JP D-Sonic pickup 'flip' question

[TheShreddinHand]

Guys, pardon me if this has been covered before, but on the older JP7 BFR's, if one were to want to flip the D Sonic around so that the bar is closer to the neck is there enough wire in the cavity to avoid having to re-soder everything or do you have to get the old sodering gun out?

-Eric

 

[Tung]

i flipped my Crunch Lab around without having to resolder. to my ears there's more output and sounds better.

 

[PeteDuBaldo]

The only way to tell is by looking underneath the pickup. If the wire is on the upper (low B) side you will have no problem, but if it is in the bottom corner by the high E string then the answer is "no"

 

[TheShreddinHand]

The only way to tell is by looking underneath the pickup. If the wire is on the upper (low B) side you will have no problem, but if it is in the bottom corner by the high E string then the answer is "no"

Thanks Pete, so bottom line, I would just need to unscrew the pickup and see how much I've got to work with!

Pete, didn't you post something though about how the D sonic is sodered differently in the JP guitars? And does something need to be changed when flipping the pickup? Maybe I'm crazy, but i swear I remember that (ok, we know I'm crazy ).

-Eric

 

[PeteDuBaldo]

Yes, if you rotate the bridge pickup and want to keep the "inner" coil of both buckers for the middle position you will also need to swap some wires. I'm not sure if you would have to swap the wiring on the neck pickup and rotate that one also, but Steve Blucher at DiMarzio is the one who knows for sure. He also says the sounds are very close to being the same so don't sweat it (the rewiring) unless you really feel they need to be that way.

Try rotating without rewiring and you might like the sound even more!

 

[the24thfret]

Yes, if you rotate the bridge pickup and want to keep the "inner" coil of both buckers for the middle position you will also need to swap some wires. I'm not sure if you would have to swap the wiring on the neck pickup and rotate that one also, but Steve Blucher at DiMarzio is the one who knows for sure. He also says the sounds are very close to being the same so don't sweat it (the rewiring) unless you really feel they need to be that way.

Try rotating without rewiring and you might like the sound even more!

Pete I've personally read your knowledgeable response to this question many times before... maybe it should be a sticky by now?

 

[PeteDuBaldo]

I've only done around 20 of these swaps including on my own guitar so it's kind of old hat for me. I have the instructions saved in word on my home computer and I usually just copy/paste.

I don't mind pasting it over and over again, it gets my post count up!

 

[TheShreddinHand]

Yes, if you rotate the bridge pickup and want to keep the "inner" coil of both buckers for the middle position you will also need to swap some wires. I'm not sure if you would have to swap the wiring on the neck pickup and rotate that one also, but Steve Blucher at DiMarzio is the one who knows for sure. He also says the sounds are very close to being the same so don't sweat it (the rewiring) unless you really feel they need to be that way.

Try rotating without rewiring and you might like the sound even more!

*Palm to forward* Makes sense, thanks Pete!!

-Eric