Rewiring Archtop help needed please

[emperor]

I want to convert my Epi ES- 5 type archtop with 3 p90s, 3 vol & one master tone into a standard 2 p90, 2 vol, 1 master tone and a three way switch.
( I'm leaving the 3rd p90 there for looks)

Before I take everything out, does anyone have any idea where the grounding is on this? It's not to the bridge and as everything has to come out through f-holes and p90 holes I was hoping someone could help direct me first.

Please..

aaaaaaaaaaa :yell:

Thanks.

Mike

 

[Kommerzbassist]

Re: Rewiring Archtop help needed please

Ok I don't really know.. but look far something that may be soldered to th eoutput jack that is not the hot wire (the one that goes from the switch)... or look at the pots... if anything is connected to their outer hull, it's ground... follow it

 

[tone4days]

Re: Rewiring Archtop help needed please

welcome to the message board

yes, the 'sleeve' of the output jack is the "ground" in a pickup wiring circuit ... as long as the ground wires from the pups end up connected there, you'll be good to go ... the 'tip' of the output jack is where the 'hot' signal wires end up on their way out from the guitar ...

remember to tie up everything with dental floss to make it easier to fish things back through the pot holes

good luck
t4d

 

[Erlend_G]

Re: Rewiring Archtop help needed please

Oooooh...... dental floss! Hey tfd, do you prefer the normal type or the one that tastes like mint?

 

[tone4days]

Re: Rewiring Archtop help needed please

i'm older than dirt, erlend ... we didnt have flavored floss in my day ... now i'm so old that i dont even have teeth to floss anymore ...



t4d

 

[Erlend_G]

Re: Rewiring Archtop help needed please

i'm older than dirt, erlend ... we didnt have flavored floss in my day ... now i'm so old that i dont even have teeth to floss anymore ...



t4d

Aaaaaaah..... thats why you have so much floss left.......

*humm humm humm..... now i've tried using this stuff as guitar strings, necklaces, toenail cleaner, solder, blah blah blah.... wait! Maybe i could use it for fishing up potmeters in my archtop!"

:smack:

 

[Erlend_G]

Re: Rewiring Archtop help needed please

Aaaaaah hah hah i crack myself up

*d'oh*