New Partscaster done

I started a scratch body build but realized I don't have time to work on it and will complete that when I retire next spring and establish my "man cave/carpenter shop". I had everything but the body on hand so I grabbed a cherry burst body from Guitar Fetish and assembled and set this up.

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/3933/telecasterac.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/26/telecasterac.jpg/)

It's a mashup of various parts from various sources so they don't all fit together as I would like. The body, pickguard, bridge, control plate and tuners are from Guitar Fetish, the pickups and black knobs are inexpensive imports from ebay, the switch is Allparts, the neck is from an old AXL guitar.

I got it tuned up, intonation set and plugged it in. It's my first tele so I really didn't know what to expect, I like the sound but I think there is a problem. Each pickup sounds great by it's self but in the center position it sounds good but output is about half of each singally. I used the Seymour Duncan "Standard Telecaster" wiring. Any thoughts?

ken

well i'm really no pro at wiring.. and i'm only in grade 10, so It's not like I've even learned any advanced stuff, but I would say that each pickup will be half, because you only can get so much through the capacitors and what not. So, a single pickup will give out as much as two, making it only half the output from each? I really am just guessing, I have no clue.

Your pickups could be out of phase.

If it sounds like a half-cocked wah pedal, they're magnetically out of phase.

If it sounds like a half-cocked wah pedal, they're magnetically out of phase.

What he said.

I installed a Dimarzio Twang King once using that same diagram......it's backwards but stated so on the info card from Dimarzio , which I read only after I screwed it up the first time. Swap the hot and ground on the bridge pup and see if that opens up your middle selection...........Let us know


Nice looking Tele


Jeff