Triple Shot - extra wire
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Jack_TriPpEr
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Wrap it/spool it on the underside of the pickup. As you are winding, take breaks every turn or 2 to use electrical tape to hold in place the spool that you've built up so far. It's not a pretty or easy process
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alex1fly
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Hmm. Not to be a downer but the solutions seem rather inelegant. Won't the extra wire prevent you from getting the pickup flat, from mounting to the body, or from lowering it deep into the cavity?
Could you wrap it around the legs of the baseplate like this? https://www.bluestarmusic.com/assets/images/d/dimarzio_dp104_zebra.jpg
Could you wrap it around the legs of the baseplate like this? https://www.bluestarmusic.com/assets/images/d/dimarzio_dp104_zebra.jpg
I guess I never had that issue. There was plenty of room.
beaubrummels
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The height screws won't go in if you do that.
alex1fly
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Any idea how deep your cavities are?
Only grilling because this is a classic scenario - get stoked about a new part, order it without measuring, and it doesn't fit or does weird stuff like angle the pickup or prevent me from lowering it.
This only becomes an issue if you are worried about selling the pickups later. That’s not a problem if you sell them together.
If you’ve used p-rails and a tripple-shot, the cable drilling will determine where you place the little pc board on the pickup itself or guitar body, the PCs cable should be located to accommodate that wires entry into the drilling. The cable from the pickup should be cut short enough to connect directly to the triple-shot’s PC with no slack! All the extra PC cable from the ring would likely store in the control cavity.
Of note, if you happen to break that ribbon cable, its almost impossible to reconnect it. It is possible to solder individual high temp wires to the switches PC, if you strip em short but still long enough to tin the wire and flow solder down the tinning to the pad with a needle tipped iron. The trick is to only use enough solder to make the connection. You can slide the insulation down later to cover the tinned wire to isolate the conductor. That PC is only provided to allow the user solder points. I had so much trouble connecting to the factory solder points on the ring side I just used the same pads that the pickup cable soldered to.
It took me 4 trys to do this with the ones I got on eBay. If I can do it, so can you!
One more thing, the microswitches are only connected to the ring with melted plastic. Too much heat will melt these titties. You’ll have to find another way to attach the switches to the ring if you aren’t careful!
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If you’ve used p-rails and a tripple-shot, the cable drilling will determine where you place the little pc board on the pickup itself or guitar body, the PCs cable should be located to accommodate that wires entry into the drilling. The cable from the pickup should be cut short enough to connect directly to the triple-shot’s PC with no slack! All the extra PC cable from the ring would likely store in the control cavity.
Of note, if you happen to break that ribbon cable, its almost impossible to reconnect it. It is possible to solder individual high temp wires to the switches PC, if you strip em short but still long enough to tin the wire and flow solder down the tinning to the pad with a needle tipped iron. The trick is to only use enough solder to make the connection. You can slide the insulation down later to cover the tinned wire to isolate the conductor. That PC is only provided to allow the user solder points. I had so much trouble connecting to the factory solder points on the ring side I just used the same pads that the pickup cable soldered to.
It took me 4 trys to do this with the ones I got on eBay. If I can do it, so can you!
One more thing, the microswitches are only connected to the ring with melted plastic. Too much heat will melt these titties. You’ll have to find another way to attach the switches to the ring if you aren’t careful!
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ehdwuld
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most pickup cavities I have seen have a floor and two side wings for the screws
but there should be enough room for the pickup feet to extend below the pickup and not touch the floor
the excess wire sits in the space provided by the feet
its only about 18 inches of wire, not exactly a 15 foot extension cord
if you are concerned about it, cut it off short
adding new wire later isnt much harder than adding triple shot rings
but there should be enough room for the pickup feet to extend below the pickup and not touch the floor
the excess wire sits in the space provided by the feet
its only about 18 inches of wire, not exactly a 15 foot extension cord
if you are concerned about it, cut it off short
adding new wire later isnt much harder than adding triple shot rings
Well, I don't own the guitar anymore, but it didn't seem unusually deep.
Yes, many. Actually they were with a 5-way Strat blade switch...same size as a 4-way.
Mikelamury
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I think that 4 way only works with tele pickups. I had a problem trying to use strat pickups with one.
No, the 4-way will work with any pup.
That's the usual setup. Tele is a classic example for use of the 4-way.
Mikelamury
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I think that the 4 way only works with tele pickups because they are grounded. I tried using the 4 way with strat pickups and it didn't work so I took it to my Luthier and he said both pickups have to be grounded for the series position to work.
thats not true. on a tele, you actually have to separate one of the two grounds, either the cover on the neck or the baseplate on the bridge or youll get a nasty hum. ive wired up a strat with just two pups and a 4 way and it worked fine.
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