Gibson Quick Connect 2 Pin - SD pickups

[Degradation Trip]

Hi, does anyone know how I can wire in standard 4 wire SD humbucker pickups to the old Gibson quick connect 2 pin adapter?

Adapter looks like this:
https://www.ginomusica.it/images/products/Gibson_Pickup_57_Classic_Quick_Connect_01.jpg

Will I need to buy some new adapter or will I just be able to cut the cable coming from the adapter at the braided section and solder the wires together with correct color codes? If I cut the wire will this make the old pickups 'unusable' or more difficult to work with to fit to another guitar if I sell them?

 

[Gtrjunior]

Re: Gibson Quick Connect 2 Pin - SD pickups

Connect Duncan north to Gibson north, Duncan south to Gibson south...etc

 

[Degradation Trip]

Re: Gibson Quick Connect 2 Pin - SD pickups

Connect Duncan north to Gibson north, Duncan south to Gibson south...etc

Maybe a dumb question but if I cut the existing cable at the braided section there will be 4 wires inside?? What do I do with the ground wire?

 

[Gtrjunior]

Gibson Quick Connect 2 Pin - SD pickups

Good question!
The braided portion may be the ground, similar to how a p90 is constructed. I’m not 100% sure, tbh. Someone else that may know for sure can chime in.
In my 2 LP’s that came with those connectors, I stripped the electronics and rewired the guitars traditionally. I couldn’t deal with those connectors.
However....
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/273473020436

 

[Mincer]

Re: Gibson Quick Connect 2 Pin - SD pickups

If it is a 4 wire humbucker, the outside of the cable is black..there are 5 wires inside: bare, red, white, black, green. Bare and green go to ground.

 

[Degradation Trip]

Re: Gibson Quick Connect 2 Pin - SD pickups

If it is a 4 wire humbucker, the outside of the cable is black..there are 5 wires inside: bare, red, white, black, green. Bare and green go to ground.

That's the thing... I'm not sure if the existing humbucker is 4 wire... see here https://www.ginomusica.it/images/products/Gibson_Pickup_57_Classic_Quick_Connect_01.jpg

I would cut at the braided section at the very bottom of the picture, but I have no idea what wires are actually inside there...

 

[Mincer]

Re: Gibson Quick Connect 2 Pin - SD pickups

That looks like a 2 conductor...the braid is the ground. Use a meter to test continuity to see what color is ground.

 

[Degradation Trip]

Re: Gibson Quick Connect 2 Pin - SD pickups

That looks like a 2 conductor...the braid is the ground. Use a meter to test continuity to see what color is ground.

How would I go about changing that with 4 wire pickups? :boggled:

 

[Mincer]

Re: Gibson Quick Connect 2 Pin - SD pickups

I am not sure of the question...do you want to change the 2-conductors on the pickup to 4 conductors?

 

[Degradation Trip]

Re: Gibson Quick Connect 2 Pin - SD pickups

I am not sure of the question...do you want to change the 2-conductors on the pickup to 4 conductors?

I am a bit confused myself! The new pickups I will put in will be 4 conductor, the existing wire from the quick connect seems like 2 conductor. I will need to somehow connect these together as I can't wire in the pickups to the guitar as there is the Gibson PCB in the guitar, have to be connected through the quick connect molex as in the picture.

 

[bearded madman]

Re: Gibson Quick Connect 2 Pin - SD pickups

So you want to put 4 wire duncans in your Gibson that has 2 wire setup?

Wire your duncan up like a standard humbucker ground to ground of connector, hot to hot, solder and tape the red and white to each other.

 

[Mincer]

Re: Gibson Quick Connect 2 Pin - SD pickups

Yeah, just solder the red & white together and tape them off...they don't get connected to anything...it leaves you with green and black: your 2 conductors.

 

[Darg1911]

Re: Gibson Quick Connect 2 Pin - SD pickups

Just a guess here because I haven't hassled with the two conductor connectors but that looks like it would be used on a standard two wire bucker (vintage braid). My guess is that they connected the green wire to the shield under the heat shrink and the black covered wire in the photo looks like the cloth insulated conductor. Personally, I wouldn't cut the connectors. I would either buy the pigtails that some ebay sellers offer ie ... https://www.ebay.com/itm/One-Quick-connect-Adapter-for-Gibson-2-wire-pickup-Pre-crimped/272821405586?hash=item3f856c4792:m:mjlUGBsb_cp_d2mkmTcFORg

Or, buy the molex receptacle (I think it's molex# 43645-0200) and the crimp terminals (molex# 43030-0007 ) Actually, I'd just re-wire the guitar the traditional way. But barring that, I'd keep the stock parts intact and use pigtails or the molex connectors and the pins.

 

[ItsaBass]

Re: Gibson Quick Connect 2 Pin - SD pickups

Red/white get soldered together and the joint insulated.

Black goes where the Gibson black cloth wrapped wire goes.

Green and bare go where the Gibson green wire goes.

Black to black and green to green; it doesn't get a ton easier.

You can see that the Gibson black wire is the cloth insulated wire that runs inside the braid of a two-conductor braided lead wire. So that pin on the connector has to be where the + wire goes. Therefore the other connector has to be where the - lead goes, and the green wire has to be the - lead. The Gibson green wire must be a short wire run from the braid, so that standard braided wire can be used with the two-pin quick connects. (This is exactly how I have separated braided lead wire into standard two lead wire myself in the past.)