Charvel 750xl a firebreather?

[1trussell]

You bet your sweet ass it is. I finally got around to wiring up my 2nd 750xl. It's got dual Duncan Distortions with individual volumes, no tone and a three way switch wired as such:

pos 1: full neck
pos 2: full neck/full bridge with indivdual volume blend
pos 3: full bridge

This thing is an all out shred machine!

My other 750xl has a Distortion/Full Shred set in it wired to a 5-way:

pos 1: full neck
pos 2: neck split
pos 3: neck split/bridge split
pos 4: full neck/full bridge
pos 5: full bridge

I don't know which one I like better.

[diffrent strings]

Re: Charvel 750xl a firebreather?

I had a chance to buy one for 700 canadian and didn't jump on it,now every time I see a thread about one I could kick myself in the hesd [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

[1trussell]

Re: Charvel 750xl a firebreather?

That's about $570 US? That might be on the upper end of what I would pay for one. It would have to be in mint condition, string thru in an uncommon color. But if you can find one for the right price, hop on it. They are some of the best guitars ever built.

[guitar geek]

Re: Charvel 750xl a firebreather?

Travis, how did you wire that guitar with the 3 way blade switch? I have a 750 and have tried to wire it as well so I could have in the middle both the neck and bridge HB on: I have a mix of a Jackson J50BC and a DiMarzio Tonezone and I know that the Jackson is supposed to be out of phase with the dimarzio, which SHOULD give a nice tone, but I get ZERO. how do I wire that up correctly? I know it is a Tech Q&A thing, but it pops up here a little.

harrald

[1trussell]

Re: Charvel 750xl a firebreather?

The pickups are wired to the volume pots. The volume pots are wired to the switch so that the 1st position is neck only, 2nd position is neck and bridge, and the 3rd position is bridge only. Then the ouput jack is wired to the switch at the first and third position. There are two rows of terminals. I believe I have the neck pickup wired on one side, the bridge pickup wired on the other side and the output jack wired to both sides via a connector wire. If this is too confusing, let me know and I can post a picture of the wiring. It won't be pretty as I'm still new at the whole soldering thing, but it should give you an idea.

[guitar geek]

Re: Charvel 750xl a firebreather?

If you can take a pic of the switch, that would be really great, because I think I did something wrong and it is really pissing me off sometimes, because the middleposition is not working :s. maybe the brandmixing is in the way...

Harrald

[charvel750]

Re: Charvel 750xl a firebreather?

No doubt about it, the 750 is a fantastic playing, looking, and sounding guitar. As always, I argue it's the best Charvel ever made, USA or not...

And Harrold, if you don't care for the out of phase tone, swap the green for the black wire on the Jackson and it will be in phase with the Dimarzio. So ground the black and bare wires but wire the green as the hot for the Jackson pickup.

[1trussell]

Re: Charvel 750xl a firebreather?

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If you can take a pic of the switch, that would be really great, because I think I did something wrong and it is really pissing me off sometimes, because the middleposition is not working :s. maybe the brandmixing is in the way...

Harrald

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No problem, I'll do that tomorrow after class.

[Twisteramps]

Re: Charvel 750xl a firebreather?

You guys are forgetting one other feature of the 750XL - playing one standing up will certainly build up your shoulder and back muscles. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] If you like the 750XLs but hate the weight, check out the Jackson Archtop Professionals - they are thinner bodied. However, it seems like the Charvels got the nicer maple tops.

Pete

[guitar geek]

Re: Charvel 750xl a firebreather?

I actually care for the out of phase tone, I really like that. I have a model 6 with a dimarzio in the bridge and a SD in the neck and the tone of both PUs switched on is my main clean sound, rather snappy with a good bottom. I wanted that to have as well in the 750, but somehow i cannot get it working.

btw, not all 750s are heavy Pete, mine is not [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] but that is due to the basswood I guess instead of mahogany [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] actually it is a lot less heavy than the model 6

Harrald

[1trussell]

Re: Charvel 750xl a firebreather?

I am having a horrible time getting a picture of my wiring to come out. So far, nothing has been clear enough to post it up. If you have any questions on how I wired it up, let me know and I'll explain it the best that I can. Sorry I couldn't get a pic to come out. I'll try again once I recharge the battery in my camera.

[guitar geek]

Re: Charvel 750xl a firebreather?

it is great you tried [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]. I used this schematic from the SD site

http://www.seymourduncan.com/website...ne1switch.html

the point is the switch. in this way it does not work. how do I wire it up correctly that in the middleposition both PUs work?

Harrald

[1trussell]

Re: Charvel 750xl a firebreather?

That's the type of switch that I've got, and that's what screwed me up as well. Here's what I did looking at the back of the guitar with the neck to the left:

Connect the neck pickup to the middle termianl of the neck volume pot. Run a wire from the right terminal of the volume pot to the 3rd and 4th terminal on the top side of the switch. Connect the bridge pickup to the middle terminal of the bridge volume pot. Run a wire from the right terminal of the volume pot to the 1st and 2nd terminal on the bottom side of the switch. Connect the output jack to the 1st top and 4th bottom terminal of the switch. Everything else is grounded.

Let me know if that makes more sense and hopefully if your switch is mounted the same as mine, it will work right off the bat.

[nor]

Re: Charvel 750xl a firebreather?

Yeah - those 20 lug switches can be a pain.
If you look at the open side of the switch, you'll notice that one lug on each side always makes contact with the metal ring. Those are the feeds to the vol pot. If you already have each p/u working on its own (position 1 & 5) - you're almost there. Now move the switch to position 3. Do you see where the contact tabs are now? Wire a jumper from the each lug that makes contact in pos 3 to the lug you already have wired up for pos 1 & 5.
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The Jackson switches are kinda odd. The lugs don't go 1-2-3-4-5, it's like 2-3-4-5-1 (or something).

[Model 88]

Re: Charvel 750xl a firebreather?

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Charvel 750xl a firebreather? You bet your sweet ass it is. I finally got around to wiring up my 2nd 750xl. It's got dual Duncan Distortions.

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I agree 110% about dual Distortions.They are amazing sounding very heavy and thick , they blow away the EMGs that I had in there.The only thing different is I have them in my AT Pro(little girly guitar [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]) If I had though about doing this before I might not have sold the 750 string thru.