Installing Red Devil bridge humbucker into strat

[amarksupreme]

I installed a Billy Gibbons red devil humbucker in the bridge of an old strat which has it's original single coils. Did something wrong with the wiring - green wire to switch, black to ground I was told? And where exactly does the red and white wire go? Any help please!!

 

[Mincer]

You got the green and black wire right. Red & white are soldered together and taped off so they don't touch anything.

 

[jeremy]

right. the red/white is the series connection, without that you wont get sound just using the black and green wires

 

[Aceman]

You can just twist them together and tape it if you want.

 

[jeremy]

dont do that. youre just asking for trouble down the road

 

[Aceman]

dont do that. youre just asking for trouble down the road

Didn't say it was a good idea. But...a good twist and righteous tape will work just fine. If you are a lazy solderer, or a lazy twist and tape...gonna have problems either way!

 

[amarksupreme]

I did tape off the red and white wires together. The sound is very thin though, that's why I thought I should try some other way?

 

[jeremy]

yes, solder that connection. then cover it with electric tape or shrink tube. frequently i dont even heat the tube, i just slide it over the wires to cover the connection, that way i can easily slide it off if i want to wire up coil splits or something