BKP Painkiller Problems - Now with less caps

[Fragments]

I've got an ESP Sc-207 and play in drop G. got a line 6 spider 4 hd150 with line 6 4x12 cab. Ive got a BKP painkiller in the bridge position and i cant seam to get a good sound at all. i dont know if its the way its been wired but if i have the painkiller selected on its own there is hardly anything there, theres no sustain or anything big about it. i have to select the painkiller and use my stock neck pickup to get anything at all and even then it sounds gash. Is it just my amp or the way my guitar is set up. pleeease help

 

[SirMyghin]

You most definitely wired it wrong. Otherwise you have not provided near enough information to solve the problem. How did you wire it?


The caps don't help your case btw, I almost bypassed your thread due to annoying non descript caps title.

 

[Fragments]

they have been wired in series, so i can have either just neck, both or just bridge (painkiller)

 

[jymellis]

they have been wired in series, so i can have either just neck, both or just bridge (painkiller)

is it grounded? are you sure its wired and soldered properly?

 

[Fragments]

yeah its grounded. it just doesnt sound like its been made out to be. could it be my guitar set up i.e. trussrod adjustment, pick up height etc because at the moment my bridge is very high up to prevent frett buzz.

 

[drmosh]

did you get the black and white wires mixed up? I did that once with a similar effect to what you stated.
Also, ALL CAPS isn't necessary

 

[Fragments]

i can get my man to look at the wiring again but pretty sure its all correct.

 

[ev1ltwin]

possibilities:

(1) you wired it wrong
(2) the pickup is too far away from the strings
(3) god is punishing you for putting a $150 pickup in a $400 guitar

 

[Fragments]

haha i know man, the guitar isnt exactly the best out there, just love the shape of stef's range. thanks for everyones feedback though, im more positive i can get it working better now. sorry for the caps too, i work with them permenantly on my keyboard and was a mistake.

 

[SirMyghin]

i can get my man to look at the wiring again but pretty sure its all correct.

This thead may prove helpful in understanding wiring, and it is even bare knuckle colour coded for all the forumites here. It should at least give you an idea what you are looking at, and for.

http://www.sevenstring.org/forum/pi...-pickup-wiring-crash-course-technicolour.html

 

[MF_Kitten]

definitely check the wiring, then check the pickup height. Remember that BKP pickups are much less compressed sounding than most heavy-oriented pickups out there, so you need to adjust height and gain accordingly.