Guys, I'm an absolute novice when it comes to these things - I've picked up a soldering iron once in my life and that was to hand it to someone else - but I thought I'd learn some new things and plan to put in a Sentient and Wilder L500XL in my cheapo Ibanez.
Pickups are on the way, plus some cheap tools and iron. I've watched the SD video on changing pickups, found the (close enough) schematic from the SD site, and watched a few tutorials on soldering and electronics. Once I get the pickups I'll mark up the wires on the L500XL so i know whats how, etc.
The ONLY spanner is the guitar I'm putting it in (RG421AHM) has special wiring for phase switching on the 5 way switch. However, common sense dictates that if I start with one pickup at a time, see where all the wires are connected (and take pics before and after) and just do a direct swap with the 4 conductors on each pickup, it should be pretty simple.
Or am I missing something?
Pickups are on the way, plus some cheap tools and iron. I've watched the SD video on changing pickups, found the (close enough) schematic from the SD site, and watched a few tutorials on soldering and electronics. Once I get the pickups I'll mark up the wires on the L500XL so i know whats how, etc.
The ONLY spanner is the guitar I'm putting it in (RG421AHM) has special wiring for phase switching on the 5 way switch. However, common sense dictates that if I start with one pickup at a time, see where all the wires are connected (and take pics before and after) and just do a direct swap with the 4 conductors on each pickup, it should be pretty simple.
Or am I missing something?
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