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    you could also use the original boss schematic to get you through this since its a clone of it http://www.freeinfosociety.com/media/images/4075.jpg most of the clone stuff is dead nuts on
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    well i guess the only thing now is to just go ahead and try it. i decided to go ahead and rewind this humbucker i have sitting at the shop its a real piece of doo doo. so i am going to try something different i have a few little neo mags lying around and i was thinking of winding one coil with the lower ga string and the other with the higher ga and just putting the two together and see what kind of nonsense i can scrape up. the idea for the heavier gauge wire came when i decided to keep a single coil in the bridge of my new stratocaster i am working on a nice purple beauty with a maple neck and fretboard with a huge headstock. this thing is getting all the stops pulled out on it, Freezer and uv treatment on the body and neck. new fret wire 6105 to be exact. scalop fretboard on the last half of the board. extra fret tacked on to the end of the board, extended scale length and a killer pickup treatment the bridge will be a nice fat single coil on a bobbin i am making. 10% longer 15% wider and 30% taller it will have about 6000 winds of 42ga, coupled with 4000 winds of 37ga and then another 4000 of 44ga. the end of the 37ga will be my tap point [as i am quite fond of multi tap pickups] and the push push pot will give me the last 4000 winds of the 44ga. just need to order some more wire and i finish my winder and i will be off. i already got my my reed relay, my motor and my wood for my winder just need the rods and the pulleys and the rheostat here is the pickup idea i am talking about except in a humbucker form.
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    hey swedishluthier i have a question for you. its pickup related but instead of starting another topic i will ask here i don't think the topic starter will mind i am in the process of designing a new neck pickup tone for my Parker fly. i started with the original air Norton clone [which btw for all those looking to know its just an air Norton same wire same magnet strength so unless they used a different alnico same pickup.] totally hate the Norton series but that's my opinion. i got the second generation set of pickups which is a better neck definitely and a different bridge. i personally like the tone zone in there but if i go back to that then i am stuck with an output imbalance. well anyway i like to drop my neck pickup real low on the bass side and i add a hpf in series with the pickup so i get a major freq shift going on i get a nice grind on the low strings but then as i go up in the freq range it gets more gain and smoother. now i know how to do all this on a regular guitar but the fly you can't lean the pickup its kind of there. so i was thinking of making a special bobbin. slightly less winds on the bass side say like a sloped bobbin kind of like the lace sensors only not sideways. and with more room on the treble half of the bobin think like staircases. e and the a would get the least winds the d a and g more and the b and e the most. or would it be simpler to just make a four pole pickup and a two pole one if i have to go to the trouble to make the thing from scratch. what do you think? btw i post this publicly cause i would appreciate anyones answers so long as we understand that this question is about the parker fly. as its a different beast all together.
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    lol king of double posts my friend. no the strat pickup is a magnet on bottom one. i think photobucket is done now so i should be able ot get the pics done i didn;t measure this pickups coil ie the space that it had before i wound it but after looking at it i remember why i chose this one because it has pretty flat pole pieces across and it seemed like it was a bit larger than the other ones i had lying around. the p-90 however was a duncan with 42ga wire and it was 11.7 or 11.1 k something like that it was 11+ and 15+ i pulled the bridge pickup and pt it in the neck pickup to give me that sweet singing lead tone. and i put a dimarzio humbucker that looks like the p-90 it came out of a yamaha pacifica that had three of them i should have got the hottest one but it crunches quite nice in the godin les paul copy and the neck pickup sings. but anyway i digress so when i pulled the pickup apart i was shocked to see that this thing was only wound half way that high of an output and there was easily twice the space left on the spool. i measured it but i didn't have digital calipers or calipers at all back then but once i cut off the old wire i found that i did indeed have twice the depth available than what the used so i decided pickup no. 2 would be that one and as you can see its quite fat. don't be fooled by the pick there was no more room on the coil thats not loose winding that was tight as you can get without breaking the wire. i still haven't played that one. yet, and don't worry i am going to post some clips i think we are going to use my buddies strat as a test rig. i am waiting on my new magnets to get here as well as my gauss meter. as soon as i finish my pickup winder i will wind another strat pickup with over 6000 turns and measure again. i wish i could find that wire spool i don't know where it is now i have something like a 30lb role of it.
