P94 orientation

[protonboy]

Hi all,

Excuse me if this is a dumb question, but:

 

I recently installed a P94R & P94T in my guitar. I understood that I should be using the black lead from one pickup and the white from the other as hot for hum cancelling. However, I find that unless I use the same color lead from both pickups as hot, I get a thin sound.

 

I noticed that on the schematic I'm using, it shows the pickups with the leads coming out of opposite ends: the neck pup has the lead going to the top of the guitar and the bridge has the lead going to the bottom (i.e. towards the jack socket).

 

I installed both of mine with the lead going to the bottom end. Is this correct, or should the leads be coming out of opposite sides?

 

Thanks for all comments!

 

P

[stein]

It doesn't matter how you physically mount them, it will have no effect if you turn them 180 degrees.

 

If you are getting a "thin" sound when using both pups together, it means they are out of phase with each other. Reversing the leads on one pup should correct this.

[pfox14]

Unless you want the pickups to be out of phase, then you should be using the same lead wire from each.