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Re: new p'ups for Tele modern player plus....any suggestions?? See my MP Telecaster Plus modification web page: http://robrobinette.com/TelecasterMod.htm The Invader bridge humbucker and Quarter Pound mid I installed probably won't work for your playing style but my web page explains how to...

Re: wiring guys need help with 3 wire pup Here's the original wiring for my 3 conductor + shield Fender Modern Player Tele Plus humbucker. Green and shield grounded at the pot, red and white to coil split switch. The pickup's red wire and the red output to the 5-way switch are both connected to...

Re: Split humbucker + RW/RP Single coil = hum cancellation? One other point, since most SD pickups have the "Seymour Duncan" logo on them you'll need to get the specific bridge and neck versions of your humbuckers if you want them oriented in the standard way--with the bridge humbucker's screw...

Re: Any love for the 1/4 Pounde for Tele in here ? I have one in the mid position and really like it. It balances well with the high output Invader humbucker at the bridge.

I thought I had a handle on electric and magnetic phase but after thinking about it for a while I realize I do have some questions: Let's say I have a standard SSS strat with a 5-way switch wired with positions 2 and 4 as bridge + mid and mid + neck. But the pickups' magnetic phase are...

Re: Splitting a Humbucker The left, ON-ON switch shows the connections in red. The push-pull pot switch works the same way: The upper is knob down, lower is knob up.

Re: Magnetic Phase Issue on 3 Pickup Telecaster Final update: I installed the reversed polarity Area T pickup in the neck and set it up for auto-split when the 5-way switch is in the neck + mid pickup position. I now have hum canceling in switch position 2 and 4. While in there I wired up the...

Re: Why Aren't 2 Conductor Pickup Wires Twisted? I think I understand what you're saying here. Since a single coil pickup is a pretty good antenna (most AM radios have built in coil antennas) it's going to pick up noise, so why bother twisting the two pickup leads. Whereas a humbucker will be...

I'm curious as to why single coil two conductor pickup wires aren't twisted like unshielded twisted pair (UTP) to reduce noise? Is it because the pickup and control cavities are shielded and twisting isn't needed? I guess if that were true humbuckers wouldn't have grounded shield coax cables...

Re: Duncan MAGNETIC PU POLARITY ??? My SSL-7 RW/RP is a single Strat pickup with South magnetic polarity. I don't know about other Strat pickups. The reverse is the norm for a bridge humbucker -- Inner (neck side) slug coil is North; outer (bridge side) screw coil is South. A neck...

Re: Magnetic Phase Issue on 3 Pickup Telecaster The Invader is installed so the logo can be read when the guitar is standing in a guitar stand. On my invader the North coil is the coil closest to the bridge--at least that's what the polarity tester indicates and the same indicator shows my...

I just picked up a Schatten Design Magnetic Polarity Tester and tested my Modern Player Telecaster Plus HSS. It has an SD Invader Humbucker at the bridge, an SD Strat Quarter Pound RW/RP mid and factory Modern Player Tele at the neck. I made sure to install an RW/RP mid pickup to make sure I'd...

Can you guys confirm that my Fender Modern Player Telecaster Plus 3-wire humbucker is wired in parallel mode? The humbucker has 3 wires, a red, white and green wire + shield. The green wire and shield are grounded to the tone pot. The coil split switch is a 2-position DPDT on/on toggle which...

Re: I have 2 magnets, 1 marked extensively, the other not. help. please Speaking of magnetic polarity can someone confirm that this graphic is generally incorrect because it shows the screw heads as north:

Re: RW/RP Single Coil To Go With JB/Jazz Combo These two graphics helped clarify the polarity and phase concepts in this thread: P.S. After doing more research I see that many do use the term "out of magnetic phase" to describe the situation where the magnetic polarity is incorrect. I also...