tobereeno Posted December 1, 2011 Author Posted December 1, 2011 whoo!! finished the wiring and it was good to go straight away; I usually have to fix a couple things. I have nine available settings, from a two-pole five-way switch and a push-pull pot.1) bridge and middle in series (28Kohm!!)2) bridge only3) middle only4) neck only5) neck and middle in seriespush-pull pot reduces output on all settings except the middle pickup. The half-power setting is brighter and more of what you'd expect from a single coil.The Dimarzios were too bright. The Quarter Pounders are darker than I expected. The neck and middle in series is too muddy, but it was worth trying anyways. Maybe I'll switch it to a parallel wiring. Middle three are normal, and the bridge/middle series wiring is also a bit muddy, but with the distortion cranked, it's instant woman tone for soloing.My tone pot, like all tone circuits I've wired, roll way too much off. What if I just left off the capacitor? I'd really like a tone control that, say, only worked from 7~10.
BubbaVO Posted December 1, 2011 Posted December 1, 2011 whoo!! finished the wiring and it was good to go straight away; I usually have to fix a couple things. I have nine available settings, from a two-pole five-way switch and a push-pull pot.1) bridge and middle in series (28Kohm!!)2) bridge only3) middle only4) neck only5) neck and middle in seriespush-pull pot reduces output on all settings except the middle pickup. The half-power setting is brighter and more of what you'd expect from a single coil.The Dimarzios were too bright. The Quarter Pounders are darker than I expected. The neck and middle in series is too muddy, but it was worth trying anyways. Maybe I'll switch it to a parallel wiring. Middle three are normal, and the bridge/middle series wiring is also a bit muddy, but with the distortion cranked, it's instant woman tone for soloing.My tone pot, like all tone circuits I've wired, roll way too much off. What if I just left off the capacitor? I'd really like a tone control that, say, only worked from 7~10.What's the value of the capacitor you're using?
murkat Posted December 1, 2011 Posted December 1, 2011 "My tone pot, like all tone circuits I've wired, roll way too much off. What if I just left off the capacitor? I'd really like a tone control that, say, only worked from 7~10."swap lugs on the pot. if cap on outside solder lug, move to middle lug.
tobereeno Posted December 1, 2011 Author Posted December 1, 2011 I've got a .022 on the middle lug of a 250K pot...dunno how more mellow I can get than that
tobereeno Posted December 1, 2011 Author Posted December 1, 2011 dang, forgot that about 500K, or even 1Meg. I've got a Dimarzio audio taper; any recommendations for top-notch audio taper push-pull pots?and what would be the effect if I just grounded the middle lug to the case, leaving out the capacitor?
triodecr Posted December 1, 2011 Posted December 1, 2011 Do you really use the tone control? If not just remove the wire going to the tone pot and you will have the full brightness of the pickups. If you do want a tone pot and don't have a 500k pot, try a 0.01uF instead of the 0.022. If you don't have a 0.01 but have another 0.022, you can connect two 0.022's in series and the net value will be 0.011. Removing the cap, grounding the middle lug and leaving everything else the same will give you a master volume.
tobereeno Posted December 1, 2011 Author Posted December 1, 2011 I'm not dissin the guitar do the lack of provodence I think it's cool is hell I'm taking the pickguard off was a big improvement I dig the vintage fender bridge no dis taken at all Bill I'm very undecided about the bridge. Might do a Blade Runner. Might reinstall the old vintage Fender saddles - I'm not a fan of breaking strings and they need a lot of work to get the screws from cutting your hand open, but they do have a sound you can't get any other way, and it's a pretty good sound. I do want to narrow the string spacing. It's too wide, which means I'm falling off the fretboard sometimes with the high E string.
tobereeno Posted December 2, 2011 Author Posted December 2, 2011 I'd guess it's a JLV design parameter. SRV preferred a left-hand trem on his #1 guitar also.I'd guess it was a colossal misfire by Jol. Hey, if one Vaughan brother likes it that way, the other one must like it that way too!A misfire not unlike his presenting Prince with a purple guitar with EMGs. I can picture The Artist Formerly Known As An Unpronounceable Symbol muttering "too obvious" under his breath as he cast it aside onto the reject pile.whoa, stop the presses: Hamer built a guitar for Prince??
specialk Posted December 2, 2011 Posted December 2, 2011 This one, I think: Someone else probably has a better pic.
hardheartedbill Posted December 2, 2011 Posted December 2, 2011 Dremel down the screws from the underside so they are the perfect height . My blk strat is has thistle mod and its great
Brooks Posted December 3, 2011 Posted December 3, 2011 whoa, stop the presses: Hamer built a guitar for Prince??http://www.hamerfanclub.com/forums/topic/17883-that-purple-hamer-with-white-emgs/page__hl__purplehttp://www.hamerfanclub.com/forums/topic/42536-whatever-happened-to-that-purple-hamer/page__hl__%20purple%20%20hamer
tobereeno Posted December 7, 2011 Author Posted December 7, 2011 ok! sorted the wiring and it's no longer bleeding highs like crazy. I had a ground wire soldered to the center lug of the tone pot. Don't ask...with grounding all cleaned up, the guitar is sounding right, and with a .01mf cap I'm happy with the tone pot, although 500K is really the way to go.Quarter Pound pickups sound pretty interesting - single coil clarity but high output and some humbucking meat to the tone. The two series wiring positions sound great now as well.
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