Seymour Duncan STR-1 Neck + Fender Texas Special Bridge Telecaster, how to ?

[SnowStorm25]

Hey, im new to the forum this is my first post

I have purchased recently a Seymour Duncan STR-1 Vintage Tele neck pickup. I wuld like to install it in my Standard MiM Tele, however i need help. My knowledge is pretty basic, i have heard that it has different pickup polarity. How do i install it with texas special at bridge? Any diagram, need help Thanks

 

[SnowStorm25]

Re: Seymour Duncan STR-1 Neck + Fender Texas Special Bridge Telecaster, how to ?

Bump, help ?

 

[jeremy]

Re: Seymour Duncan STR-1 Neck + Fender Texas Special Bridge Telecaster, how to ?

i think you want to flip the wires on the neck pup, but you need to move the ground wire on the cover as well since you dont want it connected to the hot side. its easy enough to do.

 

[Blille]

Seymour Duncan STR-1 Neck + Fender Texas Special Bridge Telecaster, how to ?

This is your plain vanilla tele wiring:

i think you want to flip the wires on the neck pup, but you need to move the ground wire on the cover as well since you dont want it connected to the hot side. its easy enough to do.

That or swap the current bridge wires in case the cover change sounds scary.

 

[SnowStorm25]

Re: Seymour Duncan STR-1 Neck + Fender Texas Special Bridge Telecaster, how to ?

This is your plain vanilla tele wiring:

That or swap the current bridge wires in case the cover change sounds scary.

Like this? Hope i got you right

 

[Blille]

Re: Seymour Duncan STR-1 Neck + Fender Texas Special Bridge Telecaster, how to ?

Like this? Hope i got you right

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Yes. The thing is that the cover of the neck pickup has to also be grounded. Like Jeremy pointed out, Duncans come with the cover soldered to the ground wire. So you have to break that and solder it to the other wire.

Alternatively, you can just wire the neck pickup the way it is in the original drawing and resolder the bridge pickup with the wires swapped. The final complication is that sometimes the bridge is also grounded with the bridge pickup ground, but you should be able to see that when you open it. You will either have three cables coming from the bridge (two for the pickup and one for the bridge ground) or two (two for the pickup).

 

[SnowStorm25]

Re: Seymour Duncan STR-1 Neck + Fender Texas Special Bridge Telecaster, how to ?

Yes. The thing is that the cover of the neck pickup has to also be grounded. Like Jeremy pointed out, Duncans come with the cover soldered to the ground wire. So you have to break that and solder it to the other wire.

Alternatively, you can just wire the neck pickup the way it is in the original drawing and resolder the bridge pickup with the wires swapped. The final complication is that sometimes the bridge is also grounded with the bridge pickup ground, but you should be able to see that when you open it. You will either have three cables coming from the bridge (two for the pickup and one for the bridge ground) or two (two for the pickup).

I will just swap wires in neck pickup vice versa. And ground cable to seperate section

 

[jeremy]

Re: Seymour Duncan STR-1 Neck + Fender Texas Special Bridge Telecaster, how to ?

tele bridge pups usually have a baseplate thats grounded so its about the effort required for either pup. since the bridge is already wired in, makes sense to do the neck. let us know how you make out

 

[SnowStorm25]

Re: Seymour Duncan STR-1 Neck + Fender Texas Special Bridge Telecaster, how to ?

tele bridge pups usually have a baseplate thats grounded so its about the effort required for either pup. since the bridge is already wired in, makes sense to do the neck. let us know how you make out

As i understood, it need seperate grounding right ?

 

[SnowStorm25]

Re: Seymour Duncan STR-1 Neck + Fender Texas Special Bridge Telecaster, how to ?

tele bridge pups usually have a baseplate thats grounded so its about the effort required for either pup. since the bridge is already wired in, makes sense to do the neck. let us know how you make out

I have reveresed Black and White wire at neck pickup. Works really grate, no losse at tone. However i didnt add third cable for grounding. Is it ok ? Only bridge is grounded to the plate

 

[SnowStorm25]

Re: Seymour Duncan STR-1 Neck + Fender Texas Special Bridge Telecaster, how to ?

Yes. The thing is that the cover of the neck pickup has to also be grounded. Like Jeremy pointed out, Duncans come with the cover soldered to the ground wire. So you have to break that and solder it to the other wire.

Alternatively, you can just wire the neck pickup the way it is in the original drawing and resolder the bridge pickup with the wires swapped. The final complication is that sometimes the bridge is also grounded with the bridge pickup ground, but you should be able to see that when you open it. You will either have three cables coming from the bridge (two for the pickup and one for the bridge ground) or two (two for the pickup).

Swaped just neck pickup, thanks mate works

 

[Blille]

Re: Seymour Duncan STR-1 Neck + Fender Texas Special Bridge Telecaster, how to ?

Swaped just neck pickup, thanks mate works

Awesome! How do you like it?

No grounding issue? Middle position sounds good?

 

[SnowStorm25]

Re: Seymour Duncan STR-1 Neck + Fender Texas Special Bridge Telecaster, how to ?

Awesome! How do you like it?

No grounding issue? Middle position sounds good?

No grounding issue, sounds sweet. I might post demo later