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Post subject: Bridge pickup and 2nd tone control
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 3:27 pm
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I have a 2005 Standard HSS Strat. The specs say:

Tone 2. (Middle Pickup and Middle/Bridge Combination)

Position 5. Neck Pickup (Rhythm Tone Control)

So what exactly does the 2nd tone knob do with this pickup? It seems when it's on 10 the pickup is very bass-y and quiet. With a clean amp sound it can barely be heard when on ten. When I turn it to zero it gets louder and brighter. This seems backwards to me.

Also can someone try to explain what the rest of the tone controls are supposed to do? I know the tone has no effect on the humbucker. When in the next position (humbucker and middle combined) the 1st tone has no effect but the 2nd tone changes the tone in a good way. In the next position (middle alone) the first tone does nothing but the 2nd one works. In the next position (middle and neck) both tone controls effect the sound. I've already dscribed the neck pickup. Does this sound right? It seems weird to me.


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Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 8:55 am
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the second tone control is standard to be wired to the middle pickup. so it wont affect the bridge or neck pickup at all. you will be able to hear it in any pickup combination involving the middle pickup.

this is the standard wiring for strats, unless you've had it modded and had that tone wired to a different pickup. (I had mine wired to the bridge pickup)

if the tone is doing something different, and you haven't had it modded, than i guess that something is messed up in the wiring, or maybe somebody made a mistake at the factory.


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Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 10:33 am
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I haven't done any modifications to it.

So I guess I've got a screwed up guitar, unless anyone else has any theories as to why the 2nd tone know acts like a sort of volume knob for the neck pickup. It is a made in Mexico, so maybe it's weird, or just shoddy work.


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