Vela pickup swap

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Picked up a used Vela last week. Such a good deal that I could not pass it up and hauled it home on my ultra classic.

Actually got to play it for several hours today. Stock bridge pickup wasn't too bad but I swapped in a covered 5310 bridge anyway because......well.......just because.

It ha been my experience that 5310s tend to sound better in mahogany guitars so it was a nice fit in my Vela.

After swapping pickup my volume pot started cutting out AND pickups are apparently out of phase???????

Ugh!!!!!

I will swap out the pot and try and figure out whats up with OOP issue.

5310 is a covered 2 wire so there should be no reason for magnet to be flipped???

I won't get to it for a while as my work schedule is too busy.


Ugh
 
Yes, incredibly annoying. I went through this a few years with a Vela I had. I tried a 58/15, and was really confused when they were out of phase. I ended up going with a Duncan Sat Night Special, which absolutely ripped in that guitar. I ended up moving it when the neck profile began to bug me.
 
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