That's not an MIA Predator is it?
Oh, for fuck's sake. Went to put the bridge pickup in the right place and it was completely dead. Must have had a coil break.
So I bought a new Fender N3 noiseless bridge pickup (for more than the whole guitar cost). Wired it up per the instructions and it is out of phase with the middle and neck.
The 500k volume pot didn't change a damn thing, either.
I'll take it apart and fix it later. This was supposed to be a fun and easy little project and now it's pissing me off. I wanna make strat sounds!
Fun easy little project.
You're funny.
Thanks a lot, Mister Plant The Tree, Chop It Down, And Shape The Neck Using Only The Calluses On My Bare Hands.
Seriously, would it have been so hard for Fender to keep the same phase orientation between two generations of pickups?
That happens between Duncan and Fender all the time, though.
Is it set up where you can switch leads easily?
Since it's a cheap project guitar, I can take some risks. I don't like the V-T-T setup of Strats and I don't like where the volume knob lives. I'm going to change that.
Oh, for fuck's sake. Went to put the bridge pickup in the right place and it was completely dead. Must have had a coil break.
So I bought a new Fender N3 noiseless bridge pickup (for more than the whole guitar cost). Wired it up per the instructions and it is out of phase with the middle and neck.
The 500k volume pot didn't change a damn thing, either.
I'll take it apart and fix it later. This was supposed to be a fun and easy little project and now it's pissing me off. I wanna make strat sounds!
I don't know if you should have messed with that MIA Predator.
That thing could be worth double or triple what you paid for it someday. Maybe even a four-bagger.
You have now ruined a vintage guitar.