New P-rails & triple shot circuit ???

[Imtxn]

I’d like to thank all the folks who follow this post for their thoughts and time. If the discussion was tense at times, its ok and even though didn’t ask I learned alot from you, even the humor provoked.

I favour eclecticsynergy’s suggestion, the coilground conductor especially since the term agrees with convention and usage

be the coil luke

[GuitarDoc]

The most confusing thing about electronic theory for me was visualising current flows, conventional flow or electron flow, +to- or -to+. I was taught to accept one way and stick to it. However I usually see both sides of the equation simultaneously. And it confuses me. So I’ve adopted terminology which better helps me understand a circuits operation. It is what it is & I’ve adapted.

The electrical polarity induced by the PU corresponds to the direction the strings cross the magnetic plane of that coil & that polarity changes when the string changes direction. A/C voltage!

Now, consider the current flow from that PU’s hot lead during a positive cycle and assume the (-charged) electrons are being pushed through the hot wire, i.e., sending a signal “to” the controls. But you can also say those controls get a signal “from” the hot wire. Depends on your perspective. This is an example of conventional flow(+to-)
At exactly that same moment in time the other end of the PU kill is pulling electrons from the lead connected to that end of the pickup.
No returning flow of electrons occurs if the circuit isn’t complete.
Can you see why I’ve called it a return now.

There is a different way to see something for everyone who looks. Everyone who looks sees things his own way, we simply use the language which facilitates our understanding.

I totally understand what your saying. I have sympathy for you with all of the confusion out there with electronics terminology. I think we've all been there and still are to a certain extent. There is certainly no problem at all in "thinking" with the terminology that helps you understand better. But let's not ADD to that confusion. We're talking about "communication" and using terminology that everyone can, or should learn to, understand for the sake of, uh, communicating. If you grew up in Germany and recently moved to America it may help you to understand better if you think in German, but if you want to effectively "communicate", you'd be better off learning and speaking in English (unless you're in the South, that's a different language down there).

[ThreeChordWonder]

Americans... English.... just saying

[GuitarDoc]

I agree that American English is one of the most ridiculous languages...too much ambiguity in many of the words. But, unfortunately this is the language of this country and we need to all use it correctly to facilitate communication.

[ThreeChordWonder]

Let's start with a-l-u-m-i-n-i-u-m....

[GuitarDoc]

Or c-o-l-o-n-e-l.
Is this word "read", pronounced reed or red?

[Imtxn]

You won’t get any arguments from me. English Language & good communication shouldn’t be used in conjunction with each other.
Maintaining the subject of the forum, lets look at Fender guitars verses partscasters from a purely socialistic viewpoint.
A caster could be made by a luthier with years of experience with all top shelf pieces. But some fools would still consider the instrument inferior to a guitar made in Korea or Mexico licensed by Fender by unknowns and crap parts because it has a decal on it.
It all depends on who’s looking at it and the way they see things.
The language is irrelevant. It’s the idea which is important. And quite frankly, a person may think whatever he wants to make himself happy.
I don’t care
I’ll quote another American who was thoroughly dissed by the English arrogance, “ your mind is like a parachute, won’t work unless its open”.

[GuitarDoc]

I love that quote. Very true. Who said it?

[Imtxn]

I love that one too, Frank Zappa was credited with it.

My #1 fave is something Winston Curchhill said, “success is an ability, to progress from failure to failure with no lessening of enthusiasm.”
probably not word for word, but you get the idea.

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[GuitarDoc]

Or, how about:

"'Courage' is knowing it might hurt and doing it anyway.
'Stupidity' is the same.
And that's why life is hard". (Jeremy Goldberg)