Hey, folks,
I play mostly classic rock/jamband style music, and I recently performed some pickup upgrades to my '94 American Standard Stratocaster. I put Dimarzio area pickups in the neck and middle positions with a JB Jr. in the bridge. I love the tones that I am getting from this setup everywhere except position 2 (bridge and middle). For some reason, there is a pretty substantial volume loss with a really thin sounding tone that is utterly unusable. I wasn't expecting the traditional strat quack, but I at least thought to have a workable tone in that position.
Is this normal? Could it be an installation issue (I used standard wiring according to the enclosed diagram, without coil split/tap)? I have contacted SD to initiate the 21 day guarantee exchange, and I was thinking about trying the little '59 or a rails pickup. However, I'm concerned about having the same problem with whatever I use instead.
I play mostly classic rock/jamband style music, and I recently performed some pickup upgrades to my '94 American Standard Stratocaster. I put Dimarzio area pickups in the neck and middle positions with a JB Jr. in the bridge. I love the tones that I am getting from this setup everywhere except position 2 (bridge and middle). For some reason, there is a pretty substantial volume loss with a really thin sounding tone that is utterly unusable. I wasn't expecting the traditional strat quack, but I at least thought to have a workable tone in that position.
Is this normal? Could it be an installation issue (I used standard wiring according to the enclosed diagram, without coil split/tap)? I have contacted SD to initiate the 21 day guarantee exchange, and I was thinking about trying the little '59 or a rails pickup. However, I'm concerned about having the same problem with whatever I use instead.
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