Help required with Modified Anterton wiring

Hi all,

Recently I have wired up a couple of guitars following the scheme outlined in the thread called "stolen ideas for 5-way strat switch":

http://www.tdpri.com/forum/tele-technical/177457-stolen-ideas-5-way-strat-switch.html

http://www.tdpri.com/forum/attachments/tele-technical/31629d1252556441-stolen-ideas-5-way-strat-switch-modifiedanderton-jpg

Two things I noticed:
Firstly, although the 4th position is supposed to be neck only, the poles on the bridge when tapped make a thunk, not a click/buzz, which suggests they are 'in the circuit' on the -ve line and not +ve, when I understood they should be out of it. I'm quite sure of this as when I pull the bridge phase switch the sound gets thinner and funkier and also there is less noise (some cancelling) in this position.
Secondly, there is a popping sound (cap discharge) when I switch to the 4th.


Any ideas as to what is going on?
I need to lower the cap across the neck connections from 0.0047 to 0.0033 to get a less boomy series connection and more treble back into the 4th position. But aside from that I think its all good and I have made it up as outlined the scheme. Anyone made this scheme and seen the same as me?
Cheers,

DH

Hmm.... Thing is, you seem to understand the electronics and what's happening. Assuming the diagram is correct, it's hard to say what's wrong. All I can suggest is to check the wiring again.

Hi AJ,

I'm not convinced that I didn't wire it wrong.
Just curious as to if what is expected or if anybody has already wired this.
Cheers,

DH

My description is wrong on that image, both pickups are on just like you said.

Here is the version I'm currently using.

http://esinc.net/happyfamily/images/modifiedanderton.JPG

The .01 rolls off some bass and the .0047 to ground rolls off some treble. I like it alot.

Thanks for the PM, sorry I missed this one the first time around.
-D