positions 3 and 2(nearly) are dead quiet, while 5 is nearly as loud humming as 1. Cavity is shielded and connected to gnd. Any idea?
cheers
The standard wiring is changed the following way ..
- overall Tone
- swapped mid and neck pu on the 5w switch
- autosplit on coolrails, the pg is always full
the result is
1 - middle
2 - neck(split)+middle
3 - neck(full)
4 - neck(full)+bridge
5 - bridge
I verified the wiring results by touching the polepices/rails with a string. sound is good, switching as assumed.
Issue1: The Coolrails(full) is quite dull. Will this change a lot when going to a 500k tonepot? Will the singlecoil sound get even brighter then?
Issue2: The pg isn't cancelling hum. It seems to be connected correctly, measures about 8,4k and no coil from another other pu is accidentally connected on pos5 verified. I tried to find out if the internal ground may be improper, by additonaly grounding the pg's screw-lug - no effect.
For hum testing, i put the strat close to a transformer. positions 3 and 2(nearly) are dead quiet, while 5 is nearly as loud humming as 1. Cavity is shielded and connected to gnd. Any idea?
cheers
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