need some help with a wiring problem.

[arjepsen]

Hey.
I bought a set of Seth Lovers, and put them in a new guitar.
It's a 1 vol, 1 tone, 3 way toggle setup, so I used the digram shown here:
https://www.seymourduncan.com/images/wiring-diagrams/2H_3G_1VppSPLn_1TppSPLb.jpg

Except I didn't use a coil split switch - I've just connnected the red and white wires.

The Neck pickup sounded great, and the middle position also seemed ok, but the bridge alone sounded very thin and nasal.
I suspect this means that the phase of the two coils would be reversed??
I measured the leads, and the black and white measured around 4k, so that should be the north coil.
I then tried connecting the green and white wire instead of the red and white.
And then the red goes to ground.

Now the Neck and Bridge sounds great by themselves, but now there seems to be a phase issue when there paralleled....
Am I doing something wrong, or ???

Regards
Anders

 

[beaubrummels]

I would have to hear a sample of the original install to tell if it was normal or not. What guitar are they installed in? Changing the wires around doesn't sound right, but if it sounds like you like, then I guess it doesn't matter. You could just flip the hot and ground wires on the neck and call it a day, if that is the sound you want.

 

[Artie]

It has happened before. I remember a batch of JB's that were reversed. Since you have a meter, connect your red lead to the black wire and black lead to white. Put the meter on "auto" or its lowest Volt range. Bring a screwdriver up against the stud coil, then yank it away. You should see a small positive voltage as you touch the studs, and a negative voltage when you snatch it away. Now do the same for the red & green wires. Red meter lead to red wire, and black meter lead to the green pup wire. Again, you should see a positive spike when you touch the screw poles, and a negative spike when you yank the screwdriver away. If you see the opposite, the coil is reversed.

Make sense?

 

[arjepsen]

Thanks for the answers.
Yeah, measuring the leads using the pickups made total sense.

In the end it turned out the black/white leads were reversed.
It surprised me a lot - the info on SD's site seems quite clear about the color coding, so I didn't expect this could happen.

Anyways, they're finaly sounding like they should

Thanks for the help.

 

[Mincer]

Thanks for the answers.
Yeah, measuring the leads using the pickups made total sense.

In the end it turned out the black/white leads were reversed.
It surprised me a lot - the info on SD's site seems quite clear about the color coding, so I didn't expect this could happen.

Anyways, they're finaly sounding like they should

Thanks for the help.

On the forum, we have seen this a few times. It isn't common, but it does happen.