LTD SC-500 wiring problem

[Almost Never]

I've got an older model SC-500 (as in three Duncan Designs, a single coil and two humbuckers).

I'm replacing the bridge with a Duncan JB. I cut the bundle of wires leaving the stock pickup about halfway. I wired that pickup into another guitar, no problem.

Now, I'm putting the JB into the SC. I was going to just solder red to red, white to white, green to green, etc, but I noticed that not everything seems to go by color properly... for example, what I noticed is that the 2nd spot on the 5-way switch is held by the GREEN from the middle pickup?

Anyone got a diagram for this guitar, or any idea?

 

[jeremy]

Re: LTD SC-500 wiring problem

if it was a duncan designed and youre putting in a usa seymour duncan match the colors and you should be fine

singles and buckers use different color codes

 

[Almost Never]

Re: LTD SC-500 wiring problem

Alright. I was just a little worried by that green wire being seemingly out of place.

 

[Almost Never]

Re: LTD SC-500 wiring problem

Red and white are taped off. Silver seems to be grounded to the switch, potentially with something else. Green, though, appears to be going to the 3rd (of 7) spot up on the 5-way switch? Can't seem to see black. Maybe it's lumped it with the silver?

So, everything appears to be in order, except for green and black. I'm not so sure about them. Are they reversed?

I thought green was supposed to be grounded with silver, not connected to the switch?

 

[jeremy]

Re: LTD SC-500 wiring problem

the green and black are the two ends the way its wired. if the green goes to the switch, its the hot wire and the black is the ground

 

[Almost Never]

Re: LTD SC-500 wiring problem

So, how does that work, if I just took the old pickup out and used the green as ground and black as hot?

 

[Almost Never]

Re: LTD SC-500 wiring problem

Turns out, black went to black and green to green. Not sure why green is connected to the switch.