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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2007 12:30:48 GMT -7
Hey all. I am about to change out the pickup on my Lone Star strat and put in another Seymour Duncan. The guy on the line wanted to know how many "conductors" I needed. I told him I would get back to him. I can get it with 1,2,3 or 4 conductors. What do I need to go with? I am only using it in the bridge position and only want it to be connected to the bridge tone control and volume control. Thanks!
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Post by jimfla on Jul 30, 2007 14:16:39 GMT -7
I'm pretty sure the humbucker you have in there now is a 4 conductor. When your switch is in the # 2 position it cuts one of the coils to match up with your middle pick up to give you more of a traditional Strat sound.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2007 22:20:07 GMT -7
So if I want, I can just order it with two? I guess what I am asking is, what is the minimum number of conductors I need to run it in the Bridge-only position?
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Post by mudskipper on Jul 31, 2007 6:45:27 GMT -7
you basically need 1 conductor since shield would be the other connection, center conductor is + and shield is - connections if you will. to me, 1 conductor means shield and the center conductor. if you want to do things like coil tap and parallel wiring you might want to consider >1 conductors.
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Post by jimfla on Jul 31, 2007 8:06:00 GMT -7
You will find your wiring diagram for your Lone Star here www.fender.com/support/diagrams/index.php#STRAT®it's listed in the wiring/parts diagram section. It appears to be a 3 conductor pickup. You can remove your pick guard and look to be sure. The new Duncan pickup will have to have the trembucker spacing or your strings won't line up with the pole pieces. I'm not sure what your trying to achieve. Right now in switch position #1 you have your full humbucker, in position #2 you have your middle pickup and one coil of your humbucker. If your trying to get your full humbucker along with your middle pickup in position #2 that can be done with the pickup you have now by rewiring the switch. I'm not sure how it would sound, your middle pickup is reverse wound. The Lone Star has a super switch which gives you a lot of wiring options and can be confusing. This is more involved than just changing a single coil pickup in a guitar that has a stock switch. If you haven't done it before you may want to take it to a tech.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2007 9:04:23 GMT -7
Basically, I just want to control the volume, and tone of the bridge pickup. I dont need to have the option of combining it with the middle pickup. I found out today though that it doesnt cost extra to have the pickup ordered with 4 conductors, so I am just going to go ahead and get the four. Thanks for the input guys, and for the diagram jimfla!
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