Anti-Idiot Posted December 9, 2005 Report Share Posted December 9, 2005 i have a big trouble doin some wiring in my guitar. i have: 2 humbuckers 2 vol 1 tone 1 3-way toggle When the toggle is in the center position and one of the pickup's volume is set to 0, the output is very low. there's a solution in stewmac.com and i've tried that one. each volume is independent of the other when in the middle pos. but there's a horrible hum. i dunno what to do. my first choice is to have a low outputo volume or a horrible hum. does anybody knows a different configuration? maybe connecting humb. ground to the toggle... HELP!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted December 10, 2005 Report Share Posted December 10, 2005 (edited) How do you have it wired currently? It's almost impossible to point out a mistake without knowing what you've done. This may help: http://static.zoovy.com/img/guitarelectron...-/wdu_hh3t21_01 Edited December 10, 2005 by lovekraft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti-Idiot Posted December 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2005 How do you have it wired currently? It's almost impossible to point out a mistake without knowing what you've done. This may help: http://static.zoovy.com/img/guitarelectron...-/wdu_hh3t21_01 ← The lug 1 is ground, lug 2 is Out to Toggle, and lug 3 is hot from pickup. In this config. the output volume is reduced in the middle position if any of each pickup volume is turned to 0. When i swap the wire (1=gnd, 2 hot from pu, 3 out to toggle) the volume is independent, but there's a horrible hum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted December 11, 2005 Report Share Posted December 11, 2005 If it's humming, there's a problem apart from the wiring of the volume pots. Again, how is it currently wired? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti-Idiot Posted December 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2005 If it's humming, there's a problem apart from the wiring of the volume pots. Again, how is it currently wired? ← like this: 2h-2v-t-3w Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted December 12, 2005 Report Share Posted December 12, 2005 If it's wired exactly like that SD diagram, you should have no hum to speak of, especially with humbucking pickups. Is your bridge grounded? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti-Idiot Posted December 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2005 If it's wired exactly like that SD diagram, you should have no hum to speak of, especially with humbucking pickups. Is your bridge grounded? ← yup. i think my pickups will need some potting. but first, i'm gonna check the polarities. my magnets are like this: (neck) S N S N (bridge) can be this the origin of so much noise? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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