Hi guys,
I'm wiring a usual JB/Jazz job up with both going to push pull pots for series/parallel. Each volume knob is independent. It's a Jackson KV3 with 3 way toggle.
The JB works fine. When I try the Jazz, the neck pickup sounds fine in series, but when I switch to parallel it goes so quiet that I almost have to turn my interface's volume to max just to hear it. You would think it were a killswitch if you didn't know better.
I tried Duncan's diagram for series/parallel, but it didn't work for me. I think the lugs were upside down on their diagram. I used this diagram.
I wasn't sure if it was because the Jazz is lower output that going to parallel makes it that quiet, or if something's wrong. I've resoldered all connections twice. I'd think if the connections were bad, the pickup wouldn't work in series?
Also, I've soldered all grounds to the switch part of the casing instead of the pot. I saw Carruthers Guitars out in Venice, CA do this and seems to work. Other than that I have all grounds going to the switch ground and then one wire going from there to the ground screw inside the Jackson.
Thanks as always.
I'm wiring a usual JB/Jazz job up with both going to push pull pots for series/parallel. Each volume knob is independent. It's a Jackson KV3 with 3 way toggle.
The JB works fine. When I try the Jazz, the neck pickup sounds fine in series, but when I switch to parallel it goes so quiet that I almost have to turn my interface's volume to max just to hear it. You would think it were a killswitch if you didn't know better.
I tried Duncan's diagram for series/parallel, but it didn't work for me. I think the lugs were upside down on their diagram. I used this diagram.
I wasn't sure if it was because the Jazz is lower output that going to parallel makes it that quiet, or if something's wrong. I've resoldered all connections twice. I'd think if the connections were bad, the pickup wouldn't work in series?
Also, I've soldered all grounds to the switch part of the casing instead of the pot. I saw Carruthers Guitars out in Venice, CA do this and seems to work. Other than that I have all grounds going to the switch ground and then one wire going from there to the ground screw inside the Jackson.
Thanks as always.
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