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[wazkelly]

Who puts a finish on these maple necks ? Are they ok without any finish ? I've got some lemon oil I use on rose wood boards will that go ok over maple?

Hi J.P.......I have a mate who has got a EVH Wolfgang and they have a Maple Neck & FB where both are pretty well naked. He sands the back with 1200 to 1500 wet & dry paper (dry) and puts lemon oil on the Fret Board even though the bottle says only for Rosewood. Raw maple will look reliced pretty quickly if left untreated and allowed to soak up lots of sweat, beer, smoke, etc that you may encounter playing live.

On my J Bass I actually coated the FB with about 5 - 6 coats of Tru Oil and once cured sanded back with 0000 steel wool to take an edge off the shine to give a bit more of a satin look. Did the same trick on the back of the neck on another Bass as the 0000 steel wool doesn't clog up as quick as the W & D paper and you end up with a super smooth and fast neck.

[J.P]

Thanks Waz - that sounds like a plan, I bought some tru oil with my kit so will give it a go.

[J.P]

Pickups arrived today Seymour Duncan Little 59 single coil humbucker for the bridge and a Fender custom shop twisted Tele pickup for the neck .

[andrewdosborne]

J.P, these pickups should sound the biz,. I'm especially interested to hear how the bridge pup sounds

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[wazkelly]

The 3 wire setup on the neck pickup might lend itself to doing the 4 way switch mod where you can get both PUP's in series plus the usual standard 3 position sounds/settings. Bridge PUP looks like it could have been 4 wire conductor that would have also allowed for coil split but doubt it would produce much discernible difference anyway due to how thin each coil is.

[J.P]

The 3 wire setup on the neck pickup might lend itself to doing the 4 way switch mod where you can get both PUP's in series plus the usual standard 3 position sounds/settings. Bridge PUP looks like it could have been 4 wire conductor that would have also allowed for coil split but doubt it would produce much discernible difference anyway due to how thin each coil is.

Think I'm gonna go for a standard 3 way switching. The humbucker can be split, I thought about a 4 or even a 5 way switch but like you said I don't think it's worth the bother. Plus I'm a bit of a noob with a soldering iron.

[wokkaboy]

hey JP, nice pickups ! I'd definitely go the 4 way switch option as the neck pup already has the 3 wires. Maybe down the track you can split the SD mini bucker with a push pull volume pot.
They should sound choice.
Here's the 4 way switch wiring diagram to look at. Position 4 sounds fat when pups are in series

[J.P]

hey JP, nice pickups ! I'd definitely go the 4 way switch option as the neck pup already has the 3 wires. Maybe down the track you can split the SD mini bucker with a push pull volume pot.
They should sound choice.
Here's the 4 way switch wiring diagram to look at. Position 4 sounds fat when pups are in series

ThAnks Wokka, where would the 3rd wire from the neck pup go ?

[WeirdBits]

If you look carefully two of the wires should link to the eyelets, most likely black as negative and white as positive, and the third wire (probably the yellow) will connect to a tab of the chrome cover as the 'shield' wire. So, for a 4-way layout, your yellow would go to ground on the back of a pot and the black and white would go to the 4-way switch (assuming the colours are as I described).

If you are going to wire it as a standard 3-way Tele then the shield and negative both go to ground on the back of a pot and the positive goes to the 3-way switch.

[J.P]

If you look carefully two of the wires should link to the eyelets, most likely black as negative and white as positive, and the third wire (probably the yellow) will connect to a tab of the chrome cover as the 'shield' wire. So, for a 4-way layout, your yellow would go to ground on the back of a pot and the black and white would go to the 4-way switch (assuming the colours are as I described).

If you are going to wire it as a standard 3-way Tele then the shield and negative both go to ground on the back of a pot and the
positive goes to the 3-way switch.

👍 Got it, thanks !