Out of phase bludgeon tone

[IrishTeleMan]

Hello all. I built my partscaster Tele during covid using a Brad Paisley La Brea set of pickups. Loved them and will reunite the pair later but, as the body was already routed to take a humbucker and I was a fan of the Bonanassa bludgeon out of phase middle position, I swapped out the neck La Brea for a cheap two wire humbucker. It worked beautifully. The only problem I had was that it was a high output pickup and in the neck position was too much . I recently decided to upgrade the humbucker with a low output, four wire DiMarzio classic air humbucker wired in series as recommended. I now no longer have the out of phase sound in the middle position. I am not the sharpest knife in the drawer when it comes guitar electronics so questions will probably just confuse us all. I can solder and that’s it. Any and all suggestions however will be gratefully recieved with thanks.
Also my first time on a forum.

 

[jeremy]

welcome to the forum!

flip the hot and ground wires on the humbucker, which if memory serves, means flipping the red and green wires

 

[IrishTeleMan]

welcome to the forum!

flip the hot and ground wires on the humbucker, which if memory serves, means flipping the red and green wires

Thank you so much for that. Really appreciate it. I will let you know how I get on.
Regards
Declan (Ireland)

 

[Chistopher]

I don't get why more humbucker guitars don't come with an out of phase middle position. If you have two fat humbuckers, the middle position is a great contrast to either pickup by itself.

 

[jeremy]

i like having phase reversal on a switch, but i wouldnt want it all the time. especially on a hh guitar with v/v/t/t there are a lot of great middle selection tones available

 

[uOpt]

The real McCoy is running neck and bridge OOP, but split or tap the neck pickup. So you "subtract" only 1/2 worth a pickup.

Can also combine it with in-series between the pickups for a real roar.

 

[jeremy]

ive thought about getting the cs bludgeon set, but then id need to get another tele and that probably isnt in the cards at for a while.

also, joe used to string a similar guitar (terry reids) with 11-52 and tuned up to f standard... yikes!

 

[IrishTeleMan]

Thank you so much for that. Really appreciate it. I will let you know how I get on.
Regards
Declan (Ireland)

That worked a treat. Thanks again.

 

[jeremy]

glad it was something simple and easy to fix!