SD Distiortion Hambuckers wiring

ecorona21

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Hello, I just both a pair of SD distortion pickups for the bridge and neck for my 7 string Ibanez RG7420, I´m a noob... my guitar has a 5 way switch and so far I have no idea how to wire the thing, I was planning to make the same connections that already has but the V77 pickups seemt to have diferent wiring. Any help is much apreciated.
 
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Re: SD Distiortion Hambuckers wiring

Check out the wiring diagrams in the support section in the Seymour Duncan website. I'm sure you will find one that suits your fancy.
 
Re: SD Distiortion Hambuckers wiring

Hey GuitarDoc, thanks for your reply. I already checked that section and nothing fits my needs. The problem is that the RG7420 has 5 way switch (import), I already contacted Seymour Duncan Support and they told me that the 5 way switch is tricky and send me a link to this forum + a link to another website where they charge for drawing you a diagram, nice...
 
Re: SD Distiortion Hambuckers wiring

I think it should just be :bridge black goes to 1,2,3, bare& green get grounded to (maybe) the pot, then red&white: well, you COULD twist em together and tape em, but that prob would just make it a 3 way switch. Or the red and white go to 1and/or 2 in some combination: if you can tape them there- you could just see if you like what the switch at 2 sounds like.
For the neck, you could do the same: thread the black to connect to 3,4,5, bare and
green get ground to a pot, then tape white & red to 4 and/ or 5 in all kinda combos until you like what the switch does at 4,&5 to the sound, or, again, tape together, thus it would make the switch 1&2 bridge, 3both, 4&5 neck. Wikkid amateur advice but, heck, its forum. Dangit Jim, Im a doctor, not a gtr tech.
 
Re: SD Distiortion Hambuckers wiring

Thank you Dr.Khriss Bliss :) I´ll give it a try, the worst thing that can happen is having to wait for the only good guitar tech around here to come back from holidays to wire the thing.
 
Re: SD Distiortion Hambuckers wiring

So... I took this to a guitar tech, I have been playing with it for around a month... I get a nasty feedback from this pickups I have to turn the gain down but still I get a lot of noise from them...

Just wanted to post an update, I´ll share the diagram soon.
 
Re: SD Distiortion Hambuckers wiring

What boggles my mind about this thread is who would want to buck the ham? Who doesn't love ham?
 
Re: SD Distiortion Hambuckers wiring

So... I took this to a guitar tech, I have been playing with it for around a month... I get a nasty feedback from this pickups I have to turn the gain down but still I get a lot of noise from them...

Just wanted to post an update, I´ll share the diagram soon.

Get you money back from the tech.
 
Re: SD Distiortion Hambuckers wiring

D'oh! That dimarzio diagram is the one, thank you Mustaine-who. I totally forgot this post, my apologies.
 
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