I think I grew up in a cave...

or closet.
 
Before I get to it you need to know that I've been messing
with guitars since I was...could walk.
 
I was talking with some pick-up makers and the topic of winding direction
and dealing with lefties came up.
For some reason I thought about the staggard magnets ( different heights) and
Jimi.
First time it dawned on me that his guitar had the staggard pups upside down
and the slant too on the bridge pup. Had never thought about that in all these years and then it surprised me that no guitar player that I ever talked with did either...if they did I was to ignorant
to understand what they were saying.
 
Makes me wonder how much I've missed LOL.
(unfortunately I know much of my memory is gone from a personal trauma but
no way to know how much when ya don't remember)

Same thing happened to me when digi2ns asked the question last week.


EYE OPENER.





From now onward, I'll think of it every time I look at a Bill Lawrence blade pickup design. 

:-)

spacey

Karyn

First time it dawned on me that his guitar had the staggard pups upside down and the slant too on the bridge pup.

errr...  do you mean that being a leftie the pups (and stagger) are backard to normal (and thus upside down)  or that Jimmy was a leftie but his guitar had the pups the same way as a rightie..  (and thus upside down to how they 'should' be)?
 
 
Edit:  I was always told that Jimmy played right handed guitars upside down, with the only modification being the strap button.

He turned a right handed guitar to the left. That meant that the height of magnets for individual
strings were out of place... upside down....along with everything else- excluding the strings, nut,
bridge saddles....educated guess because I've never seen/held his guitar.
So the lowest magnet - for the B string was then under the 5th- A string.
Also meant other changes as well but it seems the popular concensus is that it is not liked but
the reverse slant on the bridge pup is.
I've never tried so no opinion.

That is all assuming he re-stringed it as a leftie...  I was under the impression he didn't, which would mean the pups and bridge were all correct.
 
I need to go check some vids...

Wasn't he one of the guys who used all 5 positions of his 3 way switch?

In other words... does the introduction of an actual 5 way switch precede the introduction of the RW/RP middle pickup idea?





I like the hum.  :-)

Mike the problem is if we say what Jimi had we'd have to talk about
the exact one.
He did different stuff to all of them is the story I get.

Bill Lawrence did a drawing of one, as he did the wiring for Jimi.
He used a three-way Tele switch in the drawing I have of Bills.
( it's also very cool that it has a blender pot as so many here know I'm
so fond of :)

Thanks Bat. I'm at work and couldn't post pic.

May note that the "Blender" is not the same as I use.
I use the stack so two pups can be mixed in and out together....one comes in one goes out.

In the drawing the tone pot is used to mix the middle pup in to either N/B....cool.

Just looking at a left hand guitar is strange to me, more less upside down.

I got curious about a band that I only heard bits of on the radio so I bought
their "Unplugged in New York" DVD...Nirvana. I really enjoyed it and didn't
mind watching Kurt play at all. Just a great gig IMO.

http://guitarinternationa...ay-tribute-to-hendrix/


I remember reading an article when Fender released the Woodstock strat in the 90s and the reviewer specified that in order to provide an experience that was as authentic as possible, the pick up were reversed.

This guy is all thumbs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNOdG5WuRkY

Course one option that could be done is to recarve the body to allow for the invert but dont believe I would attempt it on an American Strat.

Would really take alot of structure out by the neck and bridge areas

digi2ns


Check this out 

It would appear I did the exact same thing not being able to see the bases and wiring

I didnt know he play an MIM? Atleast it appears so according to the neck and Trem

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/2684648/Scorched-Jimi-Hendrix-guitar-sells-for-280000.html

What exactly about the neck and trem makes you think it was made in Mexico?

spacey

digi2ns


Check this out 

It would appear I did the exact same thing not being able to see the bases and wiring

I didnt know he play an MIM? Atleast it appears so according to the neck and Trem

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/2684648/Scorched-Jimi-Hendrix-guitar-sells-for-280000.html

What exactly about the neck and trem makes you think it was made in Mexico?

21 Fret and the standard MIM trem doesnt have the extra 2 mount screws.

Course I was just being sarcastic but Im sure a sthings went into the 90s, Fender pushed off the older unimproved items to their Mexican Models and put the upgrades on the USA models.  Just a hunch but ya know how industry is and being able to justify cost with quality but keep what youve already built in play

Well you guys lost me but at least I'm still on track
getting my opinion straight (for myself) about the
"upside down PU")

The staggard magnets have their reasons and purpose- no gain being
upside down ( my opinion and the best I can gather, popular opinion).
There does seem to be a thumbs up with the reverse slant on the bridge. I may try it someday.

As far as Hendrix and his whys for doing things....not really much interest since I can't talk with him.
I'm glad I spent some  time investigating though....the tone pot used to blend the middle
PU in I think is very cool and I will be wiring one up like that.

That and the one known as the Lindley Fralin blender are two ways of using the blender that
really appeal to me that I haven't tried out....two mods I'll definately set a couple of Strats up with.