2 vol 1 tone wiring question

[jake.unruh]

I have a guitar that has two Duncan 59's. I have brand new CTS 500k pots, and a .022 PIO Vitamin T Cap from Mojo. I used the wiring diagram for a flying v 50s style independent volume controls. everything sounds great, except one thing, andi'm not sure if this is just how this wiring configuration functions

Bridge pickup = vol. on 10
Neck pickup = vol. on 0
Neck pickup selected = bridge pickup bleeds in signal, quiet if both vols at 0

Bridge pickup = vol. on 0
Neck pickup = vol. on 10
Bridge pickup selected = neck pickup bleeds in signal, quiet if both vols at 0

Is this how
Wiring Library

the 50's wiring with independent vol's is supposed to work. any one have a slight clue what i might be missing that is causeing this?

[papadado]

Check and make sure the wires arent making contact with anything they shouldnt then check the switch wiring.

[FF_Pedals]

When you put all the settings at 10 does it switch normally between neck, middle, and bridge?

[jake.unruh]

It definately switches properly. As far as touching wires, I've gone over and over and there are none that I see. Maybe I can get some new batteries for my camera later this evening and try to get a pic of it. maybe that should have been what I did first!

[FF_Pedals]

I have my guitar wired 50's style with independent volumes and to be honest it does the same thing. I think it's something that can happen in this configuration. It might be due to there being some AC load between the volume pot ground and the 'real' ground. When you have it wired for independent volumes, when you turn the pickup volume down to '0' the full output of the pickup is connected to 'ground'. If there's some loading effect in the connection to 'real' ground, some of this signal can bleed through the tone circuit and to the output I think.

Alternatively, with the dependent volume scheme, when you turn down the pickup volume to '0', the output is connected to 'ground'. This puts the value of the pot's resistance in series with the pickup output and even if there's some loading going on between the volume pot ground and 'real' ground, the signal can't bleed out due to the 500k series resistance.

The best you can do is star ground everything but if you don't have any humming or noise the way you wired it and it sounds good, there's nothing wrong. I prefer the independent volume scheme.