MrZen
New member
Hey all.
I've got a Fender Strat with a set of three SD single coil-sized humbuckers (brand new JB Jr. bridge, and vintage 2-wire Lil 59 and Duckbucker in the middle and neck respectively). I had it working fine before but I put in a pre-wired blender kit from Emerson and now I can get it working right.
Basically what is happening is that the Middle pickup isolates perfectly in the 3rd position, 2 and 4 play everything (not ideal), and 1 and 5 play their respective pups allowing for the blender to bring in the opposite (so when the neck is selected you can blend in the bridge as well, and vice versa)
BUT, and here's the big ol BUT... the blender will not zero out the pickup that is not selected when the blender pot is turned all the way off. This applies to either the neck or the bridge. So in other words, there is no way to isolate the bridge or the neck.
The owner of Emerson was kind enough to spend some time on the phone with me but that's not panning out. I think his kit assumes SSS vs HHH in single coil size.
So long story short, SD doesn't have a wiring diagram for this scenario. Any of you able to help me out with a diagram?
Again, I am working with 1 vol, 1 master tone, 1 blender tone, 5-way Fenders-style switch, and 3 single-coil-sized SD humbuckers. It has a treble bleed as well.
thanks in advance
I've got a Fender Strat with a set of three SD single coil-sized humbuckers (brand new JB Jr. bridge, and vintage 2-wire Lil 59 and Duckbucker in the middle and neck respectively). I had it working fine before but I put in a pre-wired blender kit from Emerson and now I can get it working right.
Basically what is happening is that the Middle pickup isolates perfectly in the 3rd position, 2 and 4 play everything (not ideal), and 1 and 5 play their respective pups allowing for the blender to bring in the opposite (so when the neck is selected you can blend in the bridge as well, and vice versa)
BUT, and here's the big ol BUT... the blender will not zero out the pickup that is not selected when the blender pot is turned all the way off. This applies to either the neck or the bridge. So in other words, there is no way to isolate the bridge or the neck.
The owner of Emerson was kind enough to spend some time on the phone with me but that's not panning out. I think his kit assumes SSS vs HHH in single coil size.
So long story short, SD doesn't have a wiring diagram for this scenario. Any of you able to help me out with a diagram?
Again, I am working with 1 vol, 1 master tone, 1 blender tone, 5-way Fenders-style switch, and 3 single-coil-sized SD humbuckers. It has a treble bleed as well.
thanks in advance