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Topic: Fender Stringmaster Wiring Question
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Dan Sawyer
Member From: Studio City, California, USA
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posted 12 October 2004 01:06 PM
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Question on the wiring for a single neck with stringmaster type pickups. It's my understanding that the way fender made the "blend" control, one pickup was always on and the other pickup could be blended in. Is there any advantage to wiring it so either pickup can be on by itself? Both pickups could still be on at the same time when the knob was in the middle. It would also still be humbucking, but only when both pickups were on. |
Erv Niehaus
Member From: Litchfield, MN, USA
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posted 12 October 2004 02:22 PM
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I have an early Stringmaster that was made without the "blend" control and both of the pickups are on all the time.
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John Bechtel
Member From: Nashville, Tennessee,U.S.A.
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posted 12 October 2004 06:36 PM
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I can almost gaurentee you wouldn't want to play with ‘only’ the forward P/U turned on! The higher frequencies will literally disappear!------------------
“Big John” Bechtel
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Dan Sawyer
Member From: Studio City, California, USA
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posted 12 October 2004 10:30 PM
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John, thanks for the info. I guess i'll go ahead and wire it like Fender did. |
Loni Specter
Member From: West Hills, CA, USA
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posted 13 October 2004 12:25 AM
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Dan,
Wnen I was wireing my Stringmaster pickup equipt lap steel, I asked Jason Lollar that same question. I wanted to use a balance pot rather than the blend setup. He said that in the middle position neither pickup would be at it's full output, so I wired it normal. I might try one with two volume pots sometime just for fun. |
basilh
Member From: United Kingdom
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posted 13 October 2004 02:15 AM
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John, with regard to
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with ‘only’ the forward P/U turned on! The higher frequencies will literally disappear!
I used a twin Pick-Up configuration on my Fender 1000, and tried the stringmaster type of wiring but settled for the more conventional, 1,or 2, or 1+2
In the improvised second section here, (at 1'30")
http://www.waikiki-islanders.com/assets/multimedia/B12Track12.wma
you can hear the pick-up furthest from the bridge, and whilst the tone is more "Round" it certainly doesn't lack High End ! I've also re-wired my single 8 "Stringmaster" to the same config. and I find It's MORE versatile...(I know the proper name for the single 8 isn't "Stringmaster", but it eludes me at this time. A Senior Moment I think)
Baz
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Steel players do it without fretting
 
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[This message was edited by basilh on 13 October 2004 at 02:17 AM.] [This message was edited by basilh on 13 October 2004 at 02:23 AM.]
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Dan Tyack
Member From: Seattle, WA USA
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posted 15 October 2004 08:40 PM
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I have a deluxe 8 that has been rewired in the oposite of the normal: it is set to the neck pickup only, then you can blend in the back. The neck pickup alone has plenty of highs for me, but I am using it for blues rather than western swing.------------------
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Dan Sawyer
Member From: Studio City, California, USA
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posted 15 October 2004 09:50 PM
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Thanks everyone. I ended up wiring it as a balance pot, not "blend". It works pretty well even if the pickups aren't ever at their full output. I agree the neck pickupby itself sounds pretty nice for blues or jazz. It really doesn't lack highs. Still, the best sound is both pickups together. BTW, Jason Lollar rewired one of the pickups and did an excellent job! |
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