nayoud
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Howdy all, Some help needed here, please!
I bought a pair of 4 conductor wire OX4 low wound Alnico 4 pups from Mark Stow recently.
I got the Gibson connectors and soldered them to fit with my 2016 Les Paul Standard T's PCB board. It's got the 500 pots in it. As much as I hate the PCB board, I bought this ax new and I'm still not willing to gut it out completely at this point in time.
Once all was set, I noticed that the sound was very thin, especially the bridge pup, which was also not very loud and timid as well as shrilly. I had to put the tone on 6-7 ( I play through a DRRI).
When I split the coils, the sound on the pups would be louder than when in humbucking mode? They sounded single coily/throaty so the wires were not reversed or anything.
I checked the wiring again, and all was normal.
I contacted Mark, who was very helpful, and said that this is his signature sound of the low wounds. He suggested replacing the PCB board with normal pots and a .022 cap.
The thing is that my strat with David Allen 54/59's are rounder than my OX4's. This can't be normal, or could it be?
What could be the problem here? I'm at a loss.
Any ideas are highly appreciated.
Cheers Folks
H
I bought a pair of 4 conductor wire OX4 low wound Alnico 4 pups from Mark Stow recently.
I got the Gibson connectors and soldered them to fit with my 2016 Les Paul Standard T's PCB board. It's got the 500 pots in it. As much as I hate the PCB board, I bought this ax new and I'm still not willing to gut it out completely at this point in time.
Once all was set, I noticed that the sound was very thin, especially the bridge pup, which was also not very loud and timid as well as shrilly. I had to put the tone on 6-7 ( I play through a DRRI).
When I split the coils, the sound on the pups would be louder than when in humbucking mode? They sounded single coily/throaty so the wires were not reversed or anything.
I checked the wiring again, and all was normal.
I contacted Mark, who was very helpful, and said that this is his signature sound of the low wounds. He suggested replacing the PCB board with normal pots and a .022 cap.
The thing is that my strat with David Allen 54/59's are rounder than my OX4's. This can't be normal, or could it be?
What could be the problem here? I'm at a loss.
Any ideas are highly appreciated.
Cheers Folks
H