Fender Pickups

[frets]

Hi Guys😺😺😺,

This question is a last ditch effort to figure something out. I sold an HSS harness to a customer that says he has 4 conductor Fender single coils (which is an oxymoron-kinda). He can’t get the middle and neck pickup to work. He says on these pickups, he has red green black and white with black and white taped back. Sounds like a Humbucker to me. Anyway, on this circuit, I’ve never had any problems. He has the green as hot and red as ground; which, if it were a Humbucker would be correct for Fender. The config is such that it has a coil split and a neck on push pull. The humbucker works fine but the middle and neck do not. I have no idea what he’s talking about with single coil 4 conductor Fender pickups. Have you guys heard of such a beast?

- Clueless Cindi

[reTrEaD]

Apr 8, 2022 10:45:46 GMT -5 frets said:

a customer that says he has 4 conductor Fender single coils

I've seen three-wire Fender single coils (Vintage Noiseless, Gen-4 Noiseless, etc) that have two wires connected to the coil and one wire connected to the baseplate. But I haven't come across Fender SCs with four-wire cabling.

Maybe the first step would be to ask him which model of Fender pickups he's using, and we can do some research?

[frets]

Well, lo and behold he says they are not Fenders but DiMarzio’s DP-422W’s and he still says they don’t work. I think he’s trying to get a free harness.

[reTrEaD]

Apr 8, 2022 15:50:45 GMT -5 frets said:

Well, lo and behold he says they are not Fenders but DiMarzio’s DP-422W’s and he still says they don’t work. I think he’s trying to get a free harness.

Maybe he isn't being devious but instead he doesn't have the wiring right. Those are stacked HBs in a single coil form factor. Here's DiMarzio's reference for wiring that type of pickup:

d2emr0qhzqfj88.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2020-12/Strat%20Stacked%20Hum%20Canceling%20Wiring.pdf

In your OP, you cited him saying he has "black and white taped back". Make sure he has the black and white connected to each other, then taped off.

[thetragichero]

yes it certainly sounds like user error
he certain each individual pickup's white and black are connected and then wrapped?

edit: ninja'd