Hi,
I installed 50's wiring in my LP (2000 standard) about 3 years ago. I re-did all of the wiring at the same time (added Russian PIOs, 500k CTS custom tapers etc).
Although this was much better than the stock wiring, I've always suffered from neck pickup muddiness. So I ended up going down the pickup swapping route: SD Jazz? Muddy. Pearl Gates? Muddy. 490R with Alnico 5, SD Slash and finally Bare Knuckle Rebel Yells. All the same results. 3 years worth of swapping, adjusting and replacing.
The exact symptoms: Volume full open - Great. Plenty of treble and definition.
Turn the volume down to 8 or lower and it's mud all the way. This only happens on the neck pickup. The bridge is fine and always has been (and, yes, I have checked the wiring on the neck pickup many, many times).
in frustration, I moved the neck pickup over to modern wiring. And the problem's gone. Decent definition. No mud at any volume setting.
So, I'm happy that I've got the problem sorted out. I'm just confused as to why the 50s wiring on the neck pickup behaved completely the opposite of what it's meant to do, compared to modern wiring.
Any ideas?
Cheers,
Ian
I installed 50's wiring in my LP (2000 standard) about 3 years ago. I re-did all of the wiring at the same time (added Russian PIOs, 500k CTS custom tapers etc).
Although this was much better than the stock wiring, I've always suffered from neck pickup muddiness. So I ended up going down the pickup swapping route: SD Jazz? Muddy. Pearl Gates? Muddy. 490R with Alnico 5, SD Slash and finally Bare Knuckle Rebel Yells. All the same results. 3 years worth of swapping, adjusting and replacing.
The exact symptoms: Volume full open - Great. Plenty of treble and definition.
Turn the volume down to 8 or lower and it's mud all the way. This only happens on the neck pickup. The bridge is fine and always has been (and, yes, I have checked the wiring on the neck pickup many, many times).
in frustration, I moved the neck pickup over to modern wiring. And the problem's gone. Decent definition. No mud at any volume setting.
So, I'm happy that I've got the problem sorted out. I'm just confused as to why the 50s wiring on the neck pickup behaved completely the opposite of what it's meant to do, compared to modern wiring.
Any ideas?
Cheers,
Ian