need help in wiring

headwan

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i need to connect the input jack wire to my volume pot directly for my guitar....and also connect my SD pickup to the same volume pot....i browse through SD website and they say the green and bare wire have to be souldered to ground----->wat does it mean?
any1 hav any idea of how it can be done tat coz i decided to use only the bridge pickup of my aria pro 2

plz any1???/// :?
 
Hmm, i'm gonna resurrect this thread because i'm in need of some help myself.

Strat wiring, with S S H configuration, 5-way switching, plus a mini 2-way coil tap switch.

SD Custom Custom in the bridge. So far, i wired both the white and red together, and soldered them to the coil tap switch. Black to the pickup selector, and green + bare, to ground.

My first experience undoubtly resulted in failure. S-S has no problems, no sound when it came to H.

Anyone? Help would very much be appreciated.
 
the Humbucker coil tap switch on or off also totally no sound?
wat happens if u de-solder the white-red fr the coiltap switch, but still leave the white joining red?
 
I was anxiously waiting for a reply, and it finally came!

No sound at all. Anything connected to the humbucker is dead. That includes positions 4 & 5 on the pickup selector, assuming position 1 as the neck pickup.

If i de-soldered the white and red from the coil tap, wouldn't i be losing the option of coil tapping?

http://www.seymourduncan.com/website/support/schematics/lil_hb_2sgl_vol_2tone_5way.html

This is the wiring schematic i tried to follow, but it lacked the coil tap. In fact i couldn't find one with this specific type of wiring. In any case, the diagram shows red and white soldered together, but connected to no where, so i assumed this went to the coil tap and did that. Alas, no sound :(

This sure is tough, getting a lil depressing :cry: But i'm definitely determined to get it up and running right, with the help of Softies of course!
 
A pic of your guitar cavity would certainly help. I suspect there's a short somewhere, a loose ground wire touching the black lead of the humbucker . Understanding the schematic is the only way to troubleshoot so if you could take a snap shot and put it up, we can all help.
 
Definately sound like a short to ground. My suspect is the wiring on the 5-way switch is not correct. As the method described seems to be proper, I wouldnt rule out the following too.

leads too long, and soldering 'accident'.

messy soldering, shorted

pickup problematic, or leads shorted not seen.
 
The pic isn't very clear, but it looks like the ground for the toggle switch is connected to the lug where the capacitor is? It should be connected to the shell of the pot and not there, if not you won't be able to 'split' the humbucker to get the desired result. However, making this change isn't going to solve your problem. The rest of the wiring looks 'right' but have you tested your guitar when you remove your pickguard. Sometimes if the cavity of your guitar has shielding, one of the lugs on the switch might touch the cavity and shorts out as a result. Letting a tech look at it is the easiest way to solve your pain, cheers. Btw, hope the scallops are working out for u.
 
hmmm
guys wat bt my problem??????
coz im not using any pickup selector....
im just wanna connect my input jack wire to the volume pot
just wanna noe which wire to connect to the input jack?
my input jack wire one has a cover the other 1 is bared?
plz guys......
 
i understand the concpet of ground
but im just confuse of the input jack wiring-1 bare the other cover wire....
which one to ground
sorry if i ask to much
 
Just bring the guitar down to guitar connection to get kai ching to do it up for you lah...

You see, even pooo tried to DIY and face problems.

This is what I am talking about for a long while. If your profession is not fixing guitars, then let someone who is to do it for you, and charge it fairly of course. They deserve it cause they know how to do it right and you don't really know fully.

If the whole world is so easy as unscrew the cover and touch some soldder and settled. Then we are no longer on earth.

STORY (I have being doing computer for more than a decade, and example: I get funny customer who ask me to check if his notebook ram can be upgraded, so I unscrew the ram compartment to check (in front of him) and tell him that there is a free ram slot to plug in a DDR module. So I quoted him, and then he said he will consider. After which I did not hear from him again, till 1/2yr later he came to me with spyware infection. Then I noticed that he had bought the ram himself and installed it in himself. So you tell me, as a professional, will I feel insulted???) This is why you get poor customer service in Singapore, due largely to lame uncool 'unethical' customers. This I think is the ugly side of signaporean.

Sorry if I sounded a bit harsh, but if you think you can settle everything yourself perfectly, then no one will need a job anymore. I think that that is a very lame mentality.
 
GC: Thanks for the help, and yea, the scallops are great!

Mikemann: That's pretty sad that sorta thing happened. But i guess that's the "kiasu" side of singaporeans. All wanna save money. But chill man, I'm sure you've had better customers than those sort.

Then again, i'm looking to pick up this all important skill, as it's not really feasable for me to pay to maintain all my guitars all the time, pretty costly. Hopefully i get it right though.

Headwan: Apologies for jacking your thread :P
 
Yes, fortunately I'm still in business due to the good customers that I have (and the bad, I don't write those off either).

DIY is good, up to a certain extend. Yeah, save some money is on anyone mind. But the dumb person try to figure out a 20min pro job for the entire day.

End of the day, I also laugh at these people too, because he waste the whole day trying to figure out DIY only saving $40 for the job done by pro. And he himself earns $120 per day in his own job, what is paying someone else $40 for a half hour work. So you say, is that dumb or what??!!! :roll:

Making a wise decision is most important thing.
 
Heh i get what you mean. One'll definitely save lotsa time if they pay for services instead of DIY.

I guess i'm one of the few who have started enjoying fiddling around with the instruments i have, inside and outside of them, learning to perform my own repair jobs etc. It's the attachment one develops with their instruments, so yea, hence my decision to wanna learn to DIY. But for certain mods like refretting, routing and stuff, I still have got to pay the tech's a visit, lack of equipment and all.
 
here's a suggestion. Do not solder the wires first.Use crocodile connectors to see if your connetions are correct.
 
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