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Old March 29th, 2012, 04:11 PM   #1 (permalink)
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les paul volume loss?
So my friend lent me a epiphone les paul and the volume is all good on the rhythm pickup, but when I put it in the middle

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Old March 29th, 2012, 04:13 PM   #2 (permalink)
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(Well my phone decided to send that mid text) but when its in the middle pick up and the treble pickup there is HUGEE volume loss and I can't figure out why...(all knobs are on 10)
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Old March 29th, 2012, 04:19 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Is there 3 pups on this Epi?
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Old March 29th, 2012, 05:00 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Is there 3 pups on this Epi?
well no just two humbuckers

it looks similar to this http://www.google.com/imgres?q=sunbu...t:429,r:4,s:59
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Old March 29th, 2012, 08:30 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Most likely they're out of phase, ask if your friend did the Peter Green mod (which is essentially rotating the magnets 180 degrees)
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Old March 30th, 2012, 03:20 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Putting the pickups out of phase does give a slight volume drop in the middle position but certainly not huge as the OP suggests with this guitar.

I've done the Greenie mod to my LP and it doesn't impact very much at all on the overall volume.

So I think there must be something else amiss here.
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Old March 30th, 2012, 08:46 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Well this volume drop is very noticable, the treble and middle positions sound as though they are on volume 1 or 2 when
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Old March 30th, 2012, 08:47 AM   #8 (permalink)
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(Ok. Sorry, my phone continues to randomly post mid message)
But it sounds like its on 1 or 2 of the rhythm volume, when the knob is on 10????
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Old March 30th, 2012, 09:58 AM   #9 (permalink)
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pickups are wired out of phase.
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Old April 2nd, 2012, 01:33 PM   #10 (permalink)
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pickups are wired out of phase.
What can I do about this?
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Old April 2nd, 2012, 01:42 PM   #11 (permalink)
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reverse the ground and hot wires on one of the pickups.
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Old April 2nd, 2012, 05:42 PM   #12 (permalink)
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If pickups are both on (middle pos) and one volume knob is very low (or off), you will get little, or no, volume.
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