TL;DR: little '59 and cool rails, replacing the SSL-5 with STK-S6 custom stack plus. Should I swap all pots for 250k as the wiring diagrams indicate? The diagram for the neck/bridge humbuckers calls for .047 cap while the stack needs .022. Which should I use
Hey, folks, my first post here. I've been stalking these forums for a while as I was shopping for SD pickups last fall, but never had a reason to post until today.
Late last year, I ordered my first SD pickups for a 94 American Standard Strat: Bridge- Little '59, Middle- SSL-5 Custom, Neck- Cool Rails. I took the pickups down to my local guitar shop and paid them $75 to swap them out. I got it back and absolutely hated the tone, swore I couldn't get a good sound out of it, and wrote off SD pickups forever. I have been playing my Telecaster since, but decided last weekend that I would try my hand at my first wiring job. I left the SD set on the pickguard and wired up a second plate with some Lace Sensors. Totally brought my Strat back to life, and I'm back in love.
Here's the problem: Just out of curiosity, I took a look at the wiring job on the SD pickguard and noticed that he's using a .022 cap, 500k volume pot, and (I have triple checked this value) 25k tone pots. I'm guessing this explains why my Seymour Duncan strat sounded like a musical fart. The Lace Sensor job went pretty well, so I'm going to try my hand at a second job and fix the SD pickguard. I'll be leaving the little '59 and cool rails, replacing the SSL-5 with STK-S6 custom stack plus. Should I swap all pots for 250k as the wiring diagrams indicate? The diagram for the neck/bridge humbuckers calls for .047 cap while the stack needs .022. Which should I use? Does it matter? Thanks in advance!
Hey, folks, my first post here. I've been stalking these forums for a while as I was shopping for SD pickups last fall, but never had a reason to post until today.
Late last year, I ordered my first SD pickups for a 94 American Standard Strat: Bridge- Little '59, Middle- SSL-5 Custom, Neck- Cool Rails. I took the pickups down to my local guitar shop and paid them $75 to swap them out. I got it back and absolutely hated the tone, swore I couldn't get a good sound out of it, and wrote off SD pickups forever. I have been playing my Telecaster since, but decided last weekend that I would try my hand at my first wiring job. I left the SD set on the pickguard and wired up a second plate with some Lace Sensors. Totally brought my Strat back to life, and I'm back in love.
Here's the problem: Just out of curiosity, I took a look at the wiring job on the SD pickguard and noticed that he's using a .022 cap, 500k volume pot, and (I have triple checked this value) 25k tone pots. I'm guessing this explains why my Seymour Duncan strat sounded like a musical fart. The Lace Sensor job went pretty well, so I'm going to try my hand at a second job and fix the SD pickguard. I'll be leaving the little '59 and cool rails, replacing the SSL-5 with STK-S6 custom stack plus. Should I swap all pots for 250k as the wiring diagrams indicate? The diagram for the neck/bridge humbuckers calls for .047 cap while the stack needs .022. Which should I use? Does it matter? Thanks in advance!
