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recently bought a Squier Classic Vibe Mustang and a Seymour Duncan Mini Humbucker and have

• kept the existing single coil wiring
• added a volume pot connected directly to the humbucker to act as a ‘blend knob’ in with the original circuit
• i swapped the middle and outer lugs on the volume pots akin to jazz bass wiring to avoid one volume turning down the others

My problem now is that the humbucker seems to be seeing the other components and it’s a lot of its treble is being bled to ground ( to my knowledge) it is a beautiful pickup that sound bitey and fat but in this wiring it is like the tone is rolled all the way off constantly.

also, when all pickups are engaged when i turn the original volume pot up full, the overall output it is quieter than when volume is rolled back slightly

i dont mind buying any resistors or switches or anything you guys have to recommend to definitively fix this problem

the guitar works flawlessly, no hum or static which i aim to preserve but just want the humbucker to be more usable

picture:
first large volume knob is original volume circuit
second smaller one is humbucker blend
last ‘chickenhead’ knob is tone

Diagram of my wiring

recently bought a Squier Classic Vibe Mustang and a Seymour Duncan Mini Humbucker and have

• kept the existing single coil wiring
• added a volume pot connected directly to the humbucker to act as a ‘blend knob’ in with the original circuit
• i swapped the middle and outer lugs on the volume pots akin to jazz bass wiring to avoid one volume turning down the others

My problem now is that the humbucker seems to be seeing the other components and it’s a lot of its treble is being bled to ground ( to my knowledge) it is a beautiful pickup that sound bitey and fat but in this wiring it is like the tone is rolled all the way off constantly.

also, when all pickups are engaged when i turn the original volume pot up full, the overall output it is quieter than when volume is rolled back slightly

i dont mind buying any resistors or switches or anything you guys have to recommend to definitively fix this problem

the guitar works flawlessly, no hum or static which i aim to preserve but just want the humbucker to be more usable

picture:
first large volume knob is original volume circuit
second smaller one is humbucker blend
last ‘chickenhead’ knob is tone

Diagram of my wiring

i recently bought a Squier Classic Vibe Mustang and a Seymour Duncan Mini Humbucker and have

• kept the existing single coil wiring
• added a volume pot connected directly to the humbucker to act as a ‘blend knob’ in with the original circuit
• i swapped the middle and outer lugs on the volume pots akin to jazz bass wiring to avoid one volume turning down the others

My problem now is that the humbucker seems to be seeing the other components and it’s a lot of its treble is being bled to ground ( to my knowledge) it is a beautiful pickup that sound bitey and fat but in this wiring it is like the tone is rolled all the way off constantly.

also, when all pickups are engaged when i turn the original volume pot up full, the overall output it is quieter than when volume is rolled back slightly

i dont mind buying any resistors or switches or anything you guys have to recommend to definitively fix this problem

the guitar works flawlessly, no hum or static which i aim to preserve but just want the humbucker to be more usable

picture:
first large volume knob is original volume circuit
second smaller one is humbucker blend
last ‘chickenhead’ knob is tone

Diagram of my wiring

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you
!

i recently bought a Squier Classic Vibe Mustang and a Seymour Duncan Mini Humbucker with the intention of.

-Leaving the existing wiring exactly the same
-Adding another volume pot to act as a ‘blend’ for the new humbucker so i can add it in, in any position.

i did exactly that, and the pickup signals only meet at the output jack but somehow the original volume pot controls the humbucker, the humbucker volume controls the original pickups volumes aswell as its own and the tone control rolls tone off the humbuckers tone aswell even though (in my mind) they are unconnected.

i am at a wits end and dearly need some help.
I’m in love with the look of the guitar.
I can add pictures if needed of the wiring.
(ignore the switch and aux input on the pickguard it is not yet wired up, i’m hoping to play my P.O sampler through the guitar so i can add effects to it)

Thank you!

i recently bought a Squier Classic Vibe Mustang and a Seymour Duncan Mini Humbucker with the intention of.

-Leaving the existing wiring exactly the same
-Adding another volume pot to act as a ‘blend’ for the new humbucker so i can add it in, in any position.

i did exactly that, and the pickup signals only meet at the output jack but somehow the original volume pot controls the humbucker, the humbucker volume controls the original pickups volumes aswell as its own and the tone control rolls tone off the humbuckers tone aswell even though (in my mind) they are unconnected.

i am at a wits end and dearly need some help.
I’m in love with the look of the guitar.
I can add pictures if needed of the wiring.
(ignore the switch and aux input on the pickguard it is not yet wired up, i’m hoping to play my P.O sampler through the guitar so i can add effects to it)

Thank you!