Followed Stewmac diagram... no sound...

[Jermo3178]

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Do any of the terminals on the Tone pots get bent back?

[Jermo3178]

Re: Followed Stewmac diagram... no sound...

After staring at the pic and the pic of the golden age harness on the stewmac website, mine was on the template the exact opposite of the picture. Wondering if I desolder, turn it all around, and hook it all back up, if that will fix any of my problems... at least a starting spot...

Would I have fried anything by hooking it all up wrong?

[tubecrunch]

Re: Followed Stewmac diagram... no sound...

Do any of the terminals on the Tone pots get bent back?

No. And you didn't fry anything except brain cells.

[Jermo3178]

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Wow, that's crazy.. if none of those terminals get bent back, why in the world would they sell them that way?

[AlexR]

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You can bend back a terminal and ground it that way, or you can connect the cap to the back of the pot to achieve ground. They do the same thing, just different ways of going about it.

To tell you the truth, that stewmac diagram is about the most confusing version I've seen.

[Jermo3178]

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You're telling me... I desoldered everything, spun it around... I do have sound now, but the tones don't work. Gonna get all the solder off and hit it again. Ugh... anybody got a easier diagram? One that a noob can't get right lol

[Bfeeney]

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From now on you should use the Seymour Duncan diagrams, they are great and there is a detailed picture of every combination you can think of.

[Jermo3178]

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In the SD diagram it shows 47 caps... do I need to get some of those or use the 22s I have?

[Bfeeney]

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usually it's 22's for humbuckers but you can use a 47 if you want, it will change the highs though.

[SGFanatic]

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I apologize for the sporadic beginning of this tread... The frustration, need to be in bed about 3 hours before I figured out something was wrong, and let's not forget to take into account my NOOB (forum and guitar modding) status kicked in.... and it speaks volumes.

[ATTACH=CONFIG]49674[/ATTACH]
Here is a pic of the diagram

[ATTACH=CONFIG]49675[/ATTACH]
Here's what I have, minus the 3way switch

It's wrong, but you could unsolder everything very carefully and start over. Just be careful when your unsoldering the caps. Just hold the wire to the cap with some needlenose as a heat sync. I like to make a template of the configuration on a piece of cardboard and work outside of the electronics cavity. It's a lot less stressful and safer. Just remove all the pots and trace the hole placement through the back of the guitar onto cardboard. I always use the USPS box my stuff came in. Poke holes in the cardboard and stick the shafts of the pots through. Now you can work on the pots without chasing them all over your work area with your iron.
Here are 2 wiring diagrams

The braided wire in the pic is the ground. You just solder the ground wires on your pickups to the back of the pot and you'll be good.
And I might be crazy, but I don't see wires from the output jack in the photo either.

[Jermo3178]

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Yeah, I pulled the output jack out to make the pic..

[Jermo3178]

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I just want to say thanks to all you guys for all the help... I appreciate it big time. Hopefully I'll get this right soon. Am glad I decided to do this guitar first lol.

[Jermo3178]

Re: Followed Stewmac diagram... no sound...

It's wrong, but you could unsolder everything very carefully and start over. Just be careful when your unsoldering the caps. Just hold the wire to the cap with some needlenose as a heat sync. I like to make a template of the configuration on a piece of cardboard and work outside of the electronics cavity. It's a lot less stressful and safer. Just remove all the pots and trace the hole placement through the back of the guitar onto cardboard. I always use the USPS box my stuff came in. Poke holes in the cardboard and stick the shafts of the pots through. Now you can work on the pots without chasing them all over your work area with your iron.
Here are 2 wiring diagrams
[ATTACH=CONFIG]49747[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]49748[/ATTACH]
The braided wire in the pic is the ground. You just solder the ground wires on your pickups to the back of the pot and you'll be good.
And I might be crazy, but I don't see wires from the output jack in the photo either.

Quick question before I get started again.. would this diagram be better or the SD diagram?

[SGFanatic]

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Quick question before I get started again.. would this diagram be better or the SD diagram?

I think this is even easier, but you could reference both. This one has the tone caps from volume pot to tone pot, the SD has them on the pot themselves. I'm not sure there is a difference. I've used this and I like it.

[KnifeR]

Re: Followed Stewmac diagram... no sound...

I apologize for the sporadic beginning of this tread... The frustration, need to be in bed about 3 hours before I figured out something was wrong, and let's not forget to take into account my NOOB (forum and guitar modding) status kicked in.... and it speaks volumes.

[ATTACH=CONFIG]49674[/ATTACH]
Here is a pic of the diagram

[ATTACH=CONFIG]49675[/ATTACH]
Here's what I have, minus the 3way switch

Connect the ground of jag output or 3 way toggle to the ground of pickups or pot housing!! - there is no circuit connections!!!!!!
dont connect the input (middle of 3 way toggle) with housing of pots!!! - this will make no sound!!!