I have a Strat copy that about a year ago I wired with the 7-way mod using a mini toggle switch. The mod turns on the neck pickup so I can use the neck-middle-bridge and neck-bridge positions. Yesterday I swapped out the volume pot for a new one as the original one was getting a bit scratchy. After finishing soldering I plugged the guitar into my amp and tested the different switch positions by tapping a screw driver on the pole pieces.
I found that when the mod is on everything works as it should. However, when it's off if I tap the neck pickup poles when the selector switch is in a non-neck position (1, 2 and 3) they still output a bit of sound rather than being completely silent. I'm not sure if it was like this before as I didn't test it as thoroughly.
Does anyone know what the issue could be here? (if there is one).
Thanks.
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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Glad I don't have to do any more soldering!
I finally got a new mini-switch today and swapped around the wires as suggested but it still does the same thing. I've decided to just leave it as it is because it doesn't really make any difference when in use and I think it was probably exactly the same before I changed the volume pot.
All the grounds should ideally be soldered to the volume pot, but as long as the output jack ground and the ground terminal of the pot are, the others don’t matter as much.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein