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Re: strat re-wiring question

8/5/1999 4:16 AM
charlie	Re: strat re-wiring question I shielded the wooden cavity and under the pickguard. I didn't pay much heed to wire routing, didn't twist. I was considering sleeving the pickup wires with some wire mesh sleeving - the expandable kind like in coax - and then adding heatshrink tubing over the conductive sleeving to keep it in place; grounding the sleeves at the common point. Now maybe I won't! Probably won't help with the popping. As Doc mentioned it could be the switch... I replaced it a few years back with a non-stock replacement (this was a 1976 American-made junker when I got it, had the 3-position switch). So I'll see if it's not make-before-break. I have a DiMarzio humbucker in the bridge position so the split tone caps was an essential change for me, .022uF cap and a 500K tone pot used here. Middle position is direct (no tone control). Stock cap and pot on the neck position. One of my favorite guitarists is Adrian Belew, and lately he doesn't even use tone controls on-board! But he uses synths. Thanks for all the tips, guys. Sounds like a lot of you guys are in the UK!

8/5/1999 4:16 AM

charlie

Re: strat re-wiring question

I shielded the wooden cavity and under the pickguard. I didn't pay much heed to wire routing, didn't twist.

I was considering sleeving the pickup wires with some wire mesh sleeving - the expandable kind like in coax - and then adding heatshrink tubing over the conductive sleeving to keep it in place; grounding the sleeves at the common point. Now maybe I won't! Probably won't help with the popping.

As Doc mentioned it could be the switch... I replaced it a few years back with a non-stock replacement (this was a 1976 American-made junker when I got it, had the 3-position switch). So I'll see if it's not make-before-break.

I have a DiMarzio humbucker in the bridge position so the split tone caps was an essential change for me, .022uF cap and a 500K tone pot used here. Middle position is direct (no tone control). Stock cap and pot on the neck position.

One of my favorite guitarists is Adrian Belew, and lately he doesn't even use tone controls on-board! But he uses synths.

Thanks for all the tips, guys. Sounds like a lot of you guys are in the UK!