Tele w/Humbucker neck problem..help

[Tuberoast]

I put a humbucker in the neck position of my Tele. I used the Seymour Duncan websites's wiring diagram for this configuration. In the middle position ONLY the sound is weak and nasally, perhaps out-of-phase.
Is there anyway to change this?

[John Phillips]

That does sound like a phase problem.

What type of humbucker? Single-core shielded wire or 4-conductor? If it's 4-conductor, swap the green and black wires (on a Duncan pickup, others vary).

If it's single-core+shield, what type of Tele? Does the bridge pickup have a baseplate, or is the ground wire to the bridge connected separately? If there's no baseplate, you can swap the wires to the bridge pickup instead. If it does have a baseplate, you need to do this and move the link from the baseplate to the other eyelet on the pickup itself.

Or, you could flip the magnet on the humbucker - which means loosening off the screws on the bottom of it and sliding the magnet out - turning it so the long edges are reversed - obviously only easy if the pickup doesn't have a cover.

[Tuberoast]

It's a 4 conductor..I 'll try swapping the black and the green
thanks

[Tuberoast]

the swap corrected the phase problem. However, the humbucker all by itself sounds muffled (as it did before the swap)

[John Phillips]

They usually do, in comparison to a Tele bridge pickup.

What pickup is it? What value volume pot does it have?

[blueguitar]

There's a reason the original and classic Tele sound did not incorporate the use of the humbucker. MUD! The neck p/up on the Tele is a favorite sound of mine and if I was going to change it a P-90 would have been a better choice, IMO.

[Tuberoast]

Yes. Compared to my original Tele (I have 2), the one with the humbucker doesn't even come close....

[Tuberoast]

The pots are 250's

[Mike9]

Try a 500k audio taper volume pot and use a resistor like 300k, or so for the bridge pickup to "see" 250k at the pot.