Need Technical Help on Broken Hotrails

[Gearjoneser]

I was just going through a bag of musical junk I have, and came across a
Hot Rails neck pickup that I found somewhere. The only problem is that all the leads are completely missing. The good news is that the 4 solder points
(two on each side) are in perfect condition, and connected to their respective coils. So, if a person is looking down at a Hot Rails pup, with the triangular side toward them, what would the lead connections be, that I'd need to solder onto the pickup to make it function? Does anyone have a Rails type pickup they can look at, to tell me where to solder the particular colored leads?

 

[Kent S.]

Re: Need Technical Help on Broken Hotrails

.... So, if a person is looking down at a Hot Rails pup, with the triangular side toward them, what would the lead connections be, that I'd need to solder onto the pickup to make it function? Does anyone have a Rails type pickup they can look at, to tell me where to solder the particular colored leads?

Well, if it's still the same as the picture on the site (didn't look did you? :laugh2: ) Upper left corner,Black; upper right corner, white; lower left corner, green; lower right corner, red ... as far as the shield, err, I don't know where that goes ... to a baseplate if it has one, if not it probably just acts as a telescopic shield and floats at the pup end. You'll have to take a close look for that as i don't see any coil shields from the image.

 

[Gearjoneser]

Re: Need Technical Help on Broken Hotrails

I quickly tried to find a pic, but didn't find one. I guess I didn't look hard enough.
Thanks for the info. I'll wire it up, like you said, then test it by touching the leads to the tip and sleeve of a cord, plugged into an amp. Thanks, again.

 

[Kent S.]

Re: Need Technical Help on Broken Hotrails

I quickly tried to find a pic, but didn't find one. I guess I didn't look hard enough.
Thanks for the info. I'll wire it up, like you said, then test it by touching the leads to the tip and sleeve of a cord, plugged into an amp. Thanks, again.

BTW, all the side by side rails follow the same convention as the full size (non-antiquity) HBs, same wind, magnetic polarities, and lead arrangements.