One humbubker seems to have a very low output

[TheFiercestCreature]

Hi guys,

I bought a pair of bkps about 4 months ago; a riff-raff for the neck and a cold sweat for the bridge. I tried to make myself a Jimmy Page wiring mod and it didn't work (not too hot with a soldering iron). So I just a electrical taped my wires together and carried on. Now I've made myself a new one, installed it, but again didn't work (this time I managed to fill up the inside of one of the push pull pots with solder). Now I'm trying to electrical tape the wires back together, but the cold sweat's output is much, much lower than the riff-raff. Is there a easy to fix reason for this?

Cheers, Tom.

[TheFiercestCreature]

Fixed, the 3 way selector wire had come undone.

[Oli]

You should really get someone to solder the wiring-- electrical tape will come away over time, most likely when you don't want to (ie, during a gig, or that killer recording take). Also, you may start to get a high resistance connection, in which case you'll start to load the pickups, and it'll sound like you've got 1M pots in, rather than 250Ks

[darkbluemurder]

Just my personal opinion but the Jimmy Page wiring is one of the most complex I have ever seen and certainly nothing for a novice to begin with. I also find it of rather dubious value to have infinite sound options available on a guitar - it makes it more difficult to access these tones on stage where you are under pressure anyway. At any rate when starting to solder I would start with simple wiring schemes first and then add options later if you feel the need.

And I fully agree to the electrical tape solution - I would use this as a temporary solution only.

Cheers Stephan