guitarjunkie986
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Alright, so I took out the stock pickups in an RG7421, and put in a Seymour Duncan Distortion set. I wired it per the following diagram:
Every switch position activates the desired coils (confirmed by tapping the pole pieces, but everything sounds way brighter/tinnier than it should. I measured the DC Resistance from the output jack and am getting about exactly half of the expected output in each position (9.65 on the bridge position, 7.33 on the neck position).
Everything was working fine before I swapped the pickups, and the Duncans are brand new. Since both pickups are reading out at half DC, I am not certain what could be the issue. I desoldered and resoldered everything but the result is still the same. Should I try a new switch first? Is the diagram I followed correct? I don't suspect that anything else in the chain is the issue as the only soldering I did was the pickups to the switch and the ground wires to the volume pot.
Thanks in advance.
Every switch position activates the desired coils (confirmed by tapping the pole pieces, but everything sounds way brighter/tinnier than it should. I measured the DC Resistance from the output jack and am getting about exactly half of the expected output in each position (9.65 on the bridge position, 7.33 on the neck position).
Everything was working fine before I swapped the pickups, and the Duncans are brand new. Since both pickups are reading out at half DC, I am not certain what could be the issue. I desoldered and resoldered everything but the result is still the same. Should I try a new switch first? Is the diagram I followed correct? I don't suspect that anything else in the chain is the issue as the only soldering I did was the pickups to the switch and the ground wires to the volume pot.
Thanks in advance.
