Need help wiring new pickups

[havocdragon]

i have a gibson lespaul gothic guitar im putting jazz and invader pickups into (they have a black cord with several different cords inside) and im not sure where to place the cords. My gibson pickups had only one mesh cord soldered into the volume knob which is connected to the tone knobs via another wire. What im wondering is where do all these go? I cant tell which schematics I need, other than the 2 humbucker 2 volume 2 tone, but theres a few options (though i know i dont have a push pull pot) any tips where the wires go? I have a closeup pic attached, hopefully it works lol.

 

[havocdragon]

Re: Need help wiring new pickups

any thoughts? from what I gather out of the schematics, that the green and bare get soldered to ground, red and white are insulated (can I just duct tape those?) and black to the volume pot. What i dont get is for the bridge it shows red and white going to spdt on-on or push-pull pot...cant these just be insulated like the neck?

 

[bbking1021]

Re: Need help wiring new pickups

This should help. The schematic says about a split but ignore that. It shows the bridge red and white wires connected to a push/pull pot/DPDT ON-ON but ignore that instead connect it to ground just like it shows for the neck pickup.

click here

 

[Artie]

Re: Need help wiring new pickups

It shows the bridge red and white wires connected to a push/pull pot/DPDT ON-ON but ignore that instead connect it to ground just like it shows for the neck pickup.

Actually, the red/white wires should be soldered together and taped off so they don't touch anything. If you ground them, your pickup will be in a constant state of "split".

Use:

green and bare to ground. (Back of a pot, then on to output jack sleeve.)
red and white together and taped up.
black to the selector switch.

 

[bbking1021]

Re: Need help wiring new pickups

opps! thanks for the correction Artie

 

[havocdragon]

Re: Need help wiring new pickups

Thanks guys, everything is up and running now, though my neck pickup keeps cutting out when I switch to it, but that happened with my last pickup, so it might be a bad switch or volume pot, but if I strum the strings hard, the sound comes back and everything is groovy. guess Ill have to rewire the electronics some time in the future (shudder)

 

[Artie]

Re: Need help wiring new pickups

Thanks guys, everything is up and running now, though my neck pickup keeps cutting out when I switch to it, but that happened with my last pickup, so it might be a bad switch or volume pot, but if I strum the strings hard, the sound comes back and everything is groovy. guess Ill have to rewire the electronics some time in the future (shudder)

Nah . . . just strum harder. :laugh2: