Re: Tapping 3 SD 1/4-Pounders at once,...(m)

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10/17/1999 12:15 PM

Steve A.

Re: Tapping 3 SD 1/4-Pounders at once,...(m) Wyatt:         I think you do need to use a 3 pole mini-toggle switch but I did have a question: for each pickup is the tap an alternate hot lead[#1] or an alternate ground[#2]? (I would guess #1 since that is the typical way to tap a sc pickup.)         If your main concern is not drilling a hole in the pickguard for a mini-toggle switch you could use a "mega switch" (a 4P5T selector switch) and use the p-p pull pot to select which wafer is active (tapped or full-coil). I think that you would need all 4 poles for this scheme so you'd have to devise an alternate wiring for the tone pot(s).     Steve Ahola

 

10/17/1999 9:47 PM

Wyatt

<>     It would appear to be #1. I haven't bought the PU's yet, I just read through the instructions at the music shop.     I know Schecter uses one switch with their Monster tone switching, but they also use a single tone pot (which could just be wired a la Gibson) and would work with the Yamaha switch. I don't know why I'm worried about putting another switch on there, It will pretty much be a whole new PU assembly anyway.     Thanks.     -Y.

 

10/18/1999 2:53 PM

nic

do SD 1/4 pounders all have taps? I have the tele bridge with a resistance of about 17K it is not the SD-X-T(for tap) model I was wondering if they may have wired it the same only connecting the taps together. Let me try to further explain myself... As on a humbucker with the third and forth wire "permently" together it is possible to make it a four conductor without rewrapping the coil... Anyway what should I look for to see if I can tap my brdge pu to a more reasonable 8K?       sorry for any confusion, it early here.       nic

 

10/19/1999 3:09 AM
Steve A.	nic:         Maybe you can tell us the exact name for your SD tele bridge pickup. (I've used the vintage stack and the hot rails tele pu's, which both have 4 leads.) Or does your pickup have only 2 leads?     Steve Ahola

 

10/19/1999 2:10 PM
Wyatt	I haven't seen the Tele version of the Quarter Pounder first-hand, but the Strat version comes in an untapped version with two leads (hot, ground) and then they sell the tapped version with the "-T" suffix that has three leads (hot, alt. hot, ground).     I couldn't see whether the two-lead version had one or two windings, it was covered with black ribbon.     -Y.

 

10/19/1999 2:48 PM
nic	The pick up is the SD quarter pounder bridge for Tele. Only it is not the tapped model. I think I will have to unwind the ribbon and the tape to see. The 17K is pretty hot with little twang I'd love to get it twangier!       nic

 

10/25/1999 9:40 AM

Steve A.

nic:     I think I will have to unwind the ribbon and the tape to see.         If the dc resistance is 17k the wire is probably pretty fine so be careful removing the tape (or you might break some of the leads). Sad stories: I got a Broadcaster pu for my Tele in maybe 1982 and thought it sounded a little bit too midrangy so I thought I'd remove maybe 500 turns just to brighten it up a bit. I happened to doze off at the table while unwinding the wire and it broke off, with the end too far inside for me to extract. I ended up unwinding all of the 42ga wire on that pickup to cut my losses- and wrapped it around toilet paper tubes. I then used that 42ga wire to hotrod a set of SD Vintage bridge and neck pickups. The bridge pu has 3 taps- stock (~7k) medium (~8.5k) and hot (~9.7k). That was my favorite sc pickup for many years and I may pick up another cheap tele just to be able to use it again... I potted it in wax to help with the microphonics of the hand windings and used small copper rivets to solder the coil wire to.     Steve Ahola

 

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