Seymour Duncan Liberator

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Ive downloaded about a hundred diagrams, the LIB, a megasw mod E, and a push pull pot and a blender and still am not comfortable enough to open the guitar up and go for it. Guitar Center Luther wanted to send it out, and he is a fender certified guy.......

I have the blender figured out for the neck and bridge, and I know the number 3 pos on the mega will be the neck and bridge, but the wires and where to start has got me befuddled and confused...redundantly so !!! Pup to vol and then to tone (500k push pull pot) I want to split the neck SD 4 wire with the fender center tex mex and have them cancel hum and give different tone. Ive written many people and am not getting much in the way of answers. Model 29 bridge has one hot and a braid ground. Neck hotrails wires need to switch black and green because of fender phasing. HELP !!! After reading this, Im wondering if I got the liberator for just the hums and this does not include the center pup??????
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I'm confused on these Liberators... don't I still have to solder to the tone pots? It looks like you would still need to do a full solder install for the 1st pickups and then you could easily swap pickups after the first install - correct?
 
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The Dali said:
I'm confused on these Liberators... don't I still have to solder to the tone pots? It looks like you would still need to do a full solder install for the 1st pickups and then you could easily swap pickups after the first install - correct?
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well it wouldn't be a full solder install unless your building a guitar from scratch but my bet would say yes to a degree but I guess the liberator is made for the pickup fans who regularly change pickups and dont want to cook their fingers right before a gig I've done this exact thing myself I walked on stage after fitting my old Epiphone SG with a Duncan and my fingers were out of action for 2 days after.
 
Re: Seymour Duncan Liberator

The Dali said:
I'm confused on these Liberators... don't I still have to solder to the tone pots? It looks like you would still need to do a full solder install for the 1st pickups and then you could easily swap pickups after the first install - correct?
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If you're not good @ soldering, you'll need a tech to install it the first time, because you have to solder all of the "exit wires" on the Liberator to the pots and the selector switch. Once that is done, you'll most likely need to use SD pups, because the exit wires are color coded like the wires on SD pups are.

If you're not good @ figuring what wire goes where (like me), you're going to need to use SD pups, which kind of puts the cheaper pup manufacturers out of business (if you want to use the SD Liberator).
 
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We have a color code guide on our website with several of the major pickup makers and what their colors mean vs our colors. It's pretty foolproof if they're on that list. We plan to grow that lost asap, especially now that it looks like the Liberator is a big hit.
 
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rokluvr said:
If you're not good @ figuring what wire goes where (like me), you're going to need to use SD pups, which kind of puts the cheaper pup manufacturers out of business (if you want to use the SD Liberator).
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It's not brain surgery, mate. All p'up makers have a color code, you only need to look at a chart and follow accordingly.

If you can't figure that out, your EQ is too low to play an instrument anyway, so you won't need to buy a Liberator or anything, for that matter.

No offense intended, I just tell it how it is. ;)
 
Re: Seymour Duncan Liberator

frankfalbo said:
it looks like the Liberator is a big hit.
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Did you ever had a doubt? THIS is the best thing since sliced bread EVER, Frank. When it'll be available in Europe, I'll start by by getting one for each of my testbed guitars.

This will be the first:

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Dig it? ;)
 
Re: Seymour Duncan Liberator

Does anyone know when the long-shaft pots will be available for Les Pauls?
 
Re: Seymour Duncan Liberator solder point test

Re: Seymour Duncan Liberator solder point test

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I have a friend who is trying to help me get my guitar set up and He
feels that all the wiring is correct and asked me if I could have a
broken solder point......where would I do a continuity test to find out
if the three spots are ok ????

Thanks for your help
 
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Those joints look like that on my liberators, I think its so you can use them as pads if you need to. The way to test is to check continuity with a meter between the pot legs on the underside and each station on top, but I doubt its an issue.
 
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zakk_speed said:
Those joints look like that on my liberators, I think its so you can use them as pads if you need to. The way to test is to check continuity with a meter between the pot legs on the underside and each station on top, but I doubt its an issue.
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Thank you for the info !!
 
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Those joints are soldered from the other side. If you flip the unit over you should see there's a good solder joint on the other side. You're looking at the "underside" of that solder joint.
 
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Im having trouble with the blender being in position 5 and getting no sound at all. 1-4 or 6-10 and it works.

Only 3 positions on the super switch are affected by this. 2 3 and 4 ( on super switch ) where I get no sound.

Can anyone give me any advice ??????
 
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