Newbie Wiring Question - HELP

[mpisani]

I'm installing a SD Hot Stack in the bridge of my Fender Tele. The SD instructions say if I'm mixing with a Fender pickup (which I am - I'm not replacing the neck pickup), I should switch the black and green wires. I'm OK with that if that's what I need to do.

So now the SD green would go to the switch and the SD black (and bare wire) would go to the pot. But the weird thing is, the Fender wire was connected to the "tone" pot, but the SD instructions say to wire it to the "volume" pot.

HELP!!!

 

[DrNewcenstein]

Re: Newbie Wiring Question - HELP

It doesn't matter where the ground wires go, as long as they go to a ground point, and all ground points (bridge, pot casings, and jack ground) are connected.

 

[mpisani]

Re: Newbie Wiring Question - HELP

So let me see if I understand. The SD instructions say the green and bare go to the pot. But since I'm leaving the standard pickup, and the black and green get switched, the black and bare go to a pot. And you're saying it doesn't matter which pot? The black that goes with the bare doesn't have to go to the volume knob like it was soldered originally?

 

[DrNewcenstein]

Re: Newbie Wiring Question - HELP

Correct. You have at least 3 ground points - the bridge, the jack's ground lug, and the backs of the pots. As long as you have ground wires connecting those points (all pots must have ground wires), it really doesn't matter where grounded wires go. You can ground the black and bare of the pickup to the jack's ground lug if it'll reach, or ground the black to the tone pot and the bare to the volume pot.

 

[mpisani]

Re: Newbie Wiring Question - HELP

And would you switch the green and black like Seymour Duncan suggests when mixing Fender and Seymour Duncan pickups?

 

[stef89]

Re: Newbie Wiring Question - HELP

And would you switch the green and black like Seymour Duncan suggests when mixing Fender and Seymour Duncan pickups?

Yes you switch them. I just replaced my first pickup in my strat , a Duncan in bridge and fender middle and neck. I got out of phase because I didnt switch like it says in the instructions, So I had to rewire it again..