Benedetto B6 Update: Wiring/Resistance Challenge

[magillver]

Okay, so I got out my trusty Fluke, and here are the resistance readings:
3 leads: black, white and shield.
Black to white = 5.8k
white to shield = 6k
black to shield = 11.9k
black+shield to white = 2.9k
white+shield to black = 5.8k (forgot to take a pic of this one), basically the same as black+white
I'm thinking that these readings are odd. Shouldn't the black to white read across both coils, which should be around 12k? Any thoughts on how to wire this?

 

[hamerfan]

Read here. Search function is your friend.

https://forum.seymourduncan.com/foru...1-benedetto-b6

allstarrme is right!

 

[magillver]

Thanks Hamerfan! I had looked at that thread previously, but there are 4 different opinions, and the OP never says which variant worked for him. The Duncan paperwork in that post shows the black as the hot lead, with the white acting as a switch lead. The black to shield reading *seems* to be the full pickup reading, so it appears that grounding the white wire turns the pickup off?

 

[jeremy]

i assume the white is the coil split which is why its half of the full resistance

 

[hamerfan]

i assume the white is the coil split which is why its half of the full resistance

Yep, so does the readings tell us!

 

[magillver]

I agree on the white being a coil split. Since I don't want to use it that way, I wired black hot, shield to ground, and taped off the white. As soon as I get new strings back on it I'll let you know if we were right....

 

[magillver]

If anyone cares, our assumption on the Benedetto B6 wiring was correct, black = hot, white = coil tap/split. The new pickup sounds awesome in my Eastman John Pisano, and I haven't even finished setting it up yet!


Looks pretty nice, too...

 

[Artie]

Nice. Benedetto's are on my "to-do" list.

 

[jeremy]

glad it worked out and happy it sounds so good!

 

[Mincer]

That is a beautiful guitar. I have an Eastman T59/v, but it came with Antiquities. I always wonder how the Bennies sound- I've never had a chance to try them.