Seth Lover Upside Down??

[CornFed]

OK, I'm embarassed to ask this. I've just fitted a neck Seth Lover to my tele neck and I am very happy with the sound.. But I got to thinking, is it the right way up? Or does it even matter?

I've got it so the six screws on the cover are closest to the neck, with the flat part of the cover closer to the bridge pickup..

I realise its a stupid question but can anyone put my mind at ease?

cheers.

 

[Simon_F]

Re: Seth Lover Upside Down??

It doesn't really matter, but the way you have it is the conventional way - with the screws on the neck side.

 

[jake_xms3_punk]

Re: Seth Lover Upside Down??

if the wires comes out the bottom its the right way, if they come out the top its the wrong way, i shouldn't think it would matter what way you put it really though

 

[Zhangliqun]

Re: Seth Lover Upside Down??

Conventional is screw coil toward neck. This is because if the poles are raised at all above the surface of the bobbin, it sounds better (fatter and sweeter). Sounds like you've got it set up right.

 

[Artie]

Re: Seth Lover Upside Down??

if the wires comes out the bottom its the right way, if they come out the top its the wrong way . . .

Jake, I'm not absolutely positive, but I believe that's incorrect. I'm pretty sure that SD builds all of their humbuckers with the wire coming out of the same end, regardless of whether its a neck or bridge model. So all neck installs would have the wire coming out of the "top". (As you hold the guitar.)

Look at any of the Duncan schematics, seems to verify this:

http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/schematics/2hb_1vol_1tone_3way.html

I think.

Artie

 

[ratherdashing]

Re: Seth Lover Upside Down??

Jake, I'm not absolutely positive, but I believe that's incorrect. I'm pretty sure that SD builds all of their humbuckers with the wire coming out of the same end, regardless of whether its a neck or bridge model. So all neck installs would have the wire coming out of the "top". (As you hold the guitar.)

Look at any of the Duncan schematics, seems to verify this:

http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/schematics/2hb_1vol_1tone_3way.html

I think.

Artie

I think he meant bottom of the pickup when he said the wire comes out the bottom. That's what I got at least. If that's the case, then he's correct.

 

[Zhangliqun]

Re: Seth Lover Upside Down??

Jake, I'm not absolutely positive, but I believe that's incorrect. I'm pretty sure that SD builds all of their humbuckers with the wire coming out of the same end, regardless of whether its a neck or bridge model. So all neck installs would have the wire coming out of the "top". (As you hold the guitar.)

Artie

True.

And anyway, don't worry about which end the leads come from, just have the screw coil facing the neck on the neck pu and facing the bridge and the bridge pu and all will be well.

 

[CornFed]

Re: Seth Lover Upside Down??

The wiring is what got me worried about whether it was the right way up.. I fitted the neck humbucker with the screw coil towards the neck, but the wiring came out of the pickup away from the knobs/routing hole..

Anyway it sounds beautiful, and that's all I really care about.. Its turned a so so sounding guitar into something I can't put down. A creamy fat, clean jazz sound with a lovely crunch when you add some overdrive. I also can't believe the varity of tone I can get from it just using the Tone knob.