Steve K has good info on his site for the most part, I've used that chart as a reference before. Since I haven't actually wired a guitar with diMarzios, it's still second hand info for me, hence the "not 100%".
Don't rush getting back with the confirmation on the coils. That can wait. Time with the baby and wife can't.
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"some people say happiness is just a State of mind...................... i think it should be a whole freakin' Country!" -- unklmickey
Here is what I could gather by tapping the coils with a screwdriver:
Position 1, 3 and 5 are just perfect. Everything works as intended with both coils active.
Now, position 2 and 4 are a different story and it's a bit of a mess.
To begin with, it's more difficult to say which coil is active and which isn't on a pickup, as both seem to "sound" but sometimes one much quieter than the other. Is this normal?
Now to the facts:
Position 2 (should be neck inner coil and middle coil nearest to the neck pickup):
Bridge pickup = 0, this is good. It's not active and it doesn't make any noise. Middle pickup = both coils seem to be active and at the same volume (output, whatever). Neck pickup = outer coil low output, inner coil high output (this seems "ok")
Position 4 (should be bridge inner coil and middle coil nearest to the bridge pickup):
Neck pickup = 0, as intended, perfect!! Middle pickup = seems to be backwards. The coil that seems to be active is the one away from the bridge. Bridge pickup = outer coil high output, inner coil low output (also seems to be backwards)
If you need any more information, or want me to perform some kind of experiment, just tell!
Post by UnklMickey on May 23, 2007 19:22:40 GMT -5
I think this is good start. One of the reasons you get similar soundings by tapping the pole-pieces of adjacent coils, it the lines of flux are distrubuted across both coils. You can do a better job by laying a screwdriver, or whatever flat across the coil, pointed inward and touching it's pole-piece. that way, when you lift the tip, or drag it away from the pole-piece, the change in the magnetic field affected by the screwdriver, is right over just one coil.
the fact that they aren't all that different for the middle wouldn't surprise me, but there seems to be a difference, depending if you are in position 2 or 4. That suggests more errors.
I look at the original diagram again, and see i can reconsile it with your description.
if you can connect a meter to the end of a guitar cable, and test the polarity of the pulse that occurs when you pull the screwdriver off of each coil, that would help too.
"Silence is golden, but duct tape is silver. " -- Steve Hopton
"some people say happiness is just a State of mind...................... i think it should be a whole freakin' Country!" -- unklmickey
You can do a better job by laying a screwdriver, or whatever flat across the coil, pointed inward and touching it's pole-piece
Sorry, I didn't quite understand what you mean... can you explain it again?
if you can connect a meter to the end of a guitar cable, and test the polarity of the pulse that occurs when you pull the screwdriver off of each coil, that would help too.
As far as position 4 is concerned, it looks right on paper. According to north and south go, it should hum-cancel correctly with the middle pickup wired as shown. I wonder if the middle pickup has the north and south in the wrong places?
Position 2 both coils active? That just doesn't make sense. There is only 1 coil connected, according to the drawing. I can't find any way for that to happen. I'm stumped.
"Silence is golden, but duct tape is silver. " -- Steve Hopton
"some people say happiness is just a State of mind...................... i think it should be a whole freakin' Country!" -- unklmickey
......... Position 2 both coils active? That just doesn't make sense. There is only 1 coil connected, according to the drawing. I can't find any way for that to happen. I'm stumped.
Internal short, perhaps?
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