Followed Stewmac diagram... no sound...

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You're telling me... I desoldered everything, spun it around... I do have sound now, but the tones don't work. Gonna get all the solder off and hit it again. Ugh... anybody got a easier diagram? One that a noob can't get right lol
 
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From now on you should use the Seymour Duncan diagrams, they are great and there is a detailed picture of every combination you can think of.
 
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In the SD diagram it shows 47 caps... do I need to get some of those or use the 22s I have?
 
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usually it's 22's for humbuckers but you can use a 47 if you want, it will change the highs though.
 
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Jermo3178 said:
I apologize for the sporadic beginning of this tread... The frustration, need to be in bed about 3 hours before I figured out something was wrong, and let's not forget to take into account my NOOB (forum and guitar modding) status kicked in.... and it speaks volumes.

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Here is a pic of the diagram

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Here's what I have, minus the 3way switch
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It's wrong, but you could unsolder everything very carefully and start over. Just be careful when your unsoldering the caps. Just hold the wire to the cap with some needlenose as a heat sync. I like to make a template of the configuration on a piece of cardboard and work outside of the electronics cavity. It's a lot less stressful and safer. Just remove all the pots and trace the hole placement through the back of the guitar onto cardboard. I always use the USPS box my stuff came in. Poke holes in the cardboard and stick the shafts of the pots through. Now you can work on the pots without chasing them all over your work area with your iron.
Here are 2 wiring diagrams
wiring50s.jpgwiringModern.jpg
The braided wire in the pic is the ground. You just solder the ground wires on your pickups to the back of the pot and you'll be good.
And I might be crazy, but I don't see wires from the output jack in the photo either.
 
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I just want to say thanks to all you guys for all the help... I appreciate it big time. Hopefully I'll get this right soon. Am glad I decided to do this guitar first lol.
 
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SGFanatic said:
It's wrong, but you could unsolder everything very carefully and start over. Just be careful when your unsoldering the caps. Just hold the wire to the cap with some needlenose as a heat sync. I like to make a template of the configuration on a piece of cardboard and work outside of the electronics cavity. It's a lot less stressful and safer. Just remove all the pots and trace the hole placement through the back of the guitar onto cardboard. I always use the USPS box my stuff came in. Poke holes in the cardboard and stick the shafts of the pots through. Now you can work on the pots without chasing them all over your work area with your iron.
Here are 2 wiring diagrams
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The braided wire in the pic is the ground. You just solder the ground wires on your pickups to the back of the pot and you'll be good.
And I might be crazy, but I don't see wires from the output jack in the photo either.
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Quick question before I get started again.. would this diagram be better or the SD diagram?
 
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Jermo3178 said:
Quick question before I get started again.. would this diagram be better or the SD diagram?
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I think this is even easier, but you could reference both. This one has the tone caps from volume pot to tone pot, the SD has them on the pot themselves. I'm not sure there is a difference. I've used this and I like it.
 
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Jermo3178 said:
I apologize for the sporadic beginning of this tread... The frustration, need to be in bed about 3 hours before I figured out something was wrong, and let's not forget to take into account my NOOB (forum and guitar modding) status kicked in.... and it speaks volumes.

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Here is a pic of the diagram

View attachment 49675
Here's what I have, minus the 3way switch
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Connect the ground of jag output or 3 way toggle to the ground of pickups or pot housing!! - there is no circuit connections!!!!!!
dont connect the input (middle of 3 way toggle) with housing of pots!!! - this will make no sound!!!
 
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SGFanatic said:
I think this is even easier, but you could reference both. This one has the tone caps from volume pot to tone pot, the SD has them on the pot themselves. I'm not sure there is a difference. I've used this and I like it.
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Been a crazy week, so I couldnt get to it.. bout to hit it this weekend. Wondering one more thing... Does this give the independent volumes? or the shared volume?
 
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Jermo3178 said:
Been a crazy week, so I couldnt get to it.. bout to hit it this weekend. Wondering one more thing... Does this give the independent volumes? or the shared volume?
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This will give you independent volumes, and of course with the switch in the middle position you can bleed all the pots together, if you choose.
 
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I just replaced all of the pots in one of my LPs this week and used the "modern" diagram above. The volumes are independent.
 
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Sweet! Thanks everyone for all the help! I'll let you guys know if I had success.... or screwed something else up...
 
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it would appear you didn't solder the middle lugs of the volume pots to the toggle and the toggle isn't connected to the jack. check that out. the schematic of stewmac is just fine.
 
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orpheo said:
it would appear you didn't solder the middle lugs of the volume pots to the toggle and the toggle isn't connected to the jack. check that out. the schematic of stewmac is just fine.
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I did, but I took that out when I made the pic. After redoing everything the second time, I ended up with 4 volumes... 3rd times a charm...
 
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3rd times a charm!!! We have success... And it sounds B*TCH*N!

I want to thank everybody for the great advice, words of encouragement, insight... and the smacks on the back of the head. Truthfully though, Thanks for everything!

Now off to get another JB/Jazz set, to go back to work on the Tele...
 
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Jermo3178 said:
3rd times a charm!!! We have success... And it sounds B*TCH*N!

I want to thank everybody for the great advice, words of encouragement, insight... and the smacks on the back of the head. Truthfully though, Thanks for everything!

Now off to get another JB/Jazz set, to go back to work on the Tele...
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The most important thing is to take your time and verify every connection you are about to make. It may seem tedious at first, but it can save a lot of duplication of effort and troubleshooting on the back side.
 
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Oh yeah, definitely... I ended up replacing the harness I bought with different CTS pots, Switchcraft jack and switch, and the caps... rewired everything from scratch.

I'm gonna clean the Stewmac harness up and use those parts elsewhere. My son thinks he wants an LP, and my lead guitarist has one too.. 2 prime candidates right there...lol.

I have to say since doing all this, and finally having something... I like this modding thing better than I had thought.
 
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Psst. Wanna buy some magnets? :deal: The first one is free, maaaaan. :naughty:
 
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