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The sorry:
I picked up this MIK Samick strat type with a case “as is / untested” which usually means “tested, but there is a wiring issue” in my experience with these. Anyway I haven’t opened her up yet, but the jack is loose and wonky and I got nothing but ground buzz for a while until some back and forth with the 5-way and fomzareli magic with the jack. Even then only the bridge pickup passed sound.
I labeled this photo to show my friend what I’d gotten.
Anyway, the questions:
1. Can I reliably identify the little
Humbucker to be sure it is intended for Bridge use? I will assume it is since we have two SD pickups installed that the previous owner knew what they were doing, but one never knows.
2. Is this setup going to work harmoniously? Would it be strongly preferable to get a Little ‘59 in the Neck position?
3. Is the HSH wiring diagram on the SD site the one to follow?
Other recommendations and thoughts are welcome. I am a bassist who dabbles with guitar. I have a whole collection of vintage Ibanez guitars but for a few bucks, an experimentation platform seemed cool. I’m a jam band fan so of course I’d love to make a stealth Jerry Garcia oriented build of some kind (yes I know his later guitars used DiMarIos) but that’s probably too involved. I’m mainly just looking to get Thai running and hear what these pickips are about.
Skills dosclosure: My soldering iron skills are mid but passable, and I can use a multimeter if I’m told what to set it to and what to look for.
Thanks.
I picked up this MIK Samick strat type with a case “as is / untested” which usually means “tested, but there is a wiring issue” in my experience with these. Anyway I haven’t opened her up yet, but the jack is loose and wonky and I got nothing but ground buzz for a while until some back and forth with the 5-way and fomzareli magic with the jack. Even then only the bridge pickup passed sound.
I labeled this photo to show my friend what I’d gotten.
Anyway, the questions:
1. Can I reliably identify the little
Humbucker to be sure it is intended for Bridge use? I will assume it is since we have two SD pickups installed that the previous owner knew what they were doing, but one never knows.
2. Is this setup going to work harmoniously? Would it be strongly preferable to get a Little ‘59 in the Neck position?
3. Is the HSH wiring diagram on the SD site the one to follow?
Other recommendations and thoughts are welcome. I am a bassist who dabbles with guitar. I have a whole collection of vintage Ibanez guitars but for a few bucks, an experimentation platform seemed cool. I’m a jam band fan so of course I’d love to make a stealth Jerry Garcia oriented build of some kind (yes I know his later guitars used DiMarIos) but that’s probably too involved. I’m mainly just looking to get Thai running and hear what these pickips are about.
Skills dosclosure: My soldering iron skills are mid but passable, and I can use a multimeter if I’m told what to set it to and what to look for.
Thanks.
