Does middle positon split coils on es 339

[tom brown]

I dont think they are full power

[merciful-evans]

Tom, did you ask this elsewhere on here? Because I know I posted a response

[tom brown]

I dont think i did

 

I just got the 339 last week

[merciful-evans]

I found it on another of your posts elsewhere. It was a different subject but you asked this a few posts in.

[kaicho8888]

If your volume goes down in the middle position and gets trebly... the pickups are out-of-phase with each other.

 

You will have to rotate the magnet in one of the pickups; unless you like the "Peter Green" tone of out-of-phase.

[Twang Gang]

No. Middle position on a 339 does not split or tap any coils.

[tom brown]

But its not both pickups full power ?

[merciful-evans]

Is your 339 modified? Or did you buy it new?

[tom brown]

I bought it used but was never played ,

 

I have not done any mods

[tom brown]

http://legacy.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/2016/Memphis/ES-339-Studio.aspx

[tom brown]

Hello,

This is the actual 339 that i have  (above) and I wanted to ask if anybody knows if these “57 “pick ups in this guitar or four wire or two wire.

 

 I was told you could only split the coils on the Gibson 57 four wire pick ups but I’ve also read that the four wire pick ups are only sold in the aftermarket .

 

thanks

[Keefoman]

Yes only four wire pickups can be split, but it will have to be soldered to a push/pull-pot or other type of switch.  I'm almost certain your pickups are two wire. Easy way to find out is to take off the backplate to your pots, and see for yourself.

If the middle position is very thin sounding, it could be as mentioned above, that the pickups are out of phase. In that case, somebody probably did a mod as if it had that feature from factory, it would have been listed from the factory. Could it be a dodgy solder point?

[tom brown]

Hello,

This is the actual 339 that i have  (above) and I wanted to ask if anybody knows if these “57 “pick ups in this guitar or four wire or two wire.

 

 I was told you could only split the coils on the Gibson 57 four wire pick ups but I’ve also read that the four wire pick ups are only sold in the aftermarket .

 

thanks

[tom brown]

Thanks keefoman i will check that out

[merciful-evans]

Its almost the same model as mine also. Though mine has only only 2 master control knobs. Otherwise its the same animal.

I played it last  night. Middle position seems fine to me and sounds the way I would expect it to. For the record, I don't use a lot of gain, nor FX.

[bkbimball]

I have this same problem.  Middle position sounds out of phase.  I bought a second set of EPI 339 power bucker pickups thinking there must have been a weird factory error on the original set, but the second set had the same problem.  And the way they mount the pups on this model is a total b*T@H.   Has anyone tried the magnet flip and gotten the desired result (full output, in phase while in middle switch position)?   Shame on Epiphone for shipping pickup sets like this.  Zero Quality Control.  

[bkbimball]

Follow up... took out the neck pickup, removed the cover, flipped the magnet, put it back together and reinstalled, problem solved.