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Post by angelodp on Jun 5, 2009 14:46:05 GMT -5
hi, due to space issues, does flipping a pup so the wire feed side is reversed ( the little bump ) cause any issues with polarity ?? This is in the Bridge spot. I am talking a 180 spin of the pickup.
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Post by D2o on Jun 5, 2009 14:51:53 GMT -5
Hi Ange, It does not cause any polarity issues that I am aware of. D2o You do mean rotate front to back, not flip top to bottom, right?  |
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Post by angelodp on Jun 5, 2009 16:40:45 GMT -5
yep/ thanks
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Post by ChrisK on Jun 5, 2009 20:33:30 GMT -5
I don't know, maybe we should think this one through.   After all, it might be that the whole "Paul is dead" backmasking fiasco started with a simple pickup rotation. |
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Post by newey on Jun 5, 2009 20:50:23 GMT -5
Jimi didn't seem to have polarity issues.  |
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Post by ChrisK on Jun 5, 2009 21:22:18 GMT -5
But he didn't turn the pickup around, just the guitar.
(And he has left the planet.)
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Post by newey on Jun 5, 2009 21:46:50 GMT -5
But if you reverse the strings and flip the guitar . . .Oh, nevermind. No, I saw him the other day. With Elvis. In line at the Burger King. |
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Post by ChrisK on Jun 5, 2009 21:48:55 GMT -5
What's a Burger King?
(Hungry now, ain't ya?)
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Post by angelodp on Jun 5, 2009 23:10:27 GMT -5
You guys awe cwazy
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Post by sumgai on Jun 6, 2009 0:12:17 GMT -5
Nope! The name of this forum is not GuitarCwazies! We prefer to be called Nutz, TYVM! ;D sumgai Chief Nut and String Washer |
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Post by ashcatlt on Jun 6, 2009 8:01:58 GMT -5
But he didn't turn the pickup around, just the guitar. (And he has left the planet.) Timely as though ripped from today's headlines. Currently on the front page of the Cafe Be At: I added the link to Ron's story, for your convenience. |
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Post by D2o on Jun 6, 2009 10:43:01 GMT -5
I have had a couple more thoughts on this:
The wire in the pickups is either "wound" or reverse wound, no matter how you spin it - like the face of a clock ... it doesn't matter if the 6 or the 12 is on top, the hands still travel clockwise.
But a clock doesn't have a magnet on the bottom, and the magnet on the bottom of the pickup has a N and a S pole.
So my first question is whether maybe the magnet should be also spun 180 degrees so that the original N - which is now S - is N again.
I don't know, I'm just asking ...
This leads to a second (mainly unrelated) question:
Sometimes we run into situations where there is strat pickup of incorrect polarity - resulting in a thin 2 or 4 position (depending on what pickup we are talking about).
The quick fix is to swap the wires to mimic the correct polarity, but is often not as hum cancelling as the real / correct pickup would be.
In such circumstances, what if, in addition to swapping the wires, the pickup was spun 180 degrees as Ange is doing? Would that give the correct mimiced wire polarity plus the correct magnet polarity? (I realize that the magnet could also be removed, spun 180 degrees, and reattached)
Again, I really don't know ... it's just been in the back of my mind ever since Ange asked his question ...
... what better place to throw it out "there" than here?
D2o
"Master Diagnostician"
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Post by angelodp on Jun 6, 2009 11:06:00 GMT -5
Question is.... is the magnet polarity top to bottom or side to side. I believe its top to bottom on single coil strat pups. So the wind is not affected and the polarity is not affected. I think thats correct. And would allow me to snug this pup in closer on this tight spot.
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Post by ashcatlt on Jun 6, 2009 13:26:51 GMT -5
Top to bottom.
Rotating the way describe does not affect the magnetic polarity. As they said above, you'll be fine.
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