Ramo
AmTHRASHador of Chugz
Thank you my brother for detailed explanation, So i wire bridge middle and neck together and put green on vol pot and black on the switch. i will give it a go tonight hope i can manage.
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Ramo
AmTHRASHador of Chugz
Here after many hours trying , i hope i done it right.
I put black braid on last switch where the white was and green on vol pot, for neck i put black on switch where the yeallow was and green on same vol pot and single coil braid and neck braid together
. is it correct the hiw i done it? Ill leave it until im sire is right then i put back guitar together. Thanks for your time
I put black braid on last switch where the white was and green on vol pot, for neck i put black on switch where the yeallow was and green on same vol pot and single coil braid and neck braid together
. is it correct the hiw i done it? Ill leave it until im sire is right then i put back guitar together. Thanks for your time
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eclecticsynergy
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Bad news, Ramo - I'm afraid that doesn't look right at all.
All you wanted to do was install the new bridge pickup, correct?
Green wire of the new pickup to ground on the volume pot, and black wire of the new pickup to the last lug on the switch.
That's all you had to do.
It looks as if you've disconnected the other two pickups from the switch.
Why did you change their wiring - did you intend to change the way they work?
The ground connection is the only thing shared between all three pickups.
The hot lead of each pickup needs to go to its own individual terminal on the switch.
Different pickup makers use many different wire color codes: see the charts earlier in this thread.
Not all brands use green wire for the ground (though it would be far less confusing if they did).
What is that extra green wire connected along with the bridge pickup to that last lug on the switch?
Unless you have a nonstandard wiring in mind, each switch terminal should have only one wire attached.
Each of the first three receives signal from a pickup. Then those blue wires send the selected signal to the volume and tone pots.
Sorry you'll have to undo all your work. But the neck & middle pickups need to be wired the way they were before, for it to work right.
Looking at the old photo, middle pickup hot wire was green (though NOT a ground wire) and neck pickup hot was yellow.
All three had their other wire connected to a common ground, which was connected to the housing of the volume pot.
A little bit of good news: I've confirmed that the wire codes for Duncan Designed humbuckers are the same as regular Seymour Duncans.
So once you have things sorted out for the other two pickups, green/ground and black/hot wiring on your new humbucker will work just fine.
All you wanted to do was install the new bridge pickup, correct?
Green wire of the new pickup to ground on the volume pot, and black wire of the new pickup to the last lug on the switch.
That's all you had to do.
It looks as if you've disconnected the other two pickups from the switch.
Why did you change their wiring - did you intend to change the way they work?
The ground connection is the only thing shared between all three pickups.
The hot lead of each pickup needs to go to its own individual terminal on the switch.
Different pickup makers use many different wire color codes: see the charts earlier in this thread.
Not all brands use green wire for the ground (though it would be far less confusing if they did).
What is that extra green wire connected along with the bridge pickup to that last lug on the switch?
Unless you have a nonstandard wiring in mind, each switch terminal should have only one wire attached.
Each of the first three receives signal from a pickup. Then those blue wires send the selected signal to the volume and tone pots.
Sorry you'll have to undo all your work. But the neck & middle pickups need to be wired the way they were before, for it to work right.
Looking at the old photo, middle pickup hot wire was green (though NOT a ground wire) and neck pickup hot was yellow.
All three had their other wire connected to a common ground, which was connected to the housing of the volume pot.
A little bit of good news: I've confirmed that the wire codes for Duncan Designed humbuckers are the same as regular Seymour Duncans.
So once you have things sorted out for the other two pickups, green/ground and black/hot wiring on your new humbucker will work just fine.
Ramo
AmTHRASHador of Chugz
Hello my brother,
I know its not right as its not working as it should. Had long night try ti sort it, i burn myself , broke sting, lost the pickup spring changed many times many difrent way still No luck...
Plan was to change bridge and neck and leave the middle single coil.
bridge has green an braided i put braid on switch where the white was, green on vol pot neck has black and green i put black where the yellow was but dont know what to do with necks braided and middle Pickup wires..Neck and bridge both are duncan designed middle is whatever was in it. now none of the tones work an sound wired..
