tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212570041608488781.post5318956294270856759..comments2024-02-22T19:54:30.477+00:00Comments on George Dent - Model Maker: A LESSON IN WIRINGGeorge Denthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13636120634078363608noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212570041608488781.post-15639510001629418172010-02-19T22:27:32.748+00:002010-02-19T22:27:32.748+00:00Hi George!
Thanks for your reply. It certainly he...Hi George!<br /><br />Thanks for your reply. It certainly helped me gather all my courage, and while Hatton's 14029 was shunting the yard at Maudetown in your shed, my Strat was in for a treat. To cut a long story short: upon removing the scratchplate, I discovered my own masterpiece of "ill-connecting" and "mis-wiring". Then I found out that the original single coil pick-up had died during its 10 years of storage and was totally useless, so finally I put back the humbucker, but this time with all the wires where they ought to be, and guess what: For the first time, the beast sounds like it should. From now on, I have the neck-to-mid part to play Deep Purple, and the mid-to-bridge section to play Led Zeppelin. That's all I wanted, a pity it took me more than a decade to get the return on the investment!<br /><br />Next step: I should now find an N scale application for the original casing of a single coil Fender Strato pick-up. I guess I'll make up some industrial building with round ends and six chimneys...<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />Zoltanpre-zlihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05523212575731694161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212570041608488781.post-78148216165477686132010-02-15T07:57:17.187+00:002010-02-15T07:57:17.187+00:00Hi Zoltan,
I've only once fitted one of those ...Hi Zoltan,<br />I've only once fitted one of those single coil-sized humbuckers - into a Stat-style guitar I built for my brother some years back - a Kent Armstrong one, I think. I have to admit that I wasn't too keen on it, but he liked it (he played heavier music than me!).<br /><br />Anyway, it sounds like it could be a couple of problems with your pickup. Most likely the coil windings may have a short circuit somewhere or one of the internal connections may have been damaged. As everything is so compact on these type of pickups, there's also more chance of problems of this sort, although Seymour Duncan's are usually very reliable.<br /><br />If it was creating noise then one coil at least must have been affected.It could also have been down to a poor solder joint on the switch, but not as likely. <br /><br />Hope this helps!<br /><br />All the best,<br />GeorgeGeorge Denthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13636120634078363608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212570041608488781.post-24222558264946039662010-02-14T21:46:45.150+00:002010-02-14T21:46:45.150+00:00Hello George,
This is just incredible: The other ...Hello George,<br /><br />This is just incredible: The other day, that bus story, and now this guitar! What a delightfully versatile approach to model blogging! I love it!<br /><br />More to the point: I too have a piece of screwed up wiring (a single-coil format Seymour Duncan humbucker I mounted at the bridge of my standard Strato some 15 years ago), currently resting under another piece of messed up wiring (my H0 layout due for the shredded quite soon). What would you do if the aforementioned humbucker did not work properly? First it was very noisy when idle and very feeble when played. Strings off, scratch plate off, I inverted the wiring, plate back, strings back on, a long unnerving tuning session (you know, floating bridge...) and it became even much worse. So basically I put quite some money, time and effort into significantly downgrading what used to be a fine guitar. Would you have any tips on how to "CTRL+Z" that one? Thanks!<br /><br />Zoltanpre-zlihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05523212575731694161noreply@blogger.com