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Davey

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« on: March 24, 2007, 01:59:26 PM »
why am i hearing the bridge pickup (albeit weak) through the neck position on the switch, when i havent got any neck pickup wired in?
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dave_mc

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« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2007, 04:54:54 PM »
quantum tunnelling?

sorry.

Have you got a pic? (bear in mind I suck at any electronics stuff, lol)
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Davey

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« Reply #2 on: March 24, 2007, 05:03:47 PM »
well.. everything is wired up properly. i quadruple checked it. maybe i just got a loop through the housing or whatever.. i grounded that pin and not it doesnt make any noise.. but i got a nifty kill switch hehe.


and for the record .. gibson style switches SUCK ASS!!!!!!!!!!! i was much happier with the japanese ibanez switch i had in my epi. much more hassle free. these things arent worth the money they ask for them.
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dave_mc

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« Reply #3 on: March 24, 2007, 05:49:22 PM »
aye, i have no idea, lol. You probably know more about pickup wiring that I do... unless as you say you have some kind of loop?
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PhilKing

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« Reply #4 on: March 24, 2007, 06:00:05 PM »
The switch is upside down? :orcass:
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dave_mc

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« Reply #5 on: March 24, 2007, 10:16:30 PM »
^ haha!

I'm guessing you are getting the full tone of the bridge pickup with the switch in the bridge position, davey?

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PhilKing

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« Reply #6 on: March 24, 2007, 10:57:41 PM »
Giving a sensible answer now, are the wafers just touching? Many times you need to check the switch to make sure that it breaks the connection in the 'off' side.  I have had to bend the wafers a bit to make it work sometimes.
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HTH AMPS

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« Reply #7 on: March 25, 2007, 12:32:27 PM »
sounds like a volume pot that isn't totally at zero ohms when it's on zero - my mate's LP used to do this before I put some CTS pots in it.

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Davey

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« Reply #8 on: March 26, 2007, 06:22:29 PM »
it's purely a switch issue.
 
they might have some faint connection between them, since i get sound from both positions.. probably the soldering paste i got, cos it's slightly conductive, i got to clean the switch. i got it wired as a kill switch now, so there definatelly isnt any sound from the middle and neck positions anymore.
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TwilightOdyssey

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« Reply #9 on: March 26, 2007, 07:23:15 PM »
Stop buying cheap switches. PDT_008
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