Awhile ago the bridge pickup in my nashville deluxe telecaster stopped working. I found out it was bad and had it replaced with a JD signature. Everything is good with it, but when I try to use the bridge and the middle pickup together it just sounds thin and loses volume. I was told the middle and bridge pickups are out of phase. How do I correct this?
Need help wiring up my JD tele pickup
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copperheadroads
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Re: Need help wiring up my JD tele pickup
yes that sounds like your problem if your bridge pickup base plate is not grounded you can swap your wires
yes that sounds like your problem if your bridge pickup base plate is not grounded you can swap your wires
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Funkfingers
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Re: Need help wiring up my JD tele pickup
A simple case of the bridge and centre pickups being electrically out of phase with each other. (Actually, it is more likely that the magnetic polarity relationship is the problem.)
Since the APTL-3JD does have the metal baseplate, the solutions are;
1) Desoldering the white and black wires on the bridge PU. (Leave the short jumper between the black wire's eyelet and the baseplate in place.) Resolder the black output wire where the white one used to be and the white wire to where the black one used to be.
2) If the centre and neck PUs are of the MIM underslung ceramic magnet variety, reverse the magnets. i.e. EITHER flip each magnet over on its respective pickup OR simply reposition the magnet from the centre PU on the neck PU and vice versa.
NOTE: Modifying your new SD pickup in this way will invalidate your warranty. If you are feeling patient, you could reverse the hot and ground leads on your OEM centre and neck PUs instead. Saves having to unscrew the bridge assembly again.
A simple case of the bridge and centre pickups being electrically out of phase with each other. (Actually, it is more likely that the magnetic polarity relationship is the problem.)
Since the APTL-3JD does have the metal baseplate, the solutions are;
1) Desoldering the white and black wires on the bridge PU. (Leave the short jumper between the black wire's eyelet and the baseplate in place.) Resolder the black output wire where the white one used to be and the white wire to where the black one used to be.
2) If the centre and neck PUs are of the MIM underslung ceramic magnet variety, reverse the magnets. i.e. EITHER flip each magnet over on its respective pickup OR simply reposition the magnet from the centre PU on the neck PU and vice versa.
NOTE: Modifying your new SD pickup in this way will invalidate your warranty. If you are feeling patient, you could reverse the hot and ground leads on your OEM centre and neck PUs instead. Saves having to unscrew the bridge assembly again.
Butch Snyder
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Re: Need help wiring up my JD tele pickup
Yep, Fender pickups are wored out of phase from Duncans. Switch the hot and ground wires of both your neck and middle pickups. It's pretty simple. You need to switch the neck pickup wires also because if you only switch the middle pickup's, when you play in switch position #4 (neck/middle), they will be out of phase and it will sound like what you have now.
Because both your neck and middle pickups are Fender models, you can switch them and leave your JD's wiring intact.
Yep, Fender pickups are wored out of phase from Duncans. Switch the hot and ground wires of both your neck and middle pickups. It's pretty simple. You need to switch the neck pickup wires also because if you only switch the middle pickup's, when you play in switch position #4 (neck/middle), they will be out of phase and it will sound like what you have now.
Because both your neck and middle pickups are Fender models, you can switch them and leave your JD's wiring intact.
copperheadroads
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Re: Need help wiring up my JD tele pickup
i was gonna suggest that but some tele neck covers are grounded like like the bridge baseplate,
i was gonna suggest that but some tele neck covers are grounded like like the bridge baseplate,
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Funkfingers
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Re: Need help wiring up my JD tele pickup
OP says Deluxe Nashville Tele. That's MIM with TSS pickups.
OP says Deluxe Nashville Tele. That's MIM with TSS pickups.
Butch Snyder
ObsoleteChickenPickingologist
Re: Need help wiring up my JD tele pickup
Nah, the stock pickup on a Fender Deluxe Nashville Tele are Tex-Mex's. He can just reverse the wires on the neck and midle pickups. That's what I did...
Nah, the stock pickup on a Fender Deluxe Nashville Tele are Tex-Mex's. He can just reverse the wires on the neck and midle pickups. That's what I did...
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