Installing Strat pickups with Jason Lollar Part 3

Jason Lollar of Lollar Pickups shows you how to install and adjust Stratocaster pickups. Includes soldering tips and adjustment techniques

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Music

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• Strat
• Stratocaster
• install
• pickups
• adjust
• Fender
• singlecoil
• Lollar
• electric
• guitar
• wiring
• soldering

[LollarGuitars]

each spot where the lead wires are connected should have a copper wire coming off the coil so the coil can connect to the lead wires- its extremely easy to break that hair thick wire. One of the most common problems is fender doesnt wrap thier coils with protective tape, if you get a little clumsy or in a hurry its easy to snag the coil with the pickup cover if you take the cover on and off. Once you break a wire anywhere in the coil its a done deal

[AICD1999]

Thanks for the info. On examination of the pickups with my shiny new multimeter I found that the bridge pickup would not read any number of K that was consistant and in fact didn't even come close to the spec of 7.5K. The mid and neck both read 6.5K everytime. So I believe the pickup is nonfunctioning or has some kind of short in it. Interesting that it would have readings in the 2-300 K range and down to the .XXX range but never steady or consistant. The others where spot on. Sent them back. TY

[LollarGuitars]

@AICD1999 high readings like 200K that vary or drop down over time- a minute or so- down to almost zero indicates there is a break in the coil and the pickup needs rewound.

[AICD1999]

What would you think the problem is when after you put everything back together the guitar still works and sounded great but a couple hours later the bridge pickup was not functioning. I replaced the old switch with a new one as I checked the solder points and replaced the pickguard three times and all three times after a few hours I came back, plugged the guitar in and the bridge isn't working. Maybe the solder is bad.

[LollarGuitars]

@AICD1999 its most likely one of two things- a problem with the switch- bad contact possibly or the pickup could be shorted out. Check the pickup with an ohm meter. If you have a continuity test on your ohm meter you can test to see if you are getting signal through the switch in the bridge position- this is a little complicated to explain in the short replies allowed here. other than that it could be a bad solder joint- hard to say without seeing it in hand

[cloudcally]

@LollarGuitars I have a shell pickguard, agathis body, rosewood freeboard, and maple neck so I just looked that up I you want to know.

[LollarGuitars]

@cloudcally cool daddy!

[AICD1999]

Thank you for the help. Upon examination of the new set I can see that the copper wire coming out of the winding pattern sends a strand to where the connection wires are soldered. There is also several small strands wrapping from underneath the pickup to where the connection wires are soldered, if you can picture it. This was not like the malfunctioning set, even though they are both the same brand and exact pickups. Not sure how that could be but I will test the new ones before I install. TY

[LollarGuitars]

@cloudcally Couldnt be exactly the same because I made that one from scratch- unless yours says Lollar on the headstock but I havent built that many strats. Pickgaurd on that is real acetate with red tortoise laminated on top my buddy found in leftover stock from the 60's for $200 a sheet. I like the combination if you have the same wood- brazillian rosewood fingerboard with alder body

[cloudcally]

I just noticed I have the same guitar as you