Ghwar Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 Hey all. I recently converted a guitar with active pickups to passive pickups i'm not new at all to swapping pickups or wiring, i'm quite good at soldering and know my way around in there. BUT. For some reason these humbuckers are noisier and hummier then a single coil. this is not right. the bridge pickup sounds pretty muddy at times too, like a neck pickup, but only sometimes, like it's phasing in and out of the muddiness, it's weird. the only thing i can even THINK of it being is the fact that i still have the stereo jack in there (I don't have a spare mono.) But I dunno, I can't see that making a difference. the pots are all wired up right and everything is grounded to each other. what gives? (PS, thanks in advance) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim37 Posted March 27, 2008 Report Share Posted March 27, 2008 is the bridge grounded good i know its kinda elementry but if the wire wasnt on good at the bridge you may not have even noticed before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al heeley Posted March 29, 2008 Report Share Posted March 29, 2008 Pots: what is the resistance of your tone and volume pots? Don't pots for active, driven pups have to be 50k or something? Passive HB's need 500k pots. Muddy bridge = question the value of the capacitor on the tone pot as well as the resistance of the tone pot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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