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Post subject: identifying the neck-middle-bridge pickups? Texas Special's
Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 10:05 am
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I recently bought a brand new set of pickups for my stratocaster.
(those Custom shop Texas-special Strat Pickups).

When I opened the box back home, I found a diagram sheet inside of it,
explaining how to wire the pickups into the guitar. I have not
installed them yet.

MY CONCERNING is that this diagram mentions a "BLUE DOT" must show on
the back of the "neck pickup" in order to identify it, but that "blue
dot" is not there. (as for example there is a "red dot" on the back of
the bridge pickup). So, I got in fact, confused.

Should I worry about not seeing that blue dot on the back of the pickup?
HOW I KNOW IF THAT ONE STILL A NECK PICKUP in spite that it doesn't show that blue dot?
Could there be a mistake like that from origin and maybe they just
forgot to put that little blue dot on the pickup?

Hey, thank for your reply and help![/b]


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Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 4:51 pm
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Welcome and don't worry.

If you bought the set new and the other two pickups look exactly like the red dotted one (the bridge pickup), I'm sure they are TSs too.

Here's what you do to figure out what is what between the remaining two:

The middle pickup is RW/RP. So, this pickup's magnetic polepieces will repel if you try to stack it on top of the bridge pickup. Conversely, if you try to stack one of the unknown pickups on top of the bridge pickup and the two pickups are attracted to each other, well then there's your neck pickup.

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Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2010 4:20 am
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IIRC the middle pickup also has a yellow lead.

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