Question: Replacement pickup suggestions...

[Bob411]

You don't need to bring it to somebody. You can do this. Post some pictures.

 

[gtrjunior]

Ok, hopefully you see where I went wrong.

On the SC I put the wires exactly where the stock ones were, and for the HB I followed the Fokin layout.
Green/white:Tied and isolated
Black/clear:to ground
Red to the switch

 

[gtrjunior]

Here is the stock pup...looks like red and Bare are soldered together and the black, white and green went ....well, somewhere.

 

[smurfco]

You dont get sound in any position? With the knobs all the way up?


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[gtrjunior]

Nothing....I plugged into my DAW and did the tap test. I'll certainly try again.
Is there anything that's jumping out at you as a mistake in my wiring?

 

[wagdog]

I don't think the switch is wired correctly.

Pull the red wire off from the bridge pickup and check the other two.

 

[wagdog]

Also, I don't think you need the ground from the pot to the switch. Are you trying to wire a coil split?

 

[gtrjunior]

I was just trying to wire it Standard series according to the above Fokin chart.

 

[gtrjunior]

The ground from the pot to the switch was how the wiring was when I opened it up...I didn't do that.

 

[wagdog]

Pull the red off and see if the other two work.

 

[gtrjunior]

I will....gimme a half hour or so...

 

[gtrjunior]

I'll plug into a proper amp too

 

[Beyer160]

The single coils look OK- even if you'd borked the HB, you'd still hear the singles.

-Is the volume up? If I had a dime for every time this was the problem...

-Check for a loose ground wire- it's fairly common for wires to come loose when you're working on other stuff, I was just putting a series/parallel switch in my Tele last week and it came up dead when I put it back together- the ground wire to the output jack had come off.

You can do this, just hang in there!

 

[gtrjunior]

Ok...I plugged into a real amp and did the tap test...I'm getting sound from four of the switch positions...2 thru 5....position 1 (humbucker) get nothing.
However there is horrendous 60 cycle hum from all positions.

 

[gtrjunior]

Also checked the ground on the jack and trem....both solid

 

[gtrjunior]

I removed the red wire and touched it to the two outermost positions and got noise when I tapped on the humbucker

 

[gtrjunior]

With the red wire removed a lot, but not all of the 60 cycle hum seems to be alleviated

 

[gtrjunior]

I found a schematic on line and found the correct lug for my HB red wire( N start).
http://www.guitarelectronics.com/product/WDUHSS5L1101/WDU-HSS5L11-01.html

 

[gtrjunior]

When I try to connect the N finish+ S finish up to the specified lug I'm still getting a lot of hum.
So I think I've got the wiring right up to why I can't get positions 1,2 and 4 to be hum cancelling...???

 

[gtrjunior]

Hang on...I think I got it...I need to restring and check.