pickup
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Jeff_H
Dean Hardtail Fanologist
Re: pickup
You can use the pots that are already in your guitar. Many people upgrade them to CTS 500K pots, but the ones you have will work.
Unless you are going to split the pickups, do the following with your pickups. None of the pickup wires go to the tremolo:
Green and bare wire go to ground (back of a volume pot or a common ground point)
Red and white soldered together and taped off, not connected to anything.
Black goes to the hot terminal of your volume pot.
There are wiring schematics on the main Duncan site, if you need a visual.
You can use the pots that are already in your guitar. Many people upgrade them to CTS 500K pots, but the ones you have will work.
Unless you are going to split the pickups, do the following with your pickups. None of the pickup wires go to the tremolo:
Green and bare wire go to ground (back of a volume pot or a common ground point)
Red and white soldered together and taped off, not connected to anything.
Black goes to the hot terminal of your volume pot.
There are wiring schematics on the main Duncan site, if you need a visual.
nepalnt21
HamerTimeologist
Re: pickup
the black only goes to the volume if you are not using a switch. if you are, then the black should go to the switch. if you use the back of the pots for ground, you have to make sure all of the grounds are attached by a wire, and then one wire has to be grounded from a ground sopt to the back of the vibrato system. basically if you are just doing a pickup replacement, i think i would just leave everything alone except fot the pickups. just unsolder the old ones out and solder the new ones in exactly like the old ones were except make sure to follow the 4 conducter schematic for each.
the black only goes to the volume if you are not using a switch. if you are, then the black should go to the switch. if you use the back of the pots for ground, you have to make sure all of the grounds are attached by a wire, and then one wire has to be grounded from a ground sopt to the back of the vibrato system. basically if you are just doing a pickup replacement, i think i would just leave everything alone except fot the pickups. just unsolder the old ones out and solder the new ones in exactly like the old ones were except make sure to follow the 4 conducter schematic for each.
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nepalnt21
HamerTimeologist
Re: pickup
heres the main schematic page:
http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/schematics.shtml
heres a standard les paul schematic (i believe):
http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/schematics/humb.html
heres what each of your pickups (4 conductors) should be wired as (as explained by Jeff H):
http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/schematics/1hum_1vol.html
heres the main schematic page:
http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/schematics.shtml
heres a standard les paul schematic (i believe):
http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/schematics/humb.html
heres what each of your pickups (4 conductors) should be wired as (as explained by Jeff H):
http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/schematics/1hum_1vol.html
Re: pickup
hi, thanks, i already removed the designed, and placed the duncans in their place, they were wired as follow:
the white and red of each were isolated
the green of each was soldered to the 3 way switch
the black and the bare (they are 2 different wires right) were soldered to the ground (a screw that is screwed to the body, that is the ground right?)
then there are cables that go from, they are not connected directly to each pickup:
behind each pickup to the ground
from the tremolo to the volume
from the volume to the screw (the ground?)
2 wires go from the volume to the output jack
2 wires go from the volume to the switch
thats it, i think that if i just solder the green to the switch and the black and the bare one to the screw (ground?), it will be ok, right??????????????
hi, thanks, i already removed the designed, and placed the duncans in their place, they were wired as follow:
the white and red of each were isolated
the green of each was soldered to the 3 way switch
the black and the bare (they are 2 different wires right) were soldered to the ground (a screw that is screwed to the body, that is the ground right?)
then there are cables that go from, they are not connected directly to each pickup:
behind each pickup to the ground
from the tremolo to the volume
from the volume to the screw (the ground?)
2 wires go from the volume to the output jack
2 wires go from the volume to the switch
thats it, i think that if i just solder the green to the switch and the black and the bare one to the screw (ground?), it will be ok, right??????????????
nepalnt21
HamerTimeologist
Re: pickup
yeah the green and the bare are soldered to ground. black is the one that goes to the switch. see if it works though because i think as long as the other pickup has green to switch it mihgt work, but i could be wrong. i think it only matters if they are mismatched (makes them out of phase).
and as long as all of the ground wires have a way of sending signal to the main ground site (usually the back of vibrato, the plate in the back or a screw attached to the bridge) you should be ok.
yeah the green and the bare are soldered to ground. black is the one that goes to the switch. see if it works though because i think as long as the other pickup has green to switch it mihgt work, but i could be wrong. i think it only matters if they are mismatched (makes them out of phase).
and as long as all of the ground wires have a way of sending signal to the main ground site (usually the back of vibrato, the plate in the back or a screw attached to the bridge) you should be ok.
sunnysideup
New member
Re: pickup
wow. Invader and dimebucker in one guitar.
Let us know how it perform.
pablohg said:
wow. Invader and dimebucker in one guitar.
Let us know how it perform.