I have to try again ...
im rubbish should have left it alone lol
I know its not right as its not working as it should. Had long night try ti sort it, i burn myself , broke sting, lost the pickup spring changed many times many difrent way still No luck...
Plan was to change bridge and neck and leave the middle single coil.
bridge has green an braided i put braid on switch where the white was, green on vol pot neck has black and green i put black where the yellow was but dont know what to do with necks braided and middle Pickup wires..Neck and bridge both are duncan designed middle is whatever was in it. now none of the tones work an sound wired..
I have to try again ...
im rubbish should have left it alone lol
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eclecticsynergy
Ambassador of Electric Synergy
Braided shield on a pickup lead will always be a ground. It's never a hot. Since the only other wire from your new bridge pickup is the green, that belongs on the first switch terminal, where the white wire from the old one was. And the braided shield grounds to the back of the pot.
Since you're keeping the old middle pickup, it should be wired just how it was originally: ground to the pot, and hot (looks like that one is green also) to the second terminal on the switch.
For the new neck humbucker, are there two wires plus a braided shield?
It would help to figure out which one is the hot, but that isn't too crucial except in terms of phase.
We know one wire will be the hot; all we need to find out is whether the other wire is for splitting the coils, or if it's for ground.
Do you have a VOM to test the pickup? Check the resistance reading between the two wires, and also between each wire and the braid.
That will tell us if one of the wires is a split connection. Once we know that, it'll be easy.
So here's what needs to happen:
1) Reverse your wiring of the bridge pickup - braid goes to the back of the volume pot, green goes to first terminal of the switch.
2) Restore the middle pickup wiring to the way it was at first - ground to the pot, green to the second terminal of the switch.
Then 3) Find out whether the new neck pickup has split wiring or not. I suspect not, but we should make sure before you hook it up.
Finally, 4) Attach the neck pickup once we know what each wire does.
Since you're keeping the old middle pickup, it should be wired just how it was originally: ground to the pot, and hot (looks like that one is green also) to the second terminal on the switch.
For the new neck humbucker, are there two wires plus a braided shield?
It would help to figure out which one is the hot, but that isn't too crucial except in terms of phase.
We know one wire will be the hot; all we need to find out is whether the other wire is for splitting the coils, or if it's for ground.
Do you have a VOM to test the pickup? Check the resistance reading between the two wires, and also between each wire and the braid.
That will tell us if one of the wires is a split connection. Once we know that, it'll be easy.
So here's what needs to happen:
1) Reverse your wiring of the bridge pickup - braid goes to the back of the volume pot, green goes to first terminal of the switch.
2) Restore the middle pickup wiring to the way it was at first - ground to the pot, green to the second terminal of the switch.
Then 3) Find out whether the new neck pickup has split wiring or not. I suspect not, but we should make sure before you hook it up.
Finally, 4) Attach the neck pickup once we know what each wire does.
Ramo
AmTHRASHador of Chugz
Hey my brother
I will take apart everything and rewire it like you said above.
no i dont have Vom...
i did say it would be experience lol
Ramo
AmTHRASHador of Chugz
Hi
new update
i strip wires to see if there was a black wire for bridge as it didnt make any sense neck having one and bridge not. Sure enough i found black cable .....
so way i wired them is as it follows
Bridge black last terminal where the white was, green and braided together on pot
middle Pick up green next slot on switch braided to the pot
Neck ....black where the yellow was
green And braid with other green annd braid and to the vol pot...
heres the pics
new update
i strip wires to see if there was a black wire for bridge as it didnt make any sense neck having one and bridge not. Sure enough i found black cable .....
so way i wired them is as it follows
Bridge black last terminal where the white was, green and braided together on pot
middle Pick up green next slot on switch braided to the pot
Neck ....black where the yellow was
green And braid with other green annd braid and to the vol pot...
heres the pics
eclecticsynergy
Ambassador of Electric Synergy
Cool. Let us know if it works right, or if the wiring might need more attention.
Ramo
AmTHRASHador of Chugz
As you can see i made big mess on
))) ah well there is first time for everything ... it seem all workin only issue i have is slight vol drop when i select 4th or 3rd on blade switch Selector.