Older 70's Dimarzio SDS1 wiring question~~

[zozoe]

Hi. I recently picked up an older SDS1 that has a total of 4 wires: bare, black, green & white. It will be going into the middle position opposite 2 P90's. 10 different blogs have 15 differing answers as to what's what. I was under the impression that it was a single coil p/u, so I'm a little confused. Bare is obviously ground, but what about the other 3? Is one left taped off, & is there the option that there are two hots, with one of them being a lower output lead?
I'm lost...the p/u is in transit so I can't measure stuff. But what's the general layout of my four leads?
Thanks all~~

 

[jeremy]

Re: Older 70's Dimarzio SDS1 wiring question~~

my sds1 only had two wires, black and white so not sure. have a multi meter?

 

[ItsaBass]

Re: Older 70's Dimarzio SDS1 wiring question~~

Very useful feature on an SDS-1. Consider yourself lucky to have an old tapping one. You might find yourself wanting to run it tapped all the time, as it can prove to be "too much" for a lot of things.

First, the best place to ask is the DiMarzio company directly. They are generally very responsive IME, and you can even call them and get some heavily accented east coast broad on the phone, IIRC.

Secondly, I would guess that the green wire is your tap, as black and white have traditionally been very commonly used for the + and - on single coils.. But a multimeter can easily confirm or disprove this guess.