Hi everybody, I am new to the forum and looking at my first wiring ever.
I am putting together a HSH pickguard for a strat with push-pull pots. The wiring copies what the guys from 920D do in their build (https://www.siglermusiconline.com/products/920d-custom-loaded-strat-pickguard-with-seymour-duncan-hsh-p-rails, 4th picture shows the wiring)
I have the following pickup configuration: Neck humbucker size P-rail SHPR-1N; middle Vintage rail SVR-1n; bridge: trembucker P-rail TBPR-1
I ended up using a .047 cap for tone control because the wiring diagram shows it. I figured out later that the pictures of the actual wiring show a 0.022 cap.
I am at the moment at screwdriver tapping and troubleshooting. And I have noticed the following aspects:
- With the rails selected, tapping on the P-90 poles produces also a tap sound. Same when the P-90 is selected and tapping the rails.
After a bit of research I found out one mention on a forum that this would be normal. Can anybody confirm this?
- Noticed that the middle pickup (SVR-1n) is wired in parallel according to the wiring diagram with the rd/black wires on the hot and the green white bare wires on the ground side.
Is this the way it is supposed to be done?
- With all pickups in humbucker series mode, in positions 1, 3, and 5 when tapping on the pole pieces I get a response with equal intensity on all three pickups (let's say intensity 1.0)
When I go in position 2 and tap the neck and the middle pickup, the neck pickup is half as loud as in position 1 (0.5 intensity) but the middle pickup is as loud as as when in position 3 (1.0 intensity)
Same thing happens when I go in position 4 and tap the middle and the bridge.
Is this normal? and if not how can I troubleshoot it?
Kind regards,
Matei
I am putting together a HSH pickguard for a strat with push-pull pots. The wiring copies what the guys from 920D do in their build (https://www.siglermusiconline.com/products/920d-custom-loaded-strat-pickguard-with-seymour-duncan-hsh-p-rails, 4th picture shows the wiring)
I have the following pickup configuration: Neck humbucker size P-rail SHPR-1N; middle Vintage rail SVR-1n; bridge: trembucker P-rail TBPR-1
I ended up using a .047 cap for tone control because the wiring diagram shows it. I figured out later that the pictures of the actual wiring show a 0.022 cap.
I am at the moment at screwdriver tapping and troubleshooting. And I have noticed the following aspects:
- With the rails selected, tapping on the P-90 poles produces also a tap sound. Same when the P-90 is selected and tapping the rails.
After a bit of research I found out one mention on a forum that this would be normal. Can anybody confirm this?
- Noticed that the middle pickup (SVR-1n) is wired in parallel according to the wiring diagram with the rd/black wires on the hot and the green white bare wires on the ground side.
Is this the way it is supposed to be done?
- With all pickups in humbucker series mode, in positions 1, 3, and 5 when tapping on the pole pieces I get a response with equal intensity on all three pickups (let's say intensity 1.0)
When I go in position 2 and tap the neck and the middle pickup, the neck pickup is half as loud as in position 1 (0.5 intensity) but the middle pickup is as loud as as when in position 3 (1.0 intensity)
Same thing happens when I go in position 4 and tap the middle and the bridge.
Is this normal? and if not how can I troubleshoot it?
Kind regards,
Matei
