pikingrin
what is this?
My first time messing with wiring inside of a guitar other than changing out a pickup or two. Wired up a 3-way switch (on/on/on) to a single DiMarzio Air Norton hb. The pickup sounds really good but it feeds back like crazy if there's even the slightest bit of overdrive on the amp. All the soldering was good, used .093 60/40 rosin core and all the joints were shiny so that (maybe) shouldn't be the issue.
There's an audible difference in tonal characteristics when the switch is moved between the 3 positions and I followed DiMarzio's wiring specs to the T as I was making the connections. Would there be anything in the wiring that I can check with a multimeter to double check and make sure that all the connections are correct? Could a faulty connection possibly be causing the feedback? Pickup height maybe? I did my research and checked the pickup height the best that I could with what I have...not sure it's "spot on" though. I'm not too terribly upset with the feedback...yet...but it doesn't seem right. I can plug another git into the same amp and any other HB pups don't produce the same feedback being played the same as the setup that I wired up.
There's an audible difference in tonal characteristics when the switch is moved between the 3 positions and I followed DiMarzio's wiring specs to the T as I was making the connections. Would there be anything in the wiring that I can check with a multimeter to double check and make sure that all the connections are correct? Could a faulty connection possibly be causing the feedback? Pickup height maybe? I did my research and checked the pickup height the best that I could with what I have...not sure it's "spot on" though. I'm not too terribly upset with the feedback...yet...but it doesn't seem right. I can plug another git into the same amp and any other HB pups don't produce the same feedback being played the same as the setup that I wired up.