Help! Old Cool Rails 2 wire

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Aoresteen

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I have an old two wire Vintage rails pickup procured from eBay. The wire colors are bare, red, and white. I searched the SD site to no avail on info on how to wire this puppy up. Every reference says it has a 4 conductor wite which it doesn't Ugh!!!!!

Which one is the hot? My guess is the white so I would hook that one to the switch. Bare is the ground , that's easy

Question: is the the red one ground?

I measured the resistance and white to red is 2.6 KOHMS so it is a Vintage Rails bridge.

It would be nice if SD had some info on all their pickups!

Thanks!
 
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Re: Help! Old Cool Rails 2 wire

my guess is that someone cut the green and black wires all the way down...

Provided you have enough length on the lead cable, strip some of the black insulation off, and the black and green wires might just be hiding under there.
 
Re: Help! Old Cool Rails 2 wire

CTN said:
my guess is that someone cut the green and black wires all the way down...

Provided you have enough length on the lead cable, strip some of the black insulation off, and the black and green wires might just be hiding under there.
Click to expand...

No. I checked for that. There are only two wires on the bobbin bottom plate. This was made with only two wires and the braided ground.
 
Re: Help! Old Cool Rails 2 wire

Can you take a good clear pic of the pickup so we know what's going on here?
 
Re: Help! Old Cool Rails 2 wire

Pics would be really helpful;
Also, what's the reading from red to the ground, from white to ground, then if you put red & white together & puthen to ground?
2.6 seems awful low
 
Re: Help! Old Cool Rails 2 wire

Hi,

Sorry to bring this up but same problem here.. with a vintage rails, looks like it was made in the 90's

Red, white and bare - can anyone please have any idea how to wire it?

Thanks in advance
 
Re: Help! Old Cool Rails 2 wire

Ok I found the right diagram in case anyone will be interested in the future
White - Hot
Red - Split
Bare- Ground
Cheers
 
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