Hi everyone. So I finally did a pickup swap for the first time myself in my ESP LTD ST-213 strat. I replaced the stock single coil in the bridge with a Quarter Pounder. Just recently I brought my guitar in to a local tech near me for fretwork and when he was completing the final setup he noticed that when the selector switch is in position 4 (bridge and middle PU together) it is out of phase (he described a weak thin sound ) and told me he would correct it for me.
Can anyone here explain this to me ? When I installed the quarter pounder I soldered the white wire (hot) to the selector switch terminal and the black wire (ground) to the back of the volume pot.- this is exactly how the previous stock single coil in the bridge was wired as well.. I just followed the same way with the new pickup. Is this incorrect? Or does the out of phase issue have to do with the wiring of the middle pickup ? I’m just curious because to my ears when in position 5 (just bridge pickup ) it sounds great. I’m new to this and trying to learn as much as I can so any help would be appreciated !
Can anyone here explain this to me ? When I installed the quarter pounder I soldered the white wire (hot) to the selector switch terminal and the black wire (ground) to the back of the volume pot.- this is exactly how the previous stock single coil in the bridge was wired as well.. I just followed the same way with the new pickup. Is this incorrect? Or does the out of phase issue have to do with the wiring of the middle pickup ? I’m just curious because to my ears when in position 5 (just bridge pickup ) it sounds great. I’m new to this and trying to learn as much as I can so any help would be appreciated !
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