Phase and Polarity Issues

jaymenon

On a HHH set up

Neck: DiMarzio rails (Air Norton)

Middle: DiMarzio Area 58

Bridge: Kent Armstrong Humbucker

(So all three pick ups are really humbuckers)

If I connect them just like a Strat with no coil tapping:

Can I still run into phase and polarity issues in position 2 (Bridge and Middle)?

And if so, can I just reverse the signal and ground wires on the Bridge Humbucker?

https://i.imgur.com/QgQJz77.jpg

Expert opinions most appreciated

jaymenon

To further complicate matters - two different wiring schemes from Armstrong.

It's clear that both would work - but I would imagine that the end-user / customer would want to know which is the default wiring scheme (i.e. which is the default series connection between the two coils)

Kent Armstrong 1

This is pretty much DiMarzio wiring.

https://i.imgur.com/yQuH1dg.jpg

Kent Armstrong 2

https://i.imgur.com/nfjr5M6.jpg

normula1

Yes you may get polarity issues and a simple swap of the Armstrong hot and cold should resolve it.

Funkfingers

With so many variables, it helps to have a fixed point. That fixed point is the Area 58 middle pickup. It MUST be the upper coil that remains operational if your circuit uses splits.

Next, decide which coil of the neck position Air Norton S pickup has the correct phase and polarity relationship with the upper coil of the Area 58. Connect the neck position pickup as if you were going to coil split it for the neck + middle selection.

Finally, do the same for the bridge position humbucker. 

Either variation of the DPDT/DP3T switch wiring will work. The only difference will be the electrical polarity relationship to the middle pickup.