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n0npr0phet
June 7th, 2009, 02:14 PM
I am just starting a project and wanted to get some feedback before I start cutting things. I acquired a very rusted MIM Deluxe Nashville Power Tele. The saddles were rusted frozen and the action was set to "obstacle course.:razz:" The three pickups were rusty and these guitars have neck, strat, and bridge pickups as well as a Fishman bridge pickup all thru an active preamp. I don't like that if I leave the cable plugged in this guitar it will run a battery out of life overnight and once the battery dies you cannot play the guitar.
I got a new Fishman AST bridge to replace the existing rusted OEM one. I found a pair of Texas Special Custom Shop pickups on Craigslist for a song and an RWRP Texas Special strat pickup on ebay. I also got a new control plate so I could drill it for some switches.
I want to add a switch to bypass the preamp altogether so I can play the guitar without a battery and I was thinking I could get a standard center position tele sound by adding a switch to choose which which pickups mixed with the bridge pickup in position 4 of the 5 position switch. Normally the strat pickup mixes with either in positions 2 and 4.
Looking at the back of the new Texas Special bridge pickup it has a copper back plate that connects to the bridge and a bare wire that attaches back plate to the black wire. My electronics background tells me that I want to avoid ground loops to prefer star grounds.
As I was typing above I got confused again. Is a regular tele in position 2 wired in-phase or out-of-phase? I think I would make a switch that in one position will connect the middle RWRP strat pickup to the bridge and in the other position connect the neck and bridge pickup out of phase.
What I am confused about is do I cut the bare wire connecting the bridge to the black wire so I can use either as ground on the bridge pickup though say a dpdt switch?
I hope this isn't too confusing, its my first post here, and I am a guitar wiring noob. also If you have any other idea about my project please reply.
Thanks in advance.
I got a new Fishman AST bridge to replace the existing rusted OEM one. I found a pair of Texas Special Custom Shop pickups on Craigslist for a song and an RWRP Texas Special strat pickup on ebay. I also got a new control plate so I could drill it for some switches.
I want to add a switch to bypass the preamp altogether so I can play the guitar without a battery and I was thinking I could get a standard center position tele sound by adding a switch to choose which which pickups mixed with the bridge pickup in position 4 of the 5 position switch. Normally the strat pickup mixes with either in positions 2 and 4.
Looking at the back of the new Texas Special bridge pickup it has a copper back plate that connects to the bridge and a bare wire that attaches back plate to the black wire. My electronics background tells me that I want to avoid ground loops to prefer star grounds.
As I was typing above I got confused again. Is a regular tele in position 2 wired in-phase or out-of-phase? I think I would make a switch that in one position will connect the middle RWRP strat pickup to the bridge and in the other position connect the neck and bridge pickup out of phase.
What I am confused about is do I cut the bare wire connecting the bridge to the black wire so I can use either as ground on the bridge pickup though say a dpdt switch?
I hope this isn't too confusing, its my first post here, and I am a guitar wiring noob. also If you have any other idea about my project please reply.
Thanks in advance.