Re: My new JB SH-4 has NO sustain. How can I fix it?
Cool. I'll try that. Please bear with the rest of my explanation, it's kind of an overall review of the situation. The old pup had three wires: a red, white and ground. The red and white were seperate and connected to the switch on seperate contacts, the ground was connected to the volume pot. When I replaced the stock pup with the JB, I connected the JB black hot wire where the stock red wire was, soldered the JB red and white together and connected them to the spot where the stock white wire was, and then connected the green and bare to the volume pot. This is where I had good sound but no sustain. Afterwards, I lowered the pickup. This improved the sound, but not the sustain. I noticed the JB black wire solder connection to the switch was cloudy (rather than shiny clean) and decided to clean it up. In the process, I think I burned the switch because afterwards, I had no sound whatsoever. At this point, I decided to bypass the burnt switch (and the neck pickup too, I disabled it completely by unhooking all it's connections) and connect the JB directly to the volume pot. Now I have the JB red and white soldered together to the volume pot, the black soldered to the lug on the volume pot, and the green and bare soldered together (at the tips) and connected to the stock ground wire which is soldered to the trem claw. I guess now I should try soldering the green and bare to the volume pot as well and run the stock ground wire from that connection on the volume pot to the trem claw? Does this make sense?
Cool. I'll try that. Please bear with the rest of my explanation, it's kind of an overall review of the situation. The old pup had three wires: a red, white and ground. The red and white were seperate and connected to the switch on seperate contacts, the ground was connected to the volume pot. When I replaced the stock pup with the JB, I connected the JB black hot wire where the stock red wire was, soldered the JB red and white together and connected them to the spot where the stock white wire was, and then connected the green and bare to the volume pot. This is where I had good sound but no sustain. Afterwards, I lowered the pickup. This improved the sound, but not the sustain. I noticed the JB black wire solder connection to the switch was cloudy (rather than shiny clean) and decided to clean it up. In the process, I think I burned the switch because afterwards, I had no sound whatsoever. At this point, I decided to bypass the burnt switch (and the neck pickup too, I disabled it completely by unhooking all it's connections) and connect the JB directly to the volume pot. Now I have the JB red and white soldered together to the volume pot, the black soldered to the lug on the volume pot, and the green and bare soldered together (at the tips) and connected to the stock ground wire which is soldered to the trem claw. I guess now I should try soldering the green and bare to the volume pot as well and run the stock ground wire from that connection on the volume pot to the trem claw? Does this make sense?
