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The Pickup Place / Re: New HSH setup OK?

« on: October 06, 2021, 09:44:28 AM »

Hi Stephan
Looking at the diagram, that's similar to others I have looked at, it seems to be wired like that on simple inspection ... one Humbucker to 1 & 6, the other to 3 & 8, and the middle to 2. However ... I think the hots might be to the 6 & 8 (red currently), rather than the 1 & 3 (green). But that primarily sets the phase doesn't it?
What does seem different is that for each of mine, the black and white from each are braided together, but hanging free. The SD wiring suggests connecting them to 6 & 8. And the greens currently go to the switch, but should be to earth? Might that give me the full humbuckers in 1 & 5 positions?
Your alternative uses them connected to the switching ... that gives the coil split?
Like you suggest ... find the multimeter?

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The Pickup Place / Re: New HSH setup OK?

« on: October 06, 2021, 05:26:14 AM »

Thank you!

I checked the tap-test gently with a screwdriver. The right pickups are positive as they should be ... however, in positions 2,3,4 I get a loud "tonk" from the middle pickup, and the bridge and neck produce similar loud tonks in 4 and 2 respectively. But in 1 and 5 positions, the middle is appropriately silent, but the humbuckers only produce a faint click (both rows exactly the same).

The wiring seems correct from the charts I've seen ... Neck: Red-8, Green-3, Bare-V.Pot, B&W braided ... Middle: White-2, Black-V.Pot ... Bridge: Red-6, Green-1, Bare-V.Pot, B&W braided ... other switches (it's a YM-50) 4-V.Pot 3, 5-empty, 7-V.Pot (i.e. ground)

So ... although the "connections" seem OK ... the big drop in sensitivity on the tap test of both solo (but not when paired) humbuckers seems to be wrong?

I don't know how to interpret this?

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The Pickup Place / New HSH setup OK?

« on: October 05, 2021, 08:45:32 AM »

This might be simple inexperience ...
I have an Ibanez S from the early 90's that had their standard (V2, S1 & V3?) pickups .. which were "fine", but nothing striking.
I got an opportunity to change these for the "classic" DiM's that Ibanez use on their expensive instruments ... Air Norton, True Velvet (middle) and Tone Zone.
The sound/volume levels I have from these is quite different. On full guitar volume, clean settings to listening levels for practice/jamming, the bridge and the neck options 1 & 5 are very weak/quiet, and the central positions are all loud and heavily distorted with little apparent variation between the three. If I back off the volume by a third (or maybe a half) and then crank up the amplification to match, I get decent clean tones from 1 & 5, a clean but loud middle, and loud 2 & 4 just beginning to break up.
I have checked the wiring, and trust the tech who did the exchange ... and all seems as it should.
I have no idea what the outputs of the Ibanez-own pickups are, but they were apparently much closer matched. Should I be expecting the much wider differentiation with the DiM's? Also, if the middle True Velvet has a quoted Output of 130, compared to the 270 AN and the 375 TZ, might not I expect the middle 3 position be quieter?
I can learn to use the new combo just fine ... quite different to the previous ... but wondered if there might be a phase issue or the like for their to be such a dramatic change in character?