Aw crap, I never thought about the change in tone. Both pickups are two condutor, the only difference is the Gretsch has one lead with an inner and outer core. I am loving how the fender sounds right now, so I might flip hot/ground on the gretsch and see where that gets me as it's the weaker sounding of the two.
Cheers Scott.
'As long as there's, you know, sex and drugs, I can do without the rock and roll.'
sounds like the way to go Pablo, hopefully you can sort this out
Current Builds and status
scratch end grain pine tele - first clear coat on !
JBA-4 - assembled - final tweaks
Telemonster double scale tele - finish tobacco burst on body and sand neck
Completed builds
scratch oak.rose gum Jazzmaster - assembled needs setup
MK-2 Mosrite - assembled - play in
Ash tele with Baritone neck - neck pup wiring tweaks and play in
Me too. Two days left to get it into GOTM. I reckon I can do it. New pickguard and truss cover are on, I'll try to get some pics together this arvo.
'As long as there's, you know, sex and drugs, I can do without the rock and roll.'
as if the GOTM judges don't have enough headaches already !
Current Builds and status
scratch end grain pine tele - first clear coat on !
JBA-4 - assembled - final tweaks
Telemonster double scale tele - finish tobacco burst on body and sand neck
Completed builds
scratch oak.rose gum Jazzmaster - assembled needs setup
MK-2 Mosrite - assembled - play in
Ash tele with Baritone neck - neck pup wiring tweaks and play in
Reversing the hot and ground won't change the tone of an individual pickup, just how it interacts when combined with another pickup. The potential slight change in tone I was talking about was only from physically flipping the pickup 180 degrees (though it probably wouldn't be detectable), but as I said that wouldn't alter the phase of the pickup anyway.
Your bridge pup doesn't have a chrome casing so that would be the better option to reverse the hot and ground on. If you reverse the hot and ground on a pup with a chrome casing and that casing is linked to its ground (and it usually is if there's no separate shield wire) then the casing becomes part of your 'hot' and fingers can easily touch a casing when playing.
Scott.
Once again, you are a freakin champion Scott! Another thing I would never have thought of. Bloody legend. You really are the wiring guru.
'As long as there's, you know, sex and drugs, I can do without the rock and roll.'
Pic dump
Ok, I'm sticking a fork in this one. There's still a few small issues with the wiring (probably going to tear it all out and start again) but otherwise done. I am tremendously satisfied with how it's turned out. Plays great, sounds great, looks great (I think anyway). Thanks heaps for everyone's help, couldn't have done it without you all.
Coming soon......
'As long as there's, you know, sex and drugs, I can do without the rock and roll.'
Pablo nicely finished. Never been a Ricky fan and i ignore em when i see them in shops, but the colour and look of that bass keeps dragging me back into your build diary. love it.
Tony
Stunning job Pablo!
Current:
GTH-1
Completed:
AST-1FB
First Act ME276 (resurrected curb-side find)
ES-5V
Scratchie lapsteel
Custom ST-1 12 String
JBA-4
TL-1TB
Scratch Lapsteel
Meinl DIY Cajon
Cigar Box lap steel
Wishing:
Baritone
Open D/Standard Double 6 twin neck
turned out very nicely Pablo, so your next project going to be a JM-1 modified ?
Current Builds and status
scratch end grain pine tele - first clear coat on !
JBA-4 - assembled - final tweaks
Telemonster double scale tele - finish tobacco burst on body and sand neck
Completed builds
scratch oak.rose gum Jazzmaster - assembled needs setup
MK-2 Mosrite - assembled - play in
Ash tele with Baritone neck - neck pup wiring tweaks and play in
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