end of pickup wiring - hot or ground??

[prulup]

Hi, does anybody know, how fender did their pickups wiring? If he connected the beginning of the pickup wire to the HOT or to the GROUND? I would connect the end of the wire to the HOT, because it can work as a shielding also. Or am I wrong? Thank you.

 

[tone4days]

Re: end of pickup wiring - hot or ground??

welcome

i am not sure i understand your question becuase you add in items that confuse the issue

in essence, either the start or the end of the coil can be hot as long as the opposite end is ground ... the difference will be manifest in the electrical polarity of the signal, which really only has influence when combining more than one pickup ... the electrical polarity of one pickup acting alone is inconsequential

as for a shield, the pickup needs its own 'ground' wire separate from the start and stop wires for this purpose

i hope this helps somewhat

perhaps someone can come along to answer about efnder pickups - i do not know this answer

t4d

 

[prulup]

Re: end of pickup wiring - hot or ground??

Yes, I understand this, I just want to know, how Fender did it in the 50' and 60'. What end of the wiring was hot? The start of the wiring (near the magnets) or the end of wiring which is visible on the top of the pickup wiring?

 

[Robert S.]

Re: end of pickup wiring - hot or ground??

I am better with magnetic polarity than with phase and wind direction.

The SSLs are based on the old Fender stuff which was top south. The SSLs also have the opposite wind direction of SD's and Gibsons humbucker north coil. Those are the only clues I have to work with.

Assuming (and it is a big one) that Fender wound their bobbins in the same direction that Gibson did, Fender would had to have used the finish lead for hot.

Clockwise and counter clockwise wind directions can be as confusing as polarity issues.

Sorry I can't offer anything better than a guess.

 

[mark]

Re: end of pickup wiring - hot or ground??

Hot is the end. The ground is the start.