Blue-Eeniee Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Hi, i seem to be losing a bit of volume on my les paul studio when i put the switch in the middle position, any ideas?, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrorod Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 I think this may be normal....unless it it is WAY excessive loss of volume. Always leave yourself a little volume pot increase on your guitar after adjusting your amp volume to the desired level. There are all sorts of 'variables' when playing an electric guitar with two pickups. Is this a new OR used guitar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 Hi, i seem to be losing a bit of volume on my les paul studio when i put the switch in the middle position, any ideas?, thanks Hello Blue and welcome here. This is definitely normal. There always will cancel out some frequencies when operating pickups together, so this is no reason to worry about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue-Eeniee Posted November 29, 2013 Author Share Posted November 29, 2013 Thanks for the comments, i raised the question as im sure i read somewhere that the two pickups can take power from each other and to fit a resistor to each (82k i think), just wondering if anyone else had heard of this, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlotHeadSlim Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Hi, i seem to be losing a bit of volume on my les paul studio when i put the switch in the middle position, any ideas?, thanks I haven't wired a Les Paul before but I have wired other guitars and went through a painful learning process. Did you add in any new pickups? If so check the polarities. I swore up and down I had done wiring exactly as specified to learn what was specified was incorrect. When I tried the opposite of what I though was correct my volume came back up and I also had less noise. I acknowledge that my advice here is fairly general but hopefully it helps if that might be the cause. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrorod Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Think of it this way....If you have a Neck P/up of 8K ohms and a Bridge P/up of 8K ohms and you 'toggle' between..... and have both P/ups together, you get a total of 4K ohms ,as they are usually wired in a Les Paul (parallel) .....If wired in series, you would get 16K ohms and a lot more 'growl'......which might NOT be pretty.... Where in the hell is Blue-Eeniee when you need him???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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