Flipping Hot rails on Strat

[Axxe73]

Hi,
new to the forum.
My pickguard is currently loaded with SSL5 (neck), SSL1 (mid) and hot rail (bridge). The guitar is a bit noisy so I am going to remove it and doing some shielding and new solders.
Since the room below the pickguard is very tiny and there is a mess of cables, I wanted to know if turning the hot rails 180°, i.e. with the cable facing the mid pick up and not the bridge, may effect the sound.
This change would help me a little having a single bundle of cables straight to fit the channel running across the the pick-ups compartment.
Hope it's clear.
Thanks for any comment.

Lorenzo

 

[DreX]

Re: Flipping Hot rails on Strat

It would have no effect on the tone.

 

[Axxe73]

Re: Flipping Hot rails on Strat

Thanks good news.

 

[SJ318]

Re: Flipping Hot rails on Strat

DreX is 100% correct.
SJ

 

[Axxe73]

Re: Flipping Hot rails on Strat

HI,
I just made the change but I am having big buzz. It's courious that it gets better when I touch the output jack, but gets worser when I touch the strings. All earth cables are connected as per diagram..should I reverse a cable??
Thanks
Lorenzo

 

[DreX]

Re: Flipping Hot rails on Strat

You may have reversed the wires from the input jack when you re-installed the pick guard.

 

[Axxe73]

Re: Flipping Hot rails on Strat

You may have reversed the wires from the input jack when you re-installed the pick guard.

Not really, or better, I did it by mistake but the guitar didn't play at all...so I think this is not the case..this thing is driving me nut! :angryfire

 

[DreX]

Re: Flipping Hot rails on Strat

If you're sure you don't have the wires reversed, then it must be a bad solder joint. Get a cheap multi-meter if you don't already have one so that you can quickly make sure current is able to pass through all your solder joints.

 

[Axxe73]

Re: Flipping Hot rails on Strat

If you're sure you don't have the wires reversed, then it must be a bad solder joint. Get a cheap multi-meter if you don't already have one so that you can quickly make sure current is able to pass through all your solder joints.

HI DreX,
in my previous post I wrote that I had reversed the two cables already to no avail, well, apparently, they weren't. I reversed them and voilà now she's as silent as a library at midday!
Still curious to understand why this helped though...
Thanks
Lorenzo