How do I remove my middle and neck strat pickups from the circuit so only the bridge pickup works?

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How do I remove my middle and neck strat pickups from the circuit so only the bridge pickup works?​

My Seymour Duncan JB Jr in the bridge position hums due to the single coils in the middle and neck position, so I was wondering how I could take them out of the circuit so only the bridge pickup is functional. I know Billie Joe Armstrong did it for his famous "Blue" guitar, but I have no clue how. Is there something complicated I need to do or can I just de-solder?
 
You coud desolder or even just snip them loose and then have 3 dead positions (Jack open, possibly noisy) on the switch. If you want to use the switch as a kill switch it’d probably be better if you run a wire from a ground point to the spots on the switch where those pickups were connected. If you want to eliminate the switch entirely, itll Take a bit more kerjiggering to connect the bridge pickup directly to the V pot and then do you also want a T control?

I don’t really believe it’ll help whatever noise you’re getting except accidentally, but…
 
Your Bridge Humbucker should not be affected by your Middle/Neck pickups if the selector switch is positioned in the bridge position, and the switch is functioning correctly.

Yes, you can just remove (un-solder) the Neck/Middle pickup wires from the 5-way switch..., making it a Bridge Humbucker only guitar, limiting the usefulness of the guitar to make diffenrt tones
 
Yeah, if the pickup switch is on the bridge pickup, the other ones should not be entering into the circuit, so not contributing noise. Something's wrong and getting out a multimeter to chase all the wiring would be where I'd start, not by cutting or de-soldering anything. If there's a short putting the single coils in the circuit where they don't belong, or open ground (my guess), that should just be fixed.
 
Your hum is unrelated to the middle and neck pickups - and you can desolder them - but I wouldn't - I'd track down what's causing the hum - which is usually a bad ground - cold solder joint - or mis- wiring.
 
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You could actually rewire the switch to disconnect both ends of the pickups when you switch away from them. This would retain all of the options while having the same effect. In the process you’d also resolder most of the circuit which would probably fix the issue on its own.
 
ashcat_lt said:
You could actually rewire the switch to disconnect both ends of the pickups when you switch away from them. This would retain all of the options while having the same effect. In the process you’d also resolder most of the circuit which would probably fix the issue on its own.
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okay! thanks
 
Papanate said:
Your hum is unrelated to the middle and neck pickups - and you can desolder them - but I wouldn't - I'd track down what's causing the hum - which is usually a bad ground - cold solder joint - or mis- wiring.
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aight im prolly just gonna buy a ehx hum debugger then cause i aint got the patience for a full rewire lmao
 
therevivalsband said:
aight im prolly just gonna buy a ehx hum debugger then cause i aint got the patience for a full rewire lmao
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Let us know how that works - I’d be surprised if it does the trick and you should be able to get the wiring sorted for less than that $$ pedal.
 
keith.rogers said:
Let us know how that works - I’d be surprised if it does the trick and you should be able to get the wiring sorted for less than that $$ pedal.
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i found a few alternative pedals i ordered one cause its got good reviews
 
therevivalsband said:
My Seymour Duncan JB Jr in the bridge position hums due to the single coils in the middle and neck position, so I was wondering how I could take them out of the circuit so only the bridge pickup is functional. I know Billie Joe Armstrong did it for his famous "Blue" guitar, but I have no clue how. Is there something complicated I need to do or can I just de-solder?
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Chainsaw, hammer, and a sharp wood chisel should take care of it.
 
rob aylestone said:
but won't you just get a pedal to play with, and still a hum? I thought that was what you wanted to cure?
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I do a direct line into an amp, and I was misinformed that taking other pickups out of the circuit would eliminate hum.
 
Your amp probably needs it's own grounded power supply. Sharing a ground creates all kinds of noise, especially with older amps. Try plugging your amp in someplace else, away from TVs and fluorescent lights, and see if there's a difference.
 
therevivalsband said:
My Seymour Duncan JB Jr in the bridge position hums due to the single coils in the middle and neck position, so I was wondering how I could take them out of the circuit so only the bridge pickup is functional. I know Billie Joe Armstrong did it for his famous "Blue" guitar, but I have no clue how. Is there something complicated I need to do or can I just de-solder?
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Bypass and disconnect the switch and wire the pickup straight to the volume pot.
 
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