I thought I'd share a trick I've been using in my latest round of pickup swaps to save time and headache.
I ran "jumper" wires from my control cavity into the pickup cavities. New pickups get wired to these jumpers. No futzing with soldering to pots and switch for every swap, and make it easier to replace neck pickups because you don't have to feed the wires as far and lift the bridge pickup out to grab that wire. I also wrote color codes on a piece of masking tape and stuck that in the cavities so it's easier to mix and match brands with different wire color schemes. Just solder the pickup wires to their jumpers, wrap each connection in electric tape, and coil the extra wire underneath the pickup before you set it back in.
Obviously it won't work for every scenario but it might come in handy for someone sometime.
I ran "jumper" wires from my control cavity into the pickup cavities. New pickups get wired to these jumpers. No futzing with soldering to pots and switch for every swap, and make it easier to replace neck pickups because you don't have to feed the wires as far and lift the bridge pickup out to grab that wire. I also wrote color codes on a piece of masking tape and stuck that in the cavities so it's easier to mix and match brands with different wire color schemes. Just solder the pickup wires to their jumpers, wrap each connection in electric tape, and coil the extra wire underneath the pickup before you set it back in.
Obviously it won't work for every scenario but it might come in handy for someone sometime.
Comment