Nordstrand MM4.3 very little sound ?!?!?

[Gintaras]

My latest iteration of a FrankenJazz is still not right. I have a Dimarzio Model J in the neck and just put a Nordstrand MM4.3 in the bridge. It is wired passive series and the Nordstrand barely has any output. This is the wiring that I used for the Norstrand.

Black is Hot.
Red and White get soldered together and are taped off.
Green and Shield is Ground (soldered to the pot)

I had tested the pickup with my Digital Multimeter a few weeks ago and everything seems to be ok. I ran those tests because I had bought this used on the Bay.

Any suggestions ??

[mikezimmerman]

The MM4.3 is s triple-coil, intended as a replacement for the Sterling so that it can use the "dummy" coil for hum-cancelling in single-coil mode. It looks like this--are you sure that's what you have?



I'd assume the wiring on it is a little more complicated, but I can't seem to find a wiring diagram for it--where did you get your wiring?

Mike

[Gintaras]

I do have a 4.3 and it does have the dummy coil as in your pic.

Nordstrand does not have a diagram on the site and I got this one from Nino Valente in a previous post. He has a lot of experience with the Nordstrand pups. I think that I should drop an email to Carey Nordstrand and see what he can add to this.