Wiring help needed.

[don432]

Hi guys.
I could sure use some help. I have a pair of 4 wire Dimarzio's that I would like to use for my first project guitar. Nothing fancy for the wiring setup, just 3 positions..neck, both, bridge. 1 volume and 1 tone pot. I'm pretty sure that the red wire is the same as the black on a Duncan and the rest are the same so I've been looking at a bunch of diagrams here and on the Ibanez site but I can't get it right. The problem is I'm not sure how to hook up the selector switch.
It's a 3 way knife switch. The disk underneath it has 4 connectors on each side. I'll number them 1, 2, 3, 4 across the top and 5, 6, 7, 8 along the bottom. The 3 positions on the switch contact connectors 1&6, 2&7, 3&8. I think I have everything else right but I won't know for sure until teh switch is right.
If I can get this right there'll be a shiny new pair of Duncans going in my Schecter but for now I'll pracitce on my old beater.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Artie]

Re: Wiring help needed.

Welcome to the forum don;

The color codes go like this:

DMZ . . . SD
Green . . Green
White . . Red
Red . . . Black
Black . . White

Wire up your switch, volume, and tone as if it was a Tele. Like this:

http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/schematics/std_tele.html

The difference being, that you'll use red wires for the whites in that diagram. Green for black, and connect the DMZ white and black together, and tape them off.

That should do it.

Artie

Edit: Don - does your switch look like this?

Stew-Mac lever switch

 

[don432]

Re: Wiring help needed.

Thanks Artie.
I'll try the diagram tomorrow. That switch looks like the one I have.

Don.

 

[Artie]

Re: Wiring help needed.

Cool. What you have to watch for is, on the switch, one terminal of each side is a bit longer than the rest. Wire up the hot of each pickup to that one, on each side. (Neck on one side, bridge on the other.) Then connect four of the terminals together so that you have: 1, 2+2, 3 - if you get what I mean.

 

[don432]

Re: Wiring help needed.

Having the right diagram sure helps. Everything's working now although I'll probably have to resolder some of the gounds at some point. I had a hard time getting them to stick. It hums a little until I touch it but it's no worse than my Strat. I used shielded wire for the hot input, the gound from the claw, and standard wire for the rest. Is there anywhere else I should have used shielded?

Thanks again Artie.