I'm wiring up from scratch a S/S/S strat guitar with Bare Knuckle Apaches. I used this diagram for reference and pretty sure I did it right. Tapped the pickups when I was done to see if I had sound. Volume and both Tone knobs work. Only get some ping sounds with a screwdriver tap when in the 4th position. Everything else....nada? Not sure where I could have gone wrong here other than maybe not grounding something properly or just going back to check my solder points?
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Originally posted by blakejcan View Postupdate to myself--the SD diagram doesn't have the wire going from one end of the blade to the other for some reason. Found that on another diagram and now we're back. Hurray me!
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Some diagrams are poorly rendered, and some are just plain wrong. We have a thread about the ones that aren't right.Administrator of the SDUGF
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Yeah, I looked really hard and still didn't see that grey connection. Now I can barely make it out. But, yeah, that is a very important connection and if you don't make it you will get exactly what you first got...nothing.
Very poor diagram.Originally Posted by IanBallard
Rule of thumb... the more pot you have, the better your tone.
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ok I'm back. I had these working or so I thought and now that I've got it all strung up it's wonky again. I can tap with a screwdriver and get sound on the bridge pickup only. Neck & middle the volume and tone work but no actual sound. Just buzzing. I have checked the diagram a million times. Reflowed all of my joints. I'm at a loss. The only thing I haven't done yet is re-check the ground to the claw but I'll do that next.
Any next steps here before all my hair goes gray?
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Shot in the dark, but those "standard" 5-ways come in two different configurations. One with the commons on one end, and one with them on the other. You have to physically look to make sure you establish which poles are the commons.
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