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    i have made multiple pickups with this wire. the first one was a single coil and the 478 ohms and if starting at one end of the coil lets say the far left of it and going all the way around the coil till you stop where youstarted is one revolution or wrap or turn or whatever we would like to call it [ps this is the internet so i feel i must say i am not being an ass only trying to make sure we are using the same terms to kill confusion] ie 360 degrees of rotation then yes the single coil i did indeed make over 6000 turns on it. i am a pretty good counter. the p 90 was pickup no. two as outlined in i thought i screwed up when i got a low reading so i wound another picukp. that one has more than the single coil on it although i am not sure by how much exactly but its wound off the bobbin because at that point i figured the wire was crap and it would never work so i just kept going for giggles sake
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    well I was thinking that instead of a broken wire it might have been k I n k e d or broken but exposed and with the tightness of the rap periodically touching. but then I thought that would give me sporadic resistance. probly wanting another oil tonight. sorry for misspelling voice to text on my phone is crazy and I am driving now
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    I thought about the broken wire idea. Actually that was my first thought which is why I never potted it or took it any further. So I just wound a new one and another. All of them have low resistance including themachine wound coil for the device. And yes I am sure its 37 guage and your right perry I did wind it tight. Going to look fit spool tonight after work
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    i was wondering the same thing but i think its the wire. i wound another coil last night and i will admit i wasn't perfect at counting the wraps but hey at 5am and over 5000 turns i stopped and haven't reached 1k on the meter yet. perhaps because this was used to wind coils in electric motors? not sure the wire was a gift from my shop buddy. soon as i find the master spool [moved the master spool last year and don't quite remember where i put it] i will post the info on the spool. this time i wound it slower than usual and made doubly sure of no kinks or anything and its very well insulated takes quite a bit of effort to sand off without breaking the wire
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    used the first one. got out the digital callipers and used 1967 strat and entered my measurements and it came up with 1904 wraps but i think part of that is that you have to know the resistance per foot and the insulation size. it called for .0055 on the insulation core size but the 37ga i have is only .003 with this type of differences i think the best way is to simply measure out how much resistance for foot i will have to do it manually and compose a formula for this particular wire. thanks again for the links though i will use it to tailor my results
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    actually no i made over 6000 wraps on the single coil. i counted them but after 6000 i got bored and only wound a few more minutes cool links i will check it out. i think this is some seriously low resistance wire
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    update photos uploaded but photobucket is down for maintenance. so have to post those later. however i did manage to get the pickup working today. i was worried about the low dc resistance. well i had no reason to fear this pickup is a beast. i am going to cut some sample as soon as i finish gluing a new magnet to it. it is clear as can be on the top end without being shrill. i placed it in the neck pickup position and was i shocked just held over the strings it was nearly as loud as my Duncan hot rails. which is just under 12k. the pickup measured exactly 478 ohms. yep ohms. and i hooked it up to a test rig set the volume to the same as i would normaly and then a/b compared them. the Duncan had a bit more low end BOOM but this was so clear i could not believe it. well anyway enough of my ranting i am going to finish my pickup winder and start cranking out my prototype humbucker. one coil 42 guage wire second coil slightly larger with a bar pole piece instead and wound with 37ga wire. well the real test comes when i get my p-90 godin out of hock.
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    good deal my friend glad it worked out for you. as a side note i found while re wiring an old Gibson i had to replace the pots and i found and interesting way to solder a ground tab on them. instead of trying heat up the entire pot i used my lithium ion battery tab welder to attach a smaller tab on the side so now i can solder all the ground connections quite easily. you can make a capacitive discharge system for free from a camera flash unit.
