Wiring help?

[Cletus]

I suspect this should be in the questions too stupid thread but here we go.

I've wired up an LP with Phat cat p90s, now the neck is working fine but the bridge is not. I'm guessing a grounding/connection issue on that pot. My questions, however, is this, and I fear its stupidity: when I flick the 3 way switch to the middle, I am able to adjust the volume on the pot for the pickup that isn't working when I switch to that pickup alone. So I can adjust the volume for that one pickup on both volume pots? That, and also the volume on that pot only seems to work in the middle of the range (high and low volume no signal). Can anyone explain this to po' Cletus?

Cheers guys.

 

[Cagey]

The middle position on dual volume/dual tone control setups has always had that behavior. What happens is the two sets of controls end up in parallel with each other, so either set will affect the output. Years ago, it was peculiar to Gibsons, but since then a lot of manufacturers have that control scheme, and they all suffer from it.

 

[Cletus]

Happily, whatever the issue was, I went back over my soldering (basically my first time doing any serious soldering), re-soldered a few and jackpot! And I don't have that issue anymore- the pots are working independently. Cheers Cagey.

This was a strip down of an old guitar, completely rebuild and re-finish job to prepare me for when my Warmoth body is ready. I'm really happy with the results all in all. Thanks to guys like yourself who will offer information to stupid questions, much appreciated.

 

[Cagey]

Well, you can't argue with success, but that shouldn't have worked <grin>

 

[Cletus]

I suspect it was just a cold solder joint somewhere, but as you say- success!  :guitaristgif:

 

[Jusatele]

 

[Cletus]

That looks like the solder I used sitting on the table.

 

[Firebird211]

Cagey, I think Cletus suffered from something similar to the norm, but much worse off due to a bad connection. :dontknow: My  PRSish Schecter suffers from the same phenomenon, the controls "sound" pretty independent until the resistance reaches a certain point and starts draining the sound from the other pickup more noticably, then the one vol control can cut everything as it approaches a short to ground. It's like a interchangeable master control, which is a little re :tard: ed

 

[Firebird211]

:laughing7: No kitty, that's a bad kitty.

 

[Cletus]

Cagey, I think Cletus suffered from something similar to the norm, but much worse off due to a bad connection. :dontknow: My  PRSish Schecter suffers from the same phenomenon, the controls "sound" pretty independent until the resistance reaches a certain point and starts draining the sound from the other pickup more noticably, then the one vol control can cut everything as it approaches a short to ground. It's like a interchangeable master control. :tard:

That's about right- there's a vaguely noticeable thing that matches what you describe, but this stuck out like dog's balls so I'm glad it's all gone.

 

[Mak_acculk]

Need a few more details, like the wiring diagram you used.