HSS rewire has Bridge and middle out of phase

sorbz62

Hi guys,

I just added a BKP Warpig to the bridge of my Strat and got it working very well, sounds great ..... except the position 2 (Bridge & middle) is out of phase and very weak. Position 4 sounds great.

Do I just have to swap over the red and black wires to reverse the bridge pickup?  Do I put the red and braided Earth together on the back of the pot and the black on the switch?

Cheers,
Jim

ICBM

Yes.

Funkfingers

sorbz62 said:

Do I put the red and braided Earth together on the back of the pot and the black on the switch?

This is exactly why I made a habit of not twisting the bare screen and insulated pickup grounding conductor together.

ICBM

I do prefer to twist them together - and heatshrink over to avoid any possibility of shorts from the bare wire - but I always test the phase before assembling the wiring. You just need a multimeter to do that.

sorbz62

Funkfingers said:

sorbz62 said:

Do I put the red and braided Earth together on the back of the pot and the black on the switch?

This is exactly why I made a habit of not twisting the bare screen and insulated pickup grounding conductor together.

Why not? I'm not sure what your getting at here. Are you saying you won't do this so you can swap the wires over if necessary?

Funkfingers

Yes.

sorbz62

Cheers!