Feral Feline
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After installing the new pickups in my friend's Ibby, I wired it as per how I found it.
Well that meant both of the toggles didn't work in one position.
I spoke with Tonerider and got some good feedback and managed to resolder the switches and get them both working as they should, however...
When my friend tried it, he noticed that with the master switch set to both pickups, the pups weren't in phase.
I solicited Tonerider's advice once again, but the company never got back to me about what I might do to fix this out-of-phase problem.
The way the guitar was wired stock was not the way Ibby's circuit diagram online showed how it's supposed to be.
Wired the way Tonerider recommended, the pups work with the mini toggles as they should (parallel, split-coil, series); but as mentioned on the master they are still out of phase when both pups are engaged.
So I colourised the schematic and I'm trying to work out if: is it as simple as flipping one of the pups hot wires (red and white), or what...?
*ALSO, my friend wants flat toggle-bats and I'm having a helluva time finding a parts supplier that has the FLAT-BAT TOGGLE TYPE 2 ON-ON-ON ...
not at Tayda, Stompbox Parts, Small Bear...
Mind, I haven't tried big guns Mouser/Digikey/etc yet.
I don't have much experience with soldering within the confines of control cavities — it's tight, the wires are short, the Tonerider wiring is little and brittle with cheap insulation... a perfect scenario for a melt-down and if you look too closely you'll see a few.
So I'd like to find the FLAT toggles and only have to wire this sumbiatch one last time...
Well that meant both of the toggles didn't work in one position.
I spoke with Tonerider and got some good feedback and managed to resolder the switches and get them both working as they should, however...
When my friend tried it, he noticed that with the master switch set to both pickups, the pups weren't in phase.
I solicited Tonerider's advice once again, but the company never got back to me about what I might do to fix this out-of-phase problem.
The way the guitar was wired stock was not the way Ibby's circuit diagram online showed how it's supposed to be.
Wired the way Tonerider recommended, the pups work with the mini toggles as they should (parallel, split-coil, series); but as mentioned on the master they are still out of phase when both pups are engaged.
So I colourised the schematic and I'm trying to work out if: is it as simple as flipping one of the pups hot wires (red and white), or what...?
*ALSO, my friend wants flat toggle-bats and I'm having a helluva time finding a parts supplier that has the FLAT-BAT TOGGLE TYPE 2 ON-ON-ON ...
not at Tayda, Stompbox Parts, Small Bear...
Mind, I haven't tried big guns Mouser/Digikey/etc yet.
I don't have much experience with soldering within the confines of control cavities — it's tight, the wires are short, the Tonerider wiring is little and brittle with cheap insulation... a perfect scenario for a melt-down and if you look too closely you'll see a few.
So I'd like to find the FLAT toggles and only have to wire this sumbiatch one last time...