Help! Newbie wants to install pups!

[Rainmaker]

Hey guys,

I have a Yamaha Pacifica 112 HSS next to me with two Seymour Duncan pickups, not inside the guitar

I have contemplated sending it in to a guitar shop but I wanna give it a go (if there is not much risk involved)...

I intend to put the single coil in the neck, the hummer in the bridge, and leaving the middle one switched off.

If I wanted to wire this up, how would I go about doing this?

I should get the instruction manual soon.

Thanks
Bee

 

[Curly]

Re: Help! Newbie wants to install pups!

I'd begin by taking a look at "strat pickup replacement" in the tips thread in the Vault, and the shematics on the main SD site

and before you start, draw a very good diagram of the current wiring - even take a picture if you can for reference, and to make sure you can get everything back to stock if you need to

 

[kaknight]

Re: Help! Newbie wants to install pups!

Do I understand you correctly, that you don't want to have a middle pickup in this guitar? I mean, it would be there, but no noise would come out of it? If so, then you should go to the store and pick up a telecaster 3 -way switch. It looks like a regular strat switch but it will allow you to switch just between those two pups. The wiring should be pretty easy. Grab yourself a low power 10-20w soldering iron, some high quality solder, and some electrical tape at a local electronics store. You may also want a pair of needle nose pliars. It's pretty dang easy. Get this wiring diagram, and print it out: http://www.seymourduncan.com/website/support/schematics/tele_lead_stack.html

It's for a tele with a stack (which is a humbucker). Even though the pups don't look just like yours, the wires shoud look right.