1 humbucker with single-conductor wire, 1 volume, 1 tone diagram?
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Re: 1 humbucker with single-conductor wire, 1 volume, 1 tone diagram?
easiest guitar circuit.. well easiest would be to wire it direct but close enough.. solder the braid to the volume casing.. going to have to get it hoit but not toooooo hot or you might screw up the pot.. I have a single conductor and its a ***** to solder..
easiest guitar circuit.. well easiest would be to wire it direct but close enough.. solder the braid to the volume casing.. going to have to get it hoit but not toooooo hot or you might screw up the pot.. I have a single conductor and its a ***** to solder..
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Re: 1 humbucker with single-conductor wire, 1 volume, 1 tone diagram?
Thank you Brandenburg and AlexR.
Gotcha. I was confused about that.
On the pickup I have, there's 1/2" of wire with a ball of solder at the end attached to the end of the braid. I guess the intention was to make soldering to the pot easier. I can't use that though, I think, because the lead is 1" long. I've got to splice another piece of braided wire to it.
So the volume casing gets two things soldered to it? The braid and the wire coming from the jack?
In this setup there is no ground going to the tremelo claw?
Please excuse my ignorance, this is the first time I will be doing this.
Thank you Brandenburg and AlexR.
Gotcha. I was confused about that.
On the pickup I have, there's 1/2" of wire with a ball of solder at the end attached to the end of the braid. I guess the intention was to make soldering to the pot easier. I can't use that though, I think, because the lead is 1" long. I've got to splice another piece of braided wire to it.
So the volume casing gets two things soldered to it? The braid and the wire coming from the jack?
In this setup there is no ground going to the tremelo claw?
Please excuse my ignorance, this is the first time I will be doing this.
Brandenburg
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Re: 1 humbucker with single-conductor wire, 1 volume, 1 tone diagram?
well i prefer to solder all the grounds to a central point.. most do it this way i believe as it helps prevent ground loops(i.e. noise) .. SH*T.. ******t just looked. I forgot to wire a ground from the tone casing to the volume AND if you have a trem claw, their better be a ground going to it or if its just a standard bridge, there has to be a ground to it... OK PIC has been updated
best way I had found to do a braid.. Get pot hot and solder a blob on the pot, take the braid and put that on top of the blob, get the solder hot again while holding the braid on top of the blob with a needlenose plyers..still a pain and others might have an easier way of doing it so you might wanna check youtube if your unsure
here is a wiring of my main guitar.. where you can plainly see the braid being soldered.. EVEN though the two other pots dont look grounded to you before you say it. I shielded the cavity and that is my ground for those pots. The shielding is also grounded to the volume pot as well. I think ill go back and resolder the tone and other volume to the main volume though..originally I was afraid of overheating that tone pot as they are expensive. it doesnt look like it but those specialized tone pots are $25 a pop. I have been noticing its noisy so i might rethink soldering it.
I know.. mine looks complex and in a way it does but you see how the braid is soldered. well if that damn white wire wasnt in the way.. I also solder the braid on the tab on the pot if possible.. Might wanna try that. just a thought
well i prefer to solder all the grounds to a central point.. most do it this way i believe as it helps prevent ground loops(i.e. noise) .. SH*T.. ******t just looked. I forgot to wire a ground from the tone casing to the volume AND if you have a trem claw, their better be a ground going to it or if its just a standard bridge, there has to be a ground to it... OK PIC has been updated
best way I had found to do a braid.. Get pot hot and solder a blob on the pot, take the braid and put that on top of the blob, get the solder hot again while holding the braid on top of the blob with a needlenose plyers..still a pain and others might have an easier way of doing it so you might wanna check youtube if your unsure
here is a wiring of my main guitar.. where you can plainly see the braid being soldered.. EVEN though the two other pots dont look grounded to you before you say it. I shielded the cavity and that is my ground for those pots. The shielding is also grounded to the volume pot as well. I think ill go back and resolder the tone and other volume to the main volume though..originally I was afraid of overheating that tone pot as they are expensive. it doesnt look like it but those specialized tone pots are $25 a pop. I have been noticing its noisy so i might rethink soldering it.
I know.. mine looks complex and in a way it does but you see how the braid is soldered. well if that damn white wire wasnt in the way.. I also solder the braid on the tab on the pot if possible.. Might wanna try that. just a thought
Re: 1 humbucker with single-conductor wire, 1 volume, 1 tone diagram?
Oh, I totally missed that ground out to the term claw on the diagram, and the ground from the tone to the volume pot. I see what you're saying about attaching them at a single point.
Thanks for the pic and explanation!
Oh, I totally missed that ground out to the term claw on the diagram, and the ground from the tone to the volume pot. I see what you're saying about attaching them at a single point.
Thanks for the pic and explanation!
Brandenburg
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Re: 1 humbucker with single-conductor wire, 1 volume, 1 tone diagram?
well i did just update the pic today so unless your reading my mind. lol.
np.. if you look at several wiring diagrams from sd or anywhere else, a pattern will emerge. all might be "different" but there will be similarities too.
well i did just update the pic today so unless your reading my mind. lol.
np.. if you look at several wiring diagrams from sd or anywhere else, a pattern will emerge. all might be "different" but there will be similarities too.
Brandenburg
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Re: 1 humbucker with single-conductor wire, 1 volume, 1 tone diagram?
yeah.. use whatever value you think will be ok.. sry.. got in a rush and never colored it.. .047 or .022 value is most common.. i prefer to use a different approach to tone controls so im not much of a help with caps
yeah.. use whatever value you think will be ok.. sry.. got in a rush and never colored it.. .047 or .022 value is most common.. i prefer to use a different approach to tone controls so im not much of a help with caps
