Jimmy Page wiring pickup switch causes dead position when bridge is in parallel?

[DanL]

I had my jimmy page wiring working just fine, but i did a pup swap. Now, when the bridge pickup is in parallel mode (default) it's completely dead, neither coil works. However, when i pull the knob up and pop it in series it works fine. The neck pickup works fine in parallel and series.

There are two wires that are tied off on the bridge pickup, does this mean that I've tied the wrong one off or is it most likely a bad connection? There are so many connections in here I'd like to know where to start before I just dive in blindfolded.

 

[Shredderpete]

What brand were the old pickups and what are the new ones?

Joe Gore just did a great examination of Page wiring ( The Pagey Project, Phase One! | Tone Fiend ) which includes links to two versions of the wiring. Maybe something in one of those schematics can help you out.

I'd love to try this myself some day.

 

[Stage Fright]

It's really hard to say without seeing your wiring and comparing it to a wiring diagram. I do know not all pickups use the same wiring code so it could be you didn't ground the correct wire.

I am curious why your bridge pup is wired in parallel default. I thought a humbucker is wired in series default because they cut noise down that way and are louder but I am new at this.

Here is a diagram that I think would work for the wiring. I am not sure if there are other ways to do it though and how yours is wired. This digram uses the Gibson wiring codes. Hopefully your pickup came with a wire code to look at to compare.

 

[Justin_Case]

Depending on who's schematic your using - yes this is a known issue. Series or Parallel wiring requires 2 PUPs running at the same time. The older 4 Push/Pull schematics ( Duncan's ) have this issue or feature if you look at it as a Kill switch.

 

[Stage Fright]

epending on who's schematic your using - yes this is a known issue. Series or Parallel wiring requires 2 PUPs running at the same time. The older 4 Push/Pull schematics ( Duncan's ) have this issue or feature if you look at it as a Kill switch.

From his description, I thought he meant he was wiring one humbucker through a push-pull switch to run it either series or parallel.

 

[Justin_Case]

Doing that while possible, but from what I've seen was not one of the JP tones. Keep in mind Jimmy's set up was one Push/Pull and 2 Toggle switches.

 

[Stage Fright]

Doing that while possible, but from what I've seen was not one of the JP tones. Keep in mind Jimmy's set up was one Push/Pull and 2 Toggle switches.

Agreed, Jimmy's guitar placed both humbuckers in series or parallel. And parallel would be the normal switch setting like the original post states.