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boozy · November 6th, 2009, 08:06 AM

Hi
I have built a 'burnscaster' - essentially a thinline with three burns trisonic pickups but I am not happy with the sound - these pickups should sound sweet but instead the guitar has quite a harsh tone to it, and I am hoping someone out there can tell me what I am doing wrong.
Could it be the wiring circuit I have used - I have used the 'greasebucket' circuit from a highway 1, modified so that the middle pickup is brought into play using an S1 switch?
Any help greatly appreciated, thanks.

Deaf Eddie · November 6th, 2009, 03:57 PM

What value volume and tone pots?

boozy · November 8th, 2009, 03:24 AM

both 250K
thanks.

Mr.Reed · November 8th, 2009, 04:31 AM

Sometimes... things just don't sound good.

sjtalon · November 8th, 2009, 08:19 AM

Out of phase ? I don't know if any of the three are RW/RP ?

Does EACH pickup sound "bad" or is it only in a combined position.

November 6th, 2009, 08:06 AM	#1 (permalink)
boozy TDPRI Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Leeds Posts: 21	Custom tele sounds wrong Hi I have built a 'burnscaster' - essentially a thinline with three burns trisonic pickups but I am not happy with the sound - these pickups should sound sweet but instead the guitar has quite a harsh tone to it, and I am hoping someone out there can tell me what I am doing wrong. Could it be the wiring circuit I have used - I have used the 'greasebucket' circuit from a highway 1, modified so that the middle pickup is brought into play using an S1 switch? Any help greatly appreciated, thanks.

November 6th, 2009, 03:57 PM	#2 (permalink)
Deaf Eddie Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Sunny San Diego, CA Posts: 1,740 14 Photos	What value volume and tone pots? __________________ YMMV - I been wrong before...

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Mr.Reed Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Lake Stevens, WA Age: 20 Posts: 1,047	Sometimes... things just don't sound good. __________________ "There is nothing like the smell of "Twang" in the morning" - Arlo

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boozy TDPRI Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Leeds Posts: 21	both 250K thanks.

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