Kappasitanz Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 i was al exited with the endless posibilities i could get with my H H setup until the awful thrut striked me directly on the face.... the damn things were vintage single conductor.... any one out there in their infinite knowlege knows if i can do anything else than volume and tone for each pickup??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black_labb Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 you can open it up and get the other 2 if your careful, but you have to be delicate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kappasitanz Posted June 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 ORLY???? whoa..... how ???? .... lets hope i dont screw up..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 Take the cover off or take the tape off. Find where the two coils are connected. Break the wire and solder each wire to a lead. DON'T break the wire on the coil. Treat the naked coils very gently. Personally, the only useful thing I've found is to switch between humbucker and single-coil. I.e., I have no use for parallel, phase-this, phase-that, etc. But, to each his own, and you can now wire them for single coil if you go ahead with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kappasitanz Posted June 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 thnx dude.... but it seems pretty dam risky... is there any cool config i can achieve with the pups as they are?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 Actually, it's a lot easier than that to convert to four-conductor. Unscrew the bobbins from the baseplate. You should see two more lead wires that are soldered together. Unsolder them and solder a new shielded four-conducted cable to all four lead wires. Really quite simple and it'll give you split/series/parallel options for both pickups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 Actually, it's a lot easier than that to convert to four-conductor. Unscrew the bobbins from the baseplate. You should see two more lead wires that are soldered together. Unsolder them and solder a new shielded four-conducted cable to all four lead wires. Really quite simple and it'll give you split/series/parallel options for both pickups. That's kind of what I meant. "is there any cool config i can achieve with the pups as they are??" Yes, wire them the simplest way possible. (Just kidding.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kappasitanz Posted June 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2007 Unsolder them and solder a new shielded four-conducted cable to all four lead wires. Really quite simple and it'll give you split/series/parallel options for both pickups. the shield or bare wire will be soldered to the baseplate of the pup or where?? and which wire wil be which?? should i post pics of the thing unmounted?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted June 27, 2007 Report Share Posted June 27, 2007 Stew Mac Humbucker Assembly Instructions Those instructions should tell you everything you need to know. Knock yourself out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kappasitanz Posted June 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2007 tnx a lot... just one last question..... the leads that will be already soldered would be the start of the one with the screws and the end with the one of the lugs ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted June 27, 2007 Report Share Posted June 27, 2007 depends on the pickup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryema22 Posted June 27, 2007 Report Share Posted June 27, 2007 Just a word of advice... by all means, if you want to convert to four-conductor go ahead, but i'd suggest picking up a really cheap and crappy pickup to practice on first. It's really easy to break one of the fine wires wound around the bobbins and make a mess of things. I'm also a fan of messing around with as many cheap pickups as possible, you never know when you'll stumble across something with some mojo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samba Pa Ti Posted June 27, 2007 Report Share Posted June 27, 2007 Just a word of advice... by all means, if you want to convert to four-conductor go ahead, but i'd suggest picking up a really cheap and crappy pickup to practice on first. It's really easy to break one of the fine wires wound around the bobbins and make a mess of things. I'm also a fan of messing around with as many cheap pickups as possible, you never know when you'll stumble across something with some mojo ive done this many times, its very good advice ive practiced with many strat single coils and when i first started (when soldering pickup wire together) i would always end up melting the wire with my soldering iron... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kappasitanz Posted June 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2007 is there a way to tell from the begining and end of a coil idk... a multimeter or sumthin ...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted June 27, 2007 Report Share Posted June 27, 2007 (edited) Use a continuity tester to find the start and finish of each coil...and the lead wires aren't as prone to breaking as the coil wires. That's why humbuckers use lead wires. Edited June 27, 2007 by crafty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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