WTF have I done now? Loud pickup...

paulnb57

So the white Strat I put together was always intended to be wired standard Strat style, but as the bridge pickup had fault it was temporarily wired Neck, neck middle, bridge through a Tele 3 way switch with a SC size humbucker at the bridge and all was well...bear with, I'm getting there.....

so the original bridge SC came back from the supplier and so the whole mess got rewired, this time Standard vintage Strat style, for the first time ever my wiring is tidy and worked first time, however the neck pickup is significantly louder, not just bassier, louder than all the other selections on the 5 way, the neck pup was fine previously and balanced well with the others, so, what can I possibly have done? Adjusting pickup height makes no real difference....

This is the wiring diagram I followed......

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii21/paulnb57/image_zpsbbbetspr.jpeg

Sambostar

I donno, but it's common sense if you follow the wires and understand switch contacts.  Has the bridge pickups bypassed the pots?

The key really is understanding the switch contacts.  You'll work it out.

meltedbuzzbox

Are your solder joints nice and shiny for all the pickups?

ICBM

Sounds like a partial short or some other wiring mistake in the middle/bridge tone control.

Although I can't see why this should be the cause, I also wouldn't use "50s" wiring on a Strat - Fender never used "50s" wiring even in the 50s, it's a Gibson scheme. Connect both 'red' terminals on the switch to each other and then to the volume pot top terminal.

paulnb57

Interesting about the wiring diagram @ICBM, shows you should never assume, as Abe Lincoln said, " Some things on the net are not true!"

Looks like I'll be pulling it apart again......best Google standard Strat wiring, now, wheres my solder sucker?.........

ICBM

You don't need to pull it all apart, just move the red wire that goes from the switch to the volume pot middle terminal - undo it at the volume pot and connect it to the top terminal instead.

While you're at it, temporarily disconnect the yellow wire that goes to the Tone 2 pot and see if the pickup problem goes away. It must be something like that since it happens in all four positions that tone control is engaged.