david2006
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Post by david2006 on Jun 27, 2007 18:04:33 GMT -5
Is there a particular recommended wiring to get a middle position tele/les paul-type sound on a strat, before I try all the possibilities?
Thanks, Dave.
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Post by Runewalker on Jun 27, 2007 18:33:01 GMT -5
Is there a particular recommended wiring to get a middle position tele/les paul-type sound on a strat, before I try all the possibilities? Thanks, Dave. Not in a conventional Fender wiring harness. Assuming conventional Fender style single coils: - For a Tele-like sound, mid position, you would need to be able to engage the Neck and Bridge in System Parallel. That will take a mod.
- The LP is tougher. You might be able to emulate it with a all 3 pups in System Series, but turn down the volume of the Neck to approximate the center position of two local Series pups in System Parallel.
You may get somewhere near with the Bridge and Neck in System Parallel, but I have my mules apart right now and can't test that.
Again, both LP emulations above require a mod.
Others may more insight.
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Post by michaelcbell on Jun 28, 2007 5:42:57 GMT -5
No more insight here - I concur on all counts, except I can't speak to the "turn the volume down" comment due to a lack of multiple volumes on my strat.
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Post by sumgai on Jun 28, 2007 14:57:10 GMT -5
Dave. Welcome to the NutzHouse! ;D The answer to your question is a resounding "what 'all the possibilities'?" You described the middle position of a Tele switch, which by default is the Neck and Bridge in parallel. Fender is. (And Les Paul copying a Fender is, too.) Modding your Strat's selector switch can be as simple as nothing more than swapping the neck and middle pickup wires on that switch (or the bridge and middle pickups, the choice is yours). If you decide you like the tone you're getting, but want the one you just removed (bridge/mid or neck/mid), then you'll have to add another switch to your guitar. The best example of this additional switch can be found in Fender's Players Strat. It's really nothing more than a Neck On switch. Such a switching scheme also gives you the Robert Cray sound of all three pickups at that same time. But if you intend to remain "stealthy", or you don't want to drill more holes, then you can use a simple Push-Pull pot, whereby the switch is mounted to the volume (or tone) control, and you push or pull the knob to get the pickup selection you want. Either of these two methods could be considered "recommendable", but the final choice is subject to the needs/desires of the player, not the rest of us. The first way is simple and cheap (no cost at all), but it does limit your options. The second way is more fulfilling (broader range of tonality), but it's like the first puff of a MaryJane cigarette - one toke, and you're hooked forever on the life of a modder!! ;D sumgai
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