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OK. I bought a Gibson 498t humbucker for my guitar. It has four cables. Red, Green, White, Black and Shield. The instructions say to connect Red to controls; Solder green and white, tape them and leave them alone; and to connect Black and Shield to ground.

I assume that I have to connect the red one to the toggle switch. The Green and White cables are easy. Now, where the hell do I connect Black and Shield?

This is just for curiosity, as I sent my guitar to a store so that they install the oick up.

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:D Hi,

Assuming that you have all the rest of the wiring of the pickups correct, solder the gounds to the back of the pot where you have the highest number of other grounds (called star grounding).

Peace,

Dave

OK. I bought a Gibson 498t humbucker for my guitar. It has four cables. Red, Green, White, Black and Shield. The instructions say to connect Red to controls; Solder green and white, tape them and leave them alone; and to connect Black and Shield to ground.

I assume that I have to connect the red one to the toggle switch. The Green and White cables are easy. Now, where the hell do I connect Black and Shield?

This is just for curiosity, as I sent my guitar to a store so that they install the oick up.

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