Fixing out-of-phase pickups?

[Subvamp]

Ya know, when you pop in a new bridge pickup and it goes out-of-phase with the neck pickup when you have the toggle in the middle position and gives you that funky "wah pedal half-cocked" sound. Anyone know the fix for this? I used to know how to do this a long time ago, but there have been oh-so-many beers since then. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[lhrocker]

Re: Fixing out-of-phase pickups?

Swap the hot with the ground. If you have either 2 wire or 4 wire pickups, unsolder the wire going to the ground and the wire going to the pot and reverse them. The tap wires on a 4 wire don't need to be touched. It's a little trickier if you have a single wire and a braided shield.

[j2379]

Re: Fixing out-of-phase pickups?

i believe you can also unscrew the bobbins & reverse the magnet.

[lhrocker]

Re: Fixing out-of-phase pickups?

J - That's also a possibility if the pickups are magnetically out of phase and not electrically out of phase.

[j2379]

Re: Fixing out-of-phase pickups?

cool how can u tell the differnce of which type of out of phase it is?

[Newc]

Re: Fixing out-of-phase pickups?

Like poles repel, opposites attract.

If the out-of-phase pickup is a Duncan, swap the green and black wires.