JB Bridge sounnds overly bright, not sure why.

[Name that is a User]

Do i need to re-wire with a different pot? and also the tone nobs are not working.

It is a Strat configuration with H(neck) S(middle) and H(bridge). Now with Picture

 

[Funkfingers]

Re: JB Bridge sounnds overly bright, not sure why.

Photographs of your wiring and a link to the schematic diagram that you followed would help enormously.

 

[Name that is a User]

Re: JB Bridge sounnds overly bright, not sure why.

Alright, Ill post that sometime today

 

[Name that is a User]

Re: JB Bridge sounnds overly bright, not sure why.

 

[Mincer]

Re: JB Bridge sounnds overly bright, not sure why.

First, a JB with no tone pot is pretty bright. What is that switch for? Are the tone knobs working for the any of the other pickups?

 

[frankfalbo]

Re: JB Bridge sounnds overly bright, not sure why.

A single 500k pot on the JB will be bright.

Is that tone capacitor even hooked up to anything on the other side? It looks clipped. Duncan has plenty of wiring diagrams for strats, I would start from scratch but also choose one that places one of the tone controls on the bridge pickup. Having the tone control loading the JB will soften it up even when the tone is on 10.

 

[stevie_bees]

Re: JB Bridge sounds overly bright, wiring Pic included

Re: JB Bridge sounds overly bright, wiring Pic included

Even if the capacitor is wired to something it's not going to do a great deal if both legs are touching the pot casing. It looks pretty close to me. Some of those solder joints could do with being redone too


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[Funkfingers]

Re: JB Bridge sounnds overly bright, not sure why.

In the photograph, the jumper wire on the selector switch that - on Fender Am Std Stratocasters - allows the middle and bridge pickups to share the lower tone control pot is absent. (The solder that used to connect one end of this wire can clearly be seen.)

The green capacitor appears to be connected to the upper tone control in the manner of a vintage Stratocaster circuit. Normally, the capacitor leg that passes through the pot lug would continue on to the middle lug of the lower tone pot. The pot itself has been rotated to make space for the mini switch.

 

[Name that is a User]

Re: JB Bridge sounnds overly bright, not sure why.

I did not wire this myself, the only thing i did is disconnect the bridge pup from the switch so now the switch is just sitting there. No tone pots work and the volume pot doesn't do much besides just soften up the sound a bit. yesterday, i took out the middle single coil so now it's just Neck and Bridge Humbuckers, doing that seemed to slightly change the tonal qualities a bit, but not a dramatic difference.

 

[dotsdad]

Re: JB Bridge sounnds overly bright, not sure why.

Did you remember to solder red and white to one another before tying them off?

 

[Name that is a User]

Re: JB Bridge sounnds overly bright, not sure why.

Not when i took the single coil out, i just un-soldered it

 

[Mincer]

Re: JB Bridge sounnds overly bright, not sure why.

In some cases, it is better to start over. The wiring is a bit of a mess, and with a few things going wrong here, I would probably just do it over.

 

[Name that is a User]

Re: JB Bridge sounnds overly bright, not sure why.

Ok, should use all new pots and wires or just keep everything and re-solder

 

[GuitarDoc]

Re: JB Bridge sounnds overly bright, not sure why.

What a mess.

Definitely take it ALL apart and rewire starting at the beginning. Use a little better technique when soldering.

 

[Brandenburg]

Re: JB Bridge sounnds overly bright, not sure why.

a mess.. ? are some of ya serious..? It doesn't look all that pretty but that is not what i call a mess.. hardly anything there to make a mess..LOL.. I do agree that its easier to start over sometimes than it is to try and troubleshoot something.. soldering technique isn't great but i wouldn't say bad....I've seen worse.. besides it might not be his technique at all but the the tools he is working with

 

[Name that is a User]

Re: JB Bridge sounnds overly bright, not sure why.

Like I have said before, the guitar tech at the local shop wired this, not me. Ill start from scratch and see if that does anything.

 

[Aceman]

Re: JB Bridge sounnds overly bright, not sure why.

Get new tech…

 

[Name that is a User]

Re: JB Bridge sounnds overly bright, not sure why.

I would but I'm just not sure how to find the best one.

 

[Brandenburg]

Re: JB Bridge sounnds overly bright, not sure why.

I would but I'm just not sure how to find the best one.

i find the notion of a tech to do setups..basic woodworking and wiring very alien to me.. all it takes is a bit of practice, reading, and some basic tools IMO

then again others either have money to pay a tech (i never did or do) and/or are not very DIY ..then there is time..some dont have it and would sooner pay another

id just make 2 adjustments to the wiring to get it going .. hook the tone of the N to the N+M and hook the bridge up the M tone.. Id use the switch for either a kill switch or if the JB is 4 conductor .. series/coil split/parallel switch OR take it out and not use it at all

 

[Name that is a User]

Re: JB Bridge sounnds overly bright, not sure why.

Cool, I'll try that sometime over the next week and post a pic of it.