donahue
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What did I do exactly?
Side story short version that inspired post topic: I have a PATB-2 that for years didn't sound quite right. Pretty good but not right. Kind of zingy springy out-of-phase
sound with semi-wimpy low end but plenty of output. The other day, for the heck of it, I switched the white lead to hot and connected the black lead to red. Now it sounds how I think its supposed to sound. Huge. Focused. No Hum. Great low end. I swear on my life I think it was a factory mishap because when wired traditional to the diagram it sounded fairly poopoo.
Anyway, I have a PA-STK in the neck, that is wired traditional/to the diagram and it sounds fine. Maybe a little twangy, but definitely in-phase. For the heck of it, I switched the black and white leads as well. Now it sounds even better! Increased output, increased low end, and a really cool kind of hollow in-a-good way sound. Thick chording and really smooth singing highs. Its like now the pickup is begging to do big Jimmy Page type solos. It just sings. The downside is there is some hum now but its so worth it.
I'm familiar with in-phase out-of-phase to a degree, but the pickup doesn't sound like its completely out of phase if that makes any sense? Just slighty out of phase. I thought a person had to do more than simply switch the start and finish wires on one coil to make a humbucker out of phase, but I could be wrong? What did I do?
Side story short version that inspired post topic: I have a PATB-2 that for years didn't sound quite right. Pretty good but not right. Kind of zingy springy out-of-phase
sound with semi-wimpy low end but plenty of output. The other day, for the heck of it, I switched the white lead to hot and connected the black lead to red. Now it sounds how I think its supposed to sound. Huge. Focused. No Hum. Great low end. I swear on my life I think it was a factory mishap because when wired traditional to the diagram it sounded fairly poopoo.
Anyway, I have a PA-STK in the neck, that is wired traditional/to the diagram and it sounds fine. Maybe a little twangy, but definitely in-phase. For the heck of it, I switched the black and white leads as well. Now it sounds even better! Increased output, increased low end, and a really cool kind of hollow in-a-good way sound. Thick chording and really smooth singing highs. Its like now the pickup is begging to do big Jimmy Page type solos. It just sings. The downside is there is some hum now but its so worth it.
I'm familiar with in-phase out-of-phase to a degree, but the pickup doesn't sound like its completely out of phase if that makes any sense? Just slighty out of phase. I thought a person had to do more than simply switch the start and finish wires on one coil to make a humbucker out of phase, but I could be wrong? What did I do?
