Author Topic: Thread on wiring, Pots, Pickups and the such. (Read 42321 times)

progfather · « **Reply #75 on:** October 18, 2008, 10:51:32 AM »

Quote from: st0mpb0x_bahista on August 01, 2007, 01:02:33 PM

mga sir dapat din po iconsider yung tone at characteristic ng pickup mismo, sa tingin ko ito ang may malaking factor talaga sa tone ng gitara, sumunod sa tone wood type ng gitara.

i think so too. ano bang wood ang sa tingin nyo pinaka maganda?

ierofan · « **Reply #76 on:** November 02, 2008, 10:45:20 AM »

sir, how should i solder a cap on the pot?? awww. electrician help!

ROBORATS · « **Reply #77 on:** November 03, 2008, 05:43:04 PM »

Quote from: tele-user on September 24, 2007, 04:52:27 PM

i installed a GFS bridge pickup on my les paul and now when i put the switch in the middle position on the 3 way selector, the volume drops considerably. and its all from the bridge pickup. also, the volume pot doesnt work quite as well as it used to. i dont know what went wrong. help! hehe btw, the bridge pickup i installed is a 4 wire humbucker, and the stock pickup on the neck position is a 2 wire humbucker.

pls help me figure out what's wrong. thanks!

pare kung di ako nagkakamali..out of phase yang GFS Pickup mo, try mo lang ibaliktad ang polarity ng GFS Mo, para lumakas ang gain...kaya kc humihina pag dalawang P.U....isa kc sa mga P.U. mo ay baliktad ang polarity...baliktarin mo lang ang wire..(i.e. yung hot gawin mong ground, at yung ground connect mo lang sa hot) Try mo

ROBORATS · « **Reply #78 on:** November 03, 2008, 05:50:54 PM »

Quote from: beejaysoul on October 12, 2008, 12:19:46 AM

tulungan nio naman ako.. huhu normal lng ba mag feedback ang guitar pag gamit ko ung bridge pickup?.. ask lng po.. kc nag fifeedback ako eh. Or dahil sa compressor un?? May compressor kc ako eh help me plss

SALAMAT MGA BRO.

sir try mo i solder uli yung Grounding nya..baka natanggal lang..

Musikerochan · « **Reply #79 on:** November 04, 2008, 12:02:21 PM »

@teleuser,

i think its normal since yung bridge plate directly mounted at lapat na lapat sa body ng guitar. try mu lagyan ng masking tape yung ilalim ng bridge plate or barahan mo ng tela yung bridge pup cavity para hindi malito yung pick up mo.

mrbrownstone · « **Reply #80 on:** November 28, 2008, 04:09:12 PM »

just a question on caps esp for les paul users, anyone tried hovland/vitamin q/sprague bumblebees on you lp's? based on your experience, what are their characteristics? and how are they wired?

im happy with the rs kits i just had and was thinking if i could changing the caps would bring about signifant differences

ierofan · « **Reply #81 on:** December 07, 2008, 08:34:39 AM »

may naiisip lang ako, since hindi ko ginagamit yung middle pickup ng strat kong knock off lang, pwede bang ganito nalang controls ko.

2 volume knobs for each pickup.
3 way switch,
bridge pickup
neck pickup.

mrbrownstone · « **Reply #82 on:** December 07, 2008, 12:17:26 PM »

2 volume tapos sana at least me master tone ka

ierofan · « **Reply #83 on:** December 07, 2008, 12:20:05 PM »

Quote from: mrbrownstone on December 07, 2008, 12:17:26 PM

2 volume tapos sana at least me master tone ka

di naman ako tonewise sir, kaya ok na muna yung bara bara lang, volume control. hehe

di pa kasi ako marunong gumamit ng tone knob, kaya laging naka 10 lang xa.

diaboliche · « **Reply #84 on:** April 29, 2009, 03:45:23 PM »

Mga Sir im rewiring my SSS configuration guitar. I have 3 500k alpha pots. 1 for volume and 2 for tones. I recently purchased a 5 way selector from a Yamaha ERG 121 guitar. Sana po bigyan nyo po ako ng schematics para sa 5 way selector. Iba kasi ang mga 5 way selector na nakikita ko sa internet eh. Sana po makatulong kayo. Maraming salamat po.

yahoo! · « **Reply #85 on:** April 29, 2009, 07:06:10 PM »

Quote from: diaboliche on April 29, 2009, 03:45:23 PM

Mga Sir im rewiring my SSS configuration guitar. I have 3 500k alpha pots. 1 for volume and 2 for tones. I recently purchased a 5 way selector from a Yamaha ERG 121 guitar. Sana po bigyan nyo po ako ng schematics para sa 5 way selector. Iba kasi ang mga 5 way selector na nakikita ko sa internet eh. Sana po makatulong kayo. Maraming salamat po.

hope it helps http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/wiring-diagrams/

Musikerochan · « **Reply #86 on:** April 30, 2009, 09:07:13 AM »

has anyone tried using a 6 position rotary (2P6T?) switch for an SSH config, master volume and master tone? wala akong nakita sa alexplorer.com na ganun eh.

diaboliche · « **Reply #87 on:** April 30, 2009, 10:31:38 AM »

sir yahoo thank you po.

