polarity questions

[skh515]

Re: polarity questions

Are you saying that Fralins and Duncans have opposite polarity, or is this a phase issue?

 

[Kent S.]

Re: polarity questions

I have a Seymour Duncan JB jr in the bridge position of my strat which I love. The tapped leads end up at a volume pot instead of a switch which gives me better tonal situations. Black is hot, white and red go to tapped volume pot, green is ground. The duckbuckers in the middle and neck have hot red wires. My question is that I will be adding two Fralin Blues specials in
the middle and the neck. According to Lindy, the polarity of his pick ups
cannot be changed, but because my Duncans have four wires they can.
Evidently on the Fralins the white is hot. What's the best way to handle
the situation. So if the polarities are different, would I then change the polarity of the JBjr by soldering the black and the red together at the volume pot and send the white to the switch?

Any help is appreciated - I'm new at this so be gentle..

If phase reversal becomes necessary and the Fralin is out with the JBJR then it will be out with the DB also.... if so, reverse the red and white on the DB, and to keep the same coil being manipulated with the variable split ( the South coil is the one that you have turning off {that is if you are running a variable shunt to ground} ) run the JBJR's white to hot, and it's red to ground, then use the black and green as your tap line. That will take care of any phase issues, as far as humcanceling ... I don't know what Lindy is using polarity wise, you'd have to ask him if they are top North or top South.