Slash and jb pickups in my classic gold top

[Smokeythebear]

Hey guys I got a les Paul classic and I’m adding the Seymour Duncan jazz in the neck and the bridge is gonna be a slash aph-2b but I’m pretty new to wiring how do I go about connecting these ???

 

[Artie]

This is just standard Les Paul wiring, right? If the Slash is 2-conductor, the outside braid will be ground, and the inside conductor goes to the same place as the black wire for the bridge pup. In other words, to the volume pot. Ignore red & white for the bridge.

https://www.seymourduncan.com/images...H_3G_2V_2T.jpg

 

[Smokeythebear]

The slash is a bridge pickup and it only has one wire coming out of it .... the jazz is the neck and it’s got 4 wires and a bare wire ..... it should be stock wiring as I don’t believe there has been modifications ... so the confusion I’m having is what do I do with the black white red and green and bare I don’t know where to solder them to

 

[Smokeythebear]

These are the wires from the jazz

 

[Leon Of Late]

To wire the Jazz standard, with no coil splitting, take green and bare, twist them together, and they go to ground.....solder them to the back of the neck volume pot. Take red and white, twist them together and tape them off with electrical tape so the ends cannot make contact with anything. You are not going to use them. I bend them back along the length of the main wire and tape them to the main wire so they are out of the way.

The black wire is your hot wire and it goes to the hot lug of your volume pot. That should take care of it. I remember it like this:

Green and bare to ground
Red and White together taped off
Black to hot and good to go.

 

[Smokeythebear]

Nice I seem to got that one working !!! Just gotta get sound out of the bridge now !!

 

[Hsb]

Nicely done. Put an A2 magnet in the Jazz and you will have the A2P which is the basis for the Slash pickups.

 

[Artie]

Red and White together taped off.

Red and white really need to be soldered. Not just taped.

 

[Mincer]

Yes...never trust just taping wires.

 

[Aceman]

Wrap the wire
Drop of solder
Heat shrink

 

[Aceman]

I need to get an A2P set into my Tiger Burst Caddy.

 

[Leon Of Late]

These guys are all right I am sure. I twist the wires together and tape them, but I normally haven’t soldered them....but in all honesty I have taken to ordering vintage braided wire on almost everything, so I don’t use much 4 conductor anymore. I haven’t had any problems that I’m aware of not soldering, but I would listen to these experts and not to me.

Guys, what kinds of problems can you run into by not soldering the red and white together?

 

[Artie]

Guys, what kinds of problems can you run into by not soldering the red and white together?

If you do a nice tight twist, you'd be fine for awhile. But all metals slowly corrode and oxidize. After time, maybe years, you could start to get intermittent output.

 

[Leon Of Late]

Thanks for the info Artie.

 

[gsammo79]

I need to get an A2P set into my Tiger Burst Caddy.

You mentioned a magnet swap in an SH2 a few months ago. How did that end up turning out?

 

[Aceman]

You mentioned a magnet swap in an SH2 a few months ago. How did that end up turning out?

Didn't happen. I bought a Strat instead.

 

[Smokeythebear]

Thanks for all the help you guys !! Always can count on the good people here !! She’s alive ! Just gotta figure out pickup height and then it should be ready to roll!

 

[jeremy]

looks great! get them dialed in and enjoy

 

[Artie]

Nice. Gold Tops are sweet.

 

[Leon Of Late]

Awesome. Needs the pickguard too!