Stupid pickup/coil splitting question

[AprioriMark]

Ok, so.  I know this is really elementary, so I'm hesitant to even post it at all, but I figured some other newb might run into a similar issue.

I'm fixing up my first guitar.  It's a soloist style body that is... hashed.  It's covered in stickers, aluminum tape, duct tape, beer, puke and finally tons of coats of spray poly from a can.  I've wired an old Japanese strat pickup in the neck (with a hollow "tone chamber" mount made of electrical tape... ohhhh yeah).  I put an OLD Dimarzio in the bridge position.

Here's the issue:  I can't easily get into the control cavity without ruining the "awesome" of the "painters and electrical tape covered in poly" cover.  When I wired the like colored wires from the old Duncan pickup to the Dimarzio, I get this crazy thin sound in the middle position of the three way switch, if the pickup is tapped or in humbucker mode.  I should also note that when the tap is in the position that should be a single coil, it's actually a humbucker.  So, something's backwards.

Any quick insight as to what I actually wired this like as far as phasing etc?  I'm gonna look up the diagrams for Duncans and Dimarzios and solder the proper leads onto the proper spliced wire, but I wanted to share my stupidity here first.

Oh, and you'll die laughing once I post pics.

-Mark

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

This is not stupid.  It is reasonable to assume that there would be an industry standard with color coding.  Problem is, each manufacturer thinks their way is the best way and should be the standard.  Maybe this link will help.

http://www.guitar-repairs.co.uk/guitar_pickup_colour_codes.htm

P.S.  You will probably never see me post a pic of any of my wiring jobs.  They all work, but they're not the prettiest things.  For this same reason, there are no acryllic guitars with clear pickguards in my possession.

 

[jimh]

Here's the issue:  I can't easily get into the control cavity without ruining the "awesome" of the "painters and electrical tape covered in poly" cover.  When I wired the like colored wires from the old Duncan pickup to the Dimarzio, I get this crazy thin sound in the middle position of the three way switch, if the pickup is tapped or in humbucker mode. 

I'm gonna say that you've got a phase reversal between the pickup wiring.  Easiest thing to test for this is to swap the two wires from the Single coil to see if the 'thinness' goes away in the middle position.

 

[AprioriMark]

Sorry, I forgot about this... unless I'm mistaken, Dimarzio and Duncan switch their red and black leads.  The guitar now sounds less like a joke.

-Mark

 

[TroubledTreble]

Did you get this sorted out?

How 'bout those pics too!?