Lil '59er Bridge with Stock Telecaster Neck Pickup Tone

rsadasiv

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I installed a used Lil '59er in the bridge of my Squier Telecaster. I am not very experienced with pickup installation so I was wondering if anyone could confirm these results.

The tone selector is the original three-way switch. In the neck position, I get my standard neck tone. In the bridge position I get a recognizable humbucker tone. However, in the middle position I get something which sounds like a combination of the neck sound and the bridge sound routed through a ****ed and locked wah-wah (think Mark Knopfler on Money For Nothing). The tone is not unpleasant, but I am concerned that there is some kind of phase issue or perhaps some bad solder.

Is this the sound I should expect, or do I have an installation problem?
 
Re: Lil '59er Bridge with Stock Telecaster Neck Pickup Tone

You're out of phase. If you want to correct it, use the Lil 59's green wire to switch, bare and black to ground, and red and white soldered together and taped off.
 
Re: Lil '59er Bridge with Stock Telecaster Neck Pickup Tone

Ok - phase issue resolved. Thanks for your help.
 
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