Duncan BG-1400 wiring detail

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mike58

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Hi
A friend of mine is dropping in his Tele for a rewire, it has a BG-1400 bridge p/u fitted.
As this is a stacked p/u with high DC resistance would it be reasonable to use a higher value pot or as the stacked coils tend to fight each other and sound like a lower wind just use 250k.
I can’t find any SD info for recommended pot values.
I have seen folk use up to I Meg with this unit, but that was on an Esquire build, this wiring has to work with a standard single coil neck p/u as well.
Secondary point : as this is a 4 wire p/u I was going to wire it in coil-split mode when combining with neck single coil ( to improve balance) BUT as it’s a stacked single coil is this a good idea, do stacked coil splits work the same as humbuckers ? .
Thanks
Mike
 
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SPUDCASTER

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Have you tried the SD forum?

You don't see much these days here about the BG-1400. Just on occasion.

Did you try a search here?

I used a 250k with an SD Hot Stack and it worked just fine.

If you pull up the wiring diagrams on the SD site. Put in 2 pickups, singlecoil neck, humbucker bridge and 3-way blade. You get a diagram with a coil split bridge. They show a 250k volume and tone pot.

The 4 wire BG shouldn't be any different wiring wise than a standard bucker. It's just stacked.
 

mike58

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Hi, agreed 250k is the way to go. Apparently stacked single coils sound poor when coil split as well so I’ll leave that option out.
Thanks
No more information needed.
Mike.
 

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Hi
A friend of mine is dropping in his Tele for a rewire, it has a BG-1400 bridge p/u fitted.
As this is a stacked p/u with high DC resistance would it be reasonable to use a higher value pot or as the stacked coils tend to fight each other and sound like a lower wind just use 250k.
I can’t find any SD info for recommended pot values.
I have seen folk use up to I Meg with this unit, but that was on an Esquire build, this wiring has to work with a standard single coil neck p/u as well.
Secondary point : as this is a 4 wire p/u I was going to wire it in coil-split mode when combining with neck single coil ( to improve balance) BUT as it’s a stacked single coil is this a good idea, do stacked coil splits work the same as humbuckers ? .
Thanks
Mike
Its just a matter of taste. If it sounds too dark and muddy, you need a 500k or better a 1meg. If the neck becomes to bright, you can add a parallel 500k resistor on the switch to the neck seeing a lower resistance and loosings highs, while bridge works fine with the 1 meg.
 

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I called Seymour Duncan a while back asking the same question. They recommended the 250K pots. I used the Eldrige cocked wah wiring harness and it sounds really good. If connecting with a neck humbucker, you might as well go the 500k route. Makes things much more simple.
 
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