EasilyAmused
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I have a gibson ES-333 and I realized today that it doesn't behave properly in the middle position...
If I turn the bridge pickup volume off, it goes silent, like it is supposed to. If I'm on the neck pickup, the neck controls behave as they should too.
However, if I turn the neck pickup down with bridge on full, I still have a fair amount of bridge pickup sound. Only it is a really muffled/all the high end is gone. As a result, I've realized that my pickup blending is not working as it should.
I've gone over the wiring numerous times and it seems to all be correct.
Last night, I decided to take everything out of the guitar and completely re-did the wiring and replaced the caps. I followed the wiring on ThroBak's website. It resulted in EXACTLY the same problem. I've compared it to my SG, and again, it appears the wiring is all correct (both previously, and now).
At this point, I feel like it must be a component issue. My gut tells me it might be a pot issue, but I don't know which one, nor do I know if this behaviour could be caused by an issue with the pickups or the switch?
Here's the wiring diagram I've referenced:
If I turn the bridge pickup volume off, it goes silent, like it is supposed to. If I'm on the neck pickup, the neck controls behave as they should too.
However, if I turn the neck pickup down with bridge on full, I still have a fair amount of bridge pickup sound. Only it is a really muffled/all the high end is gone. As a result, I've realized that my pickup blending is not working as it should.
I've gone over the wiring numerous times and it seems to all be correct.
Last night, I decided to take everything out of the guitar and completely re-did the wiring and replaced the caps. I followed the wiring on ThroBak's website. It resulted in EXACTLY the same problem. I've compared it to my SG, and again, it appears the wiring is all correct (both previously, and now).
At this point, I feel like it must be a component issue. My gut tells me it might be a pot issue, but I don't know which one, nor do I know if this behaviour could be caused by an issue with the pickups or the switch?
Here's the wiring diagram I've referenced: