edited: 1982 S-500 s/n G009781
Fri Aug 19, 2016 4:15 pm
(edit: fixed typo in SN)
couple of questions:
1 - can anyone with access to the factory log books tell me about this instrument?
2 - guitar purchased used and missing the bridge pickup, bought a new MFD pickup from G&L (strat-pickup shaped) and it doesnt play nice with the original (rectangular bobbin) pickups - it sounds ok by itself, but the bridge-middle humbucking position on the 5-way hums, and had to rotate the bridge pickup 180deg to get a decent output from the position - new pickup reads around 5k while originals are around 4k, any ideas?
couple of questions:
1 - can anyone with access to the factory log books tell me about this instrument?
2 - guitar purchased used and missing the bridge pickup, bought a new MFD pickup from G&L (strat-pickup shaped) and it doesnt play nice with the original (rectangular bobbin) pickups - it sounds ok by itself, but the bridge-middle humbucking position on the 5-way hums, and had to rotate the bridge pickup 180deg to get a decent output from the position - new pickup reads around 5k while originals are around 4k, any ideas?
Re: edited: 1982 S-500 s/n G009781
Fri Aug 19, 2016 6:22 pm
still interested in history on this guitar (S-500 s/n G009781)
solved my own pickup problem, though... reversed phase (swapped black and white wires) on the bridge pickup, and physically rotated it back 180deg to normal install position... also added a .001uF cap (across bridge pickup only) as I've seen it appears on the schematic across all pickups on the newer S-500s... this new pickup is not as sweet-sounding as the original rectangular-bobbin pickups, but it's as close a match I will probably be able to find, unless someone has an old pickup lying around they'd want to part with???
solved my own pickup problem, though... reversed phase (swapped black and white wires) on the bridge pickup, and physically rotated it back 180deg to normal install position... also added a .001uF cap (across bridge pickup only) as I've seen it appears on the schematic across all pickups on the newer S-500s... this new pickup is not as sweet-sounding as the original rectangular-bobbin pickups, but it's as close a match I will probably be able to find, unless someone has an old pickup lying around they'd want to part with???
Re: edited: 1982 S-500 s/n G009781
Fri Aug 19, 2016 6:59 pm
stormfingers wrote: solved my own pickup problem, though...
Well done!.