Post by johan on Nov 4, 2006 11:06:57 GMT -5
i all,
a friend asked me to look into his 'Stang because it was so noisy and didn't sustain well, didn't sound good in all.
Here are the issues, feel very free to comment if you recognize anything:
(a) grounding: the ground tab on the input jack was unused because supposedly it's ground through the control plate over the jack casings. I think grounding it properly will improve the noise.
(b) pickups: it was believe that this one had us strat pickups in it, but according to the view these seem to me to be jap pickups. will try some real ones or custom shops, but... I I'm not mistaken the Mustang is routed to have a strat pickup put upside down! Is that why Stangs cannot have staggered pole piece pu's? maybe I do have a staggered lefty lying around.
(c) owner said he always he played with tone and volume on 10. Classic problem: will be installing a treble bleed and lower the stock 0,047uF cap for a 22nF standard. Also will go for the alternative switch wiring scheme which concentrated pickup selection in one switch and kicks out the vol and tone control with the second one.
(d) very peculair acoustic problem: I noticed that the strings seem to rest on the screws that adjus the saddles. Intuitively I would say this would kill your tone dead on the spot. But seems inevitable with this setup... Are these the correct screws? Is the bidge on right? This cannot be how it should be. Pic says all
thanks for reading, feel free to comment any experience, will sure help me sort this baby out:
zj
a friend asked me to look into his 'Stang because it was so noisy and didn't sustain well, didn't sound good in all.
Here are the issues, feel very free to comment if you recognize anything:
(a) grounding: the ground tab on the input jack was unused because supposedly it's ground through the control plate over the jack casings. I think grounding it properly will improve the noise.
(b) pickups: it was believe that this one had us strat pickups in it, but according to the view these seem to me to be jap pickups. will try some real ones or custom shops, but... I I'm not mistaken the Mustang is routed to have a strat pickup put upside down! Is that why Stangs cannot have staggered pole piece pu's? maybe I do have a staggered lefty lying around.
(c) owner said he always he played with tone and volume on 10. Classic problem: will be installing a treble bleed and lower the stock 0,047uF cap for a 22nF standard. Also will go for the alternative switch wiring scheme which concentrated pickup selection in one switch and kicks out the vol and tone control with the second one.
(d) very peculair acoustic problem: I noticed that the strings seem to rest on the screws that adjus the saddles. Intuitively I would say this would kill your tone dead on the spot. But seems inevitable with this setup... Are these the correct screws? Is the bidge on right? This cannot be how it should be. Pic says all
thanks for reading, feel free to comment any experience, will sure help me sort this baby out:
zj
