Need help with humbucker wiring

mrfritz44

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My son owns an ESP F-50 and I bought him a 59 neck and SH-4 bridge humbucker for Christmas. I thought I had the wiring figured out through the wiring utility by selecting 2 humbuckers, one volume, one tone, 3 toggle switch, but then I opened the neck humbucker and saw only one coax wire! For the bridge my intention was to wire the red and white together and tape them off, wire the black to where the red wire is connected in the picture below, and then wire the green and bare wires to the opposite side of the switch. Do I simply wire the black center wire to the switch where the white wire is connected in the picture below, and then the coax shielding to the same opposite side of the switch?

For reference, the bridge HB is the wire with the red shield and the neck HB is the wire with the white shield in my photo below. The other picture is of the new HB'a showing the five wire configuration on the bridge HB, and coax on the neck HB.

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Re: Need help with humbucker wiring

The hot wire on the 59 will go to the pickup selector like you said. The shielding should be soldered to ground on the back of a pot.
 
Re: Need help with humbucker wiring

The hot wire on the 59 will go to the pickup selector like you said. The shielding should be soldered to ground on the back of a pot.

Apologies for my ignorance up front, but are you saying that the ground should be soldered to the back off the round thing at the top of the first picture where the other connections exist already?

Thanks for your help!
 
Re: Need help with humbucker wiring

Apologies for my ignorance up front, but are you saying that the ground should be soldered to the back off the round thing at the top of the first picture where the other connections exist already?

Thanks for your help!

Yes. Those other connections are grounds. As long as you don't connect any ground wires to the lugs on the side, you should be good.
 
Re: Need help with humbucker wiring

Use this diagram. Your neck pup won't have the red and white wires as in the diagram...just ignore them.
 
Re: Need help with humbucker wiring

Got it hooked up and kid's happy. Thanks for the tips guys.

BTW, Guitardoc.....I didn't see any diagram and only saw your post after I finished. Do you still have it?
 
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