Mixing stacks and single coils . . . Wiring issues

[JRawk]

I've got a telecaster here, loaded with a hot stack in the bridge, and the stock single-coil in the neck. The question is: can I perform the series mod with a push/pull pot on these two pickups? I mean, the stack is already in series with itself . . . so if I wire that in series with the other pickup will there be strange consequences? I'm hoping somebody out there has some input on mixing stacks and singles!

A side not while I'm at it - and this is something that happens on more than one of my guitars - the ground noise is significant when I take my hand off the strings, bridge, etc. even though I believe the guitar is properly grounded? What can I do about this - or is this normal in its own strange way?

Any help would be invaluable!

 

[frankfalbo]

Re: Mixing stacks and single coils . . . Wiring issues

You'll have hum. You'd be better off wiring the neck pickup in series with the top coil of the stack, assuming they're RWRP from eachother. If not, you could go series or parallel with the bottom coil of the bridge pickup as a fun way to eliminate noise and have an extremely faint sound from the bridge area mixed with the neck pickup. Otherwise get a RWRP neck pickup. The three coils in series won't do anything spectacular for you tonally that you wouldn't get from the top coil only.