Musikerochan · « **Reply #88 on:** April 30, 2009, 11:21:33 AM »

Quote from: diaboliche on April 30, 2009, 10:31:38 AM

sir yahoo thank you po.

ive tried na. googled it a few times, hindi sakto yung mga results sa hinahanap ko. maybe some here know other sites that i dont know yet, suggestions naman.

diaboliche · « **Reply #89 on:** May 03, 2009, 10:12:26 AM »

Sir musikerochan: http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/wiring-diagrams/

Dito po ako kumuka ng diagram. Just finished rewiring my guitar.

Musikerochan · « **Reply #90 on:** May 04, 2009, 02:43:39 PM »

ayun thanks! try ko agad basahin yung schem!

diaboliche · « **Reply #91 on:** May 05, 2009, 04:19:38 PM »

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ayun thanks! try ko agad basahin yung schem!

Your Welcome.

Musikerochan · « **Reply #92 on:** May 05, 2009, 05:03:27 PM »

^ hindi pala yun. hindi sakto dun sa hinahanap ko

will try to contact na lang alexplorer.com. you can also check the site guys, dami mods.

amacatan · « **Reply #93 on:** May 06, 2009, 10:17:25 PM »

sorry newbie questions here:

1) i have an HSS strat but i still find the bridge humbucker to be bright sounding. will replacing the pots to 250k make the bridge pickup sound warmer? i'm asking this because since the bridge pickup does not have a tone control, basically the only thing it will affect it is changing the vol pot. will changing the vol pot to 250k affect the tone?

2) do i have to let the store know whether i'm going to use the pots for vol or tone control? are there pots specifically for vol control and pots for tone control? or can they be used interchangeably as long as they are the correct specifications?

thanks!

diaboliche · « **Reply #94 on:** May 07, 2009, 10:56:48 AM »

Mga sir, i just finished rewiring my SSS configuration guitar. I noticed na kapag naka zero ang tone knobs walang hissing sound but ang sound ng gitara ay medyo bassy. When i turn the tone knobs there is a hissing sound and the guitar sounds brighter. Im using 500k alpha pots in my volume and two tone knobs.

nathanmanansala · « **Reply #95 on:** May 08, 2009, 04:13:43 PM »

Quote from: amacatan on May 06, 2009, 10:17:25 PM

sorry newbie questions here:

1) i have an HSS strat but i still find the bridge humbucker to be bright sounding. will replacing the pots to 250k make the bridge pickup sound warmer? i'm asking this because since the bridge pickup does not have a tone control, basically the only thing it will affect it is changing the vol pot. will changing the vol pot to 250k affect the tone?

2) do i have to let the store know whether i'm going to use the pots for vol or tone control? are there pots specifically for vol control and pots for tone control? or can they be used interchangeably as long as they are the correct specifications?

thanks!

1) changing the pots to 250k will make ALL the pickups sound warmer if they're all hooked up to the same pot. another workaround would be to wire a 250k resistor to the bridge bucker so that it "sees" a 250k pot while the other pickups "see" the whole 500k

2) you'd usually want an audio (or log) taper pot. 500k for buckers (brings out more highs) and 250k for single coils (tames the highs). for P90s, depende sa taste mo. some people use 300k for buckers too kasi gibson used to do that.

Quote from: diaboliche on May 07, 2009, 10:56:48 AM

Mga sir, i just finished rewiring my SSS configuration guitar. I noticed na kapag naka zero ang tone knobs walang hissing sound but ang sound ng gitara ay medyo bassy. When i turn the tone knobs there is a hissing sound and the guitar sounds brighter. Im using 500k alpha pots in my volume and two tone knobs.

yung hiss is usually part of life for single coil users unless you're using humcancelling, stacked humbuckers. rolling down the tone knob kills it kasi the hiss is in the upper frequencies. pretty much like the highs of your tone.

side note:
I just bought 6 500k CTS pots from audiophile MCS. they're allparts daw. EP086. measured them with my tester and was a bit surprised by the results. They're all over the map. all but one measured below 500k (in fact, one measured 430k; thats definitely going be a tone pot). only 2 measured within +/- 5%.

I thought they'd be a bit more consistent that that. i guess +/- 10% yung tolerance nila. maybe next time i'll take my tester with me when i buy pots. i prefer using highest valued ones for the neck pickup then the next, for the bridge pickup, then neck tone, then bridge tone.

diaboliche · « **Reply #96 on:** May 11, 2009, 01:48:44 PM »

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yung hiss is usually part of life for single coil users unless you're using humcancelling, stacked humbuckers. rolling down the tone knob kills it kasi the hiss is in the upper frequencies. pretty much like the highs of your tone.

Thanks sir.

super slinky · « **Reply #97 on:** July 04, 2009, 08:52:38 PM »

just a basic question mga sir? pano ba talaga mag palit ng pickups?
sundan ko lang yung pinag tangalan ko? or kailangan ko pa sundan yung diagram na kasama? thanks sa tulong

jefisipbata · « **Reply #98 on:** October 22, 2009, 03:51:28 PM »

up for this informative thread.

Musikerochan · « **Reply #99 on:** October 22, 2009, 04:28:20 PM »

regarding the treble bleed mod, im thinking why not skip the 120k resistor and just solder the 1000pf cap on lugs 3 & 2? anyone tried it? in my experience sa stompbox kasi it has resulted to a brighter and louder output eh.

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