Strat with Dummy coil

A friend has asked me to look at his strat it has been wired with a dummy coil as in the diagram below.

It looks a bit strange to me as I've seen much simpler diagrams with a spst switch.

It has a 0.5 cap and goes a little nasaly when the tone is turned down while the dummy coil is on.

If Phostenix or other wiring experts take a look at it and see what you make of it.

http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/6356/dummystrat.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/685/dummystrat.jpg/)

Thanks.

Is that really where the dummy is?
If so that coil is a bit close to the bridge... could be some signal crossover going on causing it to sound nasal - like out of phase pickups

Yes right next to the bridge pickup real strange the magnet has been removed but the pole pieces are still in place.

I asked the guy who did the original work he said was a local luthier.

As I said it just looks odd esp the wiring.

Thanks for the reply

Check out this thread.... and read the whole thing.... it should help you on you way

http://www.tdpri.com/forum/stratocaster-discussion-forum/278034-make-your-strat-more-versatile-quieter.html

yeah the dummy coil in my powerhouse strat is stock and it is located the same as in the link above. it is pretty quiet, until i do the tone knob bypass.