Need help installing Fender Fat 50's

[357mag]

According to the diagram that Fender supplies with the Fat 50's, the pickup with the blue dot goes in the neck, the pickup with the red dot goes in the bridge, and the remaining pickup goes in the middle.

Problem...

There is no pickup with a red dot. Here is what I have:

One pickup with black and white wires and a blue dot.
One pickup with black and white wires and no dot.
One pickup with yellow and white wires and no dot.

So what goes where?

 

[Funkfingers]

Re: Need help installing Fender Fat 50's

Well, you know which one is the neck PU. Look at where the black and white wires leave the bobbin.

The unmarked pickup with the white wire leaving from the same bobbin eyelet as it does on the neck PU is probably the bridge PU.

The other unmarked pickup is the RP/RW centre pickup. Its magnet polepieces will attract those of either of the other two pickups.

 

[Jeff_H]

Re: Need help installing Fender Fat 50's

I think the one with Yellow and White wires is the center RW/RP.

 

[357mag]

Re: Need help installing Fender Fat 50's

Well, you know which one is the neck PU. Look at where the black and white wires leave the bobbin.

The unmarked pickup with the white wire leaving from the same bobbin eyelet as it does on the neck PU is probably the bridge PU.

The other unmarked pickup is the RP/RW centre pickup. Its magnet polepieces will attract those of either of the other two pickups.

Well I don't have a clue as to what you are talking about cuz I don't see a visible difference as to wires leaving bobbins. They all look like they are made the same.

Your statement about the magnetic polepieces belonging to the RW/RP pickup attracting the other pickups I'm not sure about. If it is RW/RP I heard the pickups will not attract.

I'll put the blue dot in the neck cuz I know that is correct and I'm gathering that the pickup with the yellow wire is Fender's way of indicating a pickup that is RW/RP so I'll put that in the middle. The remaining pickup I'll put in the bridge.

 

[Funkfingers]

Re: Need help installing Fender Fat 50's

Well I don't have a clue as to what you are talking about.

:boggled: utahere:

 

[357mag]

Re: Need help installing Fender Fat 50's

Like I said I don't see a visible difference in where the black and white wires are leaving the pickups. They look exactly the same there Funky Man...

 

[Funkfingers]

Re: Need help installing Fender Fat 50's

Like I said I don't see a visible difference in where the black and white wires are leaving the pickups. They look exactly the same there Funky Man...

That is why the one with black and white conductor wires but no colour code dot is almost certainly the bridge PU.

 

[Gearjoneser]

Re: Need help installing Fender Fat 50's

The the one with the yellow lead is the middle pickup. I know it for a fact.