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Fender Double-tap humbucker problem

Hello all, A customer dropped a recent American Professional II Strat to have a Double-tap humbucker installed at the bridge. I rewired the guitar following Fender's schematic (see below) and installed a stacked 250 and 500k volume pot, treble bleed PCBs and push-push coil split/tap for this pickup. All went very well, until I tried it at switch position 2. Sure enough, the new unit does not play well with the others and combining delive…

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Understood. Plus the pole spacing is slightly different also. Just tossing out troubleshooting ideas.
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Very strange pickups problem

I'll start by saying I don't post much because it's confusing to know if I should post on this site or the Patreon site, both are hard to navigate, etc. Also, I sent this question to the last "elder" meeting but I have no idea what the outcome was (I thought there would be some answers documented for those that can't attend live). So, with those frustrations out of the way... I have in my backlog a 1988 PRS Studio. It has HSS pickup c…

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Hey Jason There seems to be a lot going on all at once. I talked about first impressions on the council of elders discussion but David Collins had a great idea. My first thought on the tone control ac…
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Flattening Flatwork?

I've got this Telecaster pickup (1969). The pickup works. Is it possible to flatten the top without gluing it down to the windings? Clamping lightly with a caul slotted for the magnets seats it nicely but I'm not sure how to make it stay there. Any experience with this? Suggestions?

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If it's working, you don't really want to. Plenty of people manage to cla.p down the ends and hit the pole pieces with super glue. And that can work. You run the risk of breaking the internal coil wir…
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Pickup rewind and repair corner

Hey folks, been really enjoying reading through so many loothing posts. I wind and rewind pickups day in day out and am a few weeks out from opening sundayhandwound.com to peddle my wares, making the big jump from “more than a hobby these days”!Reverb seller to LLC. I’d be happy to field any questions on winding and/or repairs.

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I just posted about the Schatten Winder Traverse in the "new" section. Have you used this or something similar? Not having much luck so far. Just wasting wire. My P90 coil was too loose and uneven. I…