Maybe not too fucking hard for me after all
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 8:30 am
Ok, I've ambitiously decided to try to install some Fishman Fluence pickups into a Strandberg today. I reckon if I totally balls it up, then Glyn can fix it later but it seems like a good project.
Where I'm absolutely stuck is how to wire up these pickups to the damn 5 way selector switch. This is because the Fluence pickups are active, and you don't wire them up in the same way as you would a 4 connector hum bucker.
The 5 way factory wiring for the Strandberg goes:
Switch positions:
1 - Bridge HB
2 - Bridge HB + Neck outer coil (in parallel)
3 - Bridge HB + Neck outer coil (in parallel), in series with the Neck inner coil
4 - Neck inner coil
5 - Neck HB
I understand that the Fishman can't run in series (at least in relation to its outer vs inner coils). So I'm thinking the following setup:
Switch positions:
1 - Bridge HB
2 - Bridge HB plus Neck tap (in parallel) - or would this be more useful as just Bridge tap (I like the Bridge HB + Neck tap setting as it currently is tho)
3 - Bridge HB plus Neck HB (in parallel)
4 - Neck tap
5 - Neck HB
Firstly, any comments to that setup?
Secondly, how the fuck do I wire up a 5 way switch for this with the FIshmans? Important note You don't tap the Fishmans like you do normal 4 wire HBs; see diagram at https://www.fishman.com/wp-content/uplo ... apping.pdf - so it would seem (if I went for inner coils when I tap) that I need to find a way to wire a specific connection from neck pickup to ground for the switch's middle pole.
Thirdly, any comments over using inner vs outer coils?
FYI, the reasons I'm not using a push/pull to activate coil tap are:
- I'd rather use the 5 way switch as that's more natural to me while I'm playing;
- I'm going to use a push/pull on the volume pot to switch between pickup voices 1 and 2; and
- I can't do a second push/pull due to physical constraints inside the guitar (just doesn't fit where the tone pot goes).
Where I'm absolutely stuck is how to wire up these pickups to the damn 5 way selector switch. This is because the Fluence pickups are active, and you don't wire them up in the same way as you would a 4 connector hum bucker.
The 5 way factory wiring for the Strandberg goes:
Switch positions:
1 - Bridge HB
2 - Bridge HB + Neck outer coil (in parallel)
3 - Bridge HB + Neck outer coil (in parallel), in series with the Neck inner coil
4 - Neck inner coil
5 - Neck HB
I understand that the Fishman can't run in series (at least in relation to its outer vs inner coils). So I'm thinking the following setup:
Switch positions:
1 - Bridge HB
2 - Bridge HB plus Neck tap (in parallel) - or would this be more useful as just Bridge tap (I like the Bridge HB + Neck tap setting as it currently is tho)
3 - Bridge HB plus Neck HB (in parallel)
4 - Neck tap
5 - Neck HB
Firstly, any comments to that setup?
Secondly, how the fuck do I wire up a 5 way switch for this with the FIshmans? Important note You don't tap the Fishmans like you do normal 4 wire HBs; see diagram at https://www.fishman.com/wp-content/uplo ... apping.pdf - so it would seem (if I went for inner coils when I tap) that I need to find a way to wire a specific connection from neck pickup to ground for the switch's middle pole.
Thirdly, any comments over using inner vs outer coils?
FYI, the reasons I'm not using a push/pull to activate coil tap are:
- I'd rather use the 5 way switch as that's more natural to me while I'm playing;
- I'm going to use a push/pull on the volume pot to switch between pickup voices 1 and 2; and
- I can't do a second push/pull due to physical constraints inside the guitar (just doesn't fit where the tone pot goes).