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    So i am a proud, scratch that very proud owner of a first generation Peavey Vandenberg serial no. 00000840.ok that wasn' the original reason for posting but after a bit of probling i was looking into the pickups and i dig the single coil but its very, very weak. peavey documentation describes both pickups as medium high output alnico 2. and this is a 6.8k pickup in the neck i have had squier pickups hotter than that. however i digress after a closer listening and inspection i thought that it was a short because sometimes it sounds better than usual and sometimes its thin city so i checked all the wiring and the pickup itself and nothing seems wrong same reading as a few weeks ago when i bought it. So i am going to wind an old replacement pickup a bit hotter with some heavier wire and then drop it in. of course keeping the original pickup. but for a quick drop in single coil what kind of replacement would be good? the body is poplar and i have no solid experince with this wood and the last time i had a non traditional strat with a neck single was years ago so i am a bit at a loss. also i have a few pics of my 37ga wire p-90 and Single Coil that i wound by hand and potted tonight. i have yet to install them as the wax is drying and they still need leads soldered on. but the weirdest thing is i wound both of these rather quick piling on way more wire [well there is more wire bulging off the form than before. i realize that it is a bigger wire but the p 90 from duncan only had on its form half of the space used and measured 11.1k. i wound it till it was spilling off the sides and got about 1.5k so we will see if these little buggers will even do anything lol] super low resistance, i know the larger wire you get less resistance but i wonder if there is a formula for gauge vs winds vs resistance or simply guage length resistance. well any help would be appreciated and i will post some better pics of pickups and guitar soon my phone is dying ciao for now
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    the wiring diagram is not hard at all. the hard part is finding the switches to do this with, as well as if you look at the triple shot it is slightly raised on the switch side to accommodate the switches. not a bad idea we had something similar with led indicators on our ibanez rg when i sold them in Georgia years ago. if you find some switcfhes let me know i am looking in mousers catalog right now and haven't found a suitable one perhaps canibalizing a dip switch
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    when you switch it to the neck do you get a hum, or just complete silence. if you get silence then one of two things somewhere the signal is grounded out or switch is not connecting. check your output lead an ground with meter set on continuity. you don't even have to have the back of the guitar off. just unscrew your guitar cable with it plugged in, one probe on the shield one probe on the center lug. also having aligator clips helps here put all pots on 10 check on bridge does it show resistance. if it does move to both positions ie neck and bridge. does it show resistance or does it beep. if it beeps then you have short to ground if it does show resistance then go to the neck pickup position. does it beep or does it show resistance. if it does not beep, then you are not shorting to ground. which is always a good thing. from there it is definitely listed as above there is nothing really more to be done than already posted
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    For a les paul I have a much better wiring diagram already posted on the forums.its the one gibson tried to get there hands on
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    First diagram is wrong. But can be fixed by moving ground wire from pot to middle right on switch so the caps have a ground potential. Second one is correct althoughquite in unorthodox I like it. See when the switch is closed that cap is null do to the direct contact if the terminals. Good, luck I wish you the best on y your endeavors. ;p
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    thanks tim37 i appreciate it. you know its actually funny i have been working on book. it deals with all the freq shaping and stuff we can do at the guitar level before hitting the guitar cord. setup myths actual physics behind the guitar stuff like freq/distance. shredder mods potting pickups in non traditional ways. just a lot of fun stuff that i have learned over the years that i have not seen in regular guitar books. i learned all my basic stuff from reading melvn hiscock build your own guitar. and from just doing it. anyway i am in love with the title "Non Newtonian Guitar Wiring"
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    got you. but no i was quite serious when i typed .1uf. you have to remember my explanation before. so since this is way below audible range it will attenuate differently than your average cap. sure at max its way to dark but still interesting. and theres a video on youtube where i fiddle with it a but it doesn't seem to dark btw its a weird camera angle from my phone i am not quite that fat. lol fat but not that fat. [media=]
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    cool man glad to help.. say unless you roll your tone off all the way try looking into something like a 4n7 capacitor or a .0047uf. you will be surprised at the flexibility especially on the neck and middle pickups. for the bridge even though most people will point out that the freq range is completely off a .1uf has a bit of magic to it as the tone control. about half way down on a hot pickup it sounds like a bell like neck pickup.. a great trick if your not using a guitar with a neck humbucker. anyway that is one of the tricks we do here in the shop.
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    hey thanks good idea yeah i always ask people cause i do so many pickup swaps and people just give me bunch of them. plus i closed out a repair center lol ie they closed i jumped into a dumpster to get stuff lol
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    just a quick point. you realize most of the ukes are nylon string.... but yeah its cool idea. i have some bass pickups if you want them lol someone gave me a box of pickup and i have been trying to get rid of them for two years
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    why not add the emg 81 circuit to the hot rail and make the whole thing active. i did that in my super wiring diagram for my jem
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    why again would emgs be bad in a six string? i mean the 85 is hot as hell quite a bit of bottom end and has a slight treble roll off that is quite nice in the bridge position.
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    sorry was on mobile phone couldn't type battery was low. but yes if you look at the secret life of pots you will see the rotation vs actual resistance. a linear pot will give you the best option. you can still use an audio taper pot and mark it in the middle but if you are relying on the pot's resistance you will need 1 M definitely but it will vary with audio taper so I would recommend utilizing a small trimpot to help set the range. However a 1 M lin would be the best option it is what I used.
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