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  • New Pickups sound a little thin

    Ok, just installed some Bill Lawerance pickups. 1 500XL and 2 250Ls. Here are some things I noticed.

    1. Bridge pickups sounds really thin. I didn't get any instructions so right now I have black=groud red=hot green/white=tied together. Does this sound right?

    2. when going throught my 5 was switch, the 5th position (neck) actually sounds the best. Positions 2,3,4 all sound about 30% less volume that what I hear from the 5 (neck postion) and they sound a little muddy. Could this be a bad switch issue?

    thanks,

    joe...
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  • #2
    Re: New Pickups sound a little thin

    sounds like you may have the bridge pickup working as a single coil. you may need to hunt down their wire codes. that may impact all of your sound woes; the switch will either work or it wont, imo.

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    • #3
      Re: New Pickups sound a little thin

      Did it have a pre amp or actives before? EQ? If so it could be the jack.
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      • #4
        Re: New Pickups sound a little thin

        The green/white together (but hopefully taped off so they don't touch anything) sounds right according to the color chart below!
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        • #5
          Re: New Pickups sound a little thin

          On a Lawrence you solder Green and white together and tape them away (unless spitting is intended, in that case they´re your tap wires), red is hot and black is ground (or was that black hot and red ground?)

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          • #6
            Re: New Pickups sound a little thin

            Zerb is correct. Green and white soldered together, red is hot and black is ground.

            Alvin
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            • #7
              Re: New Pickups sound a little thin

              [ QUOTE ]
              Ok, just installed some Bill Lawerance pickups.

              [/ QUOTE ]

              Was it spelled that way? Maybe you got some fakes! [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

              Should've bought mine, dude [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]
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              • #8
                Re: New Pickups sound a little thin

                Ron-- [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] could never spell his name correctly--I had to let google fix the spelling for me [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

                "Did it have a pre amp or actives before? EQ?" I was running guitar->cable->amp. Could an input jack really cause this kind of problem?

                Also, I'm using stranded copper for some of my wiring -- I could not find regular (silver looking) wire. Is copper ok to use? as source and grounding cabeling?

                joe...
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                • #9
                  Re: New Pickups sound a little thin

                  What I meant was an EQ or pre-amp on the guitar.
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