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Title: Chopper in Bridge + Area 61's in Neck & Middle. Help!
Post by: Mattiestrat on March 30, 2017, 01:04:39 PM

Hi everyone,

Just wondering if I could get some help on this.  As the subject says I just swapped out pickups on my strat for a chopper in the bridge and area 61's in the middle and neck position.

I know nothing about wiring pickups at all to be honest but assumed it would work as I got the idea from seeing one of Mark Lettieri's guitar being set up this way. 

https://www.instagram.com/p/BJlQO7IhSwf/?taken-by=mjlettieri

I got it back from one guy who said it couldn't be done properly.  Everything sounds fine besides in the position between the bridge and middle pickup has this real out of phase sound.  Like it's really thin and has a huge loss in gain. 

I was wondering if you guys have any clue what I could do?  I've brought it to a new guy who's supposed to be the best in the area but he's kind of unsure also. 

Any help would be hugely appreciated. 

Title: Re: Chopper in Bridge + Area 61's in Neck & Middle. Help!
Post by: darkbluemurder on March 31, 2017, 10:10:30 AM

This should be a straight forward wiring but if everything sounds fine except the bridge + middle combination, try to swap the green and red wires on the bridge pickup.

Good luck,
Stephan

Title: Re: Chopper in Bridge + Area 61's in Neck & Middle. Help!
Post by: Strat_O_Holic on March 31, 2017, 04:01:37 PM

Quote from: Mattiestrat on March 30, 2017, 01:04:39 PM

Hi everyone,

Just wondering if I could get some help on this.  As the subject says I just swapped out pickups on my strat for a chopper in the bridge and area 61's in the middle and neck position.

I know nothing about wiring pickups at all to be honest but assumed it would work as I got the idea from seeing one of Mark Lettieri's guitar being set up this way. 

https://www.instagram.com/p/BJlQO7IhSwf/?taken-by=mjlettieri

I got it back from one guy who said it couldn't be done properly.  Everything sounds fine besides in the position between the bridge and middle pickup has this real out of phase sound.  Like it's really thin and has a huge loss in gain. 

I was wondering if you guys have any clue what I could do?  I've brought it to a new guy who's supposed to be the best in the area but he's kind of unsure also. 

Any help would be hugely appreciated.

Lol these guitar techs must suck, +1 to the above, it's a relatively simple setup, I've wired in the same for a friend. You do have to switch the wires on the rail pickup...


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Title: Re: Chopper in Bridge + Area 61's in Neck & Middle. Help!
Post by: Mattiestrat on April 01, 2017, 12:28:30 PM

Thanks a lot for the help guys.  Much appreciated.