dawnofzion Posted December 10, 2005 Report Share Posted December 10, 2005 I am currently wiring up my guitar with a humbucker in the bridge, hot rails in the neck, hot rails in the middle. I was going to use THISwiring diagram from seymour duncan. but i am not sure what I should do with the 4 conductor wired rails in the neck and the middle? I want the neck and middle rails to act as a humbucker when i select them. I don't want to split them. how should I wire them up? I made changes to the seymour duncan wiring diagram....is this what I'm supposed to do? also should I wire all the grounds to my volume pot and then a single wire back to the tremolo claw? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samba Pa Ti Posted December 10, 2005 Report Share Posted December 10, 2005 (edited) *edit* these schems confuse me ignore what i put here originally. the colour codings of the wires are contradicting :S ground the pups to the volume pot and then trem claw. Edited December 10, 2005 by Samba Pa Ti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted December 10, 2005 Report Share Posted December 10, 2005 All Duncan humbuckers use the same color code, regardless of what package they're in - use this diagram: http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/schem...tones_5way.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawnofzion Posted December 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2005 i'm only using one volume pot and one tone pot. that scheme has 3 pots. i am using 2 pots and a 5 way toggle. also, I found this wiring diagram and it shows to connect the cap to the tone pot and ground it on the pot, and the seymour duncan diagram shows to connect the cap between the two pots? what should I do? wiring sceme 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted December 10, 2005 Report Share Posted December 10, 2005 Whichever you prefer - the two circuits are electrically equivalent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawnofzion Posted December 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2005 ok my 5 way toggle has 8 slots in a row rather than 4 and 4 like all the diagrams. This is how I wired it up, but I have no clue if this is right or not. Please take a look at my diagram of how I wired it up and tell me what i should do. I tried the guitar and it works but the tone knob doesn't really change the sound very much and I am getting a massive amount of buzz unless I am touching like the bridge or the strings or something. what could be causing this? I lined the entire electronics cavity with copper shielding, so I dunno what the problem is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted December 11, 2005 Report Share Posted December 11, 2005 Click on the thumbnail for a full size view Does that help? Or is this what you've already done? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawnofzion Posted December 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2005 well my problem is i dunno exactly how to wire my 5 way toggle because mine has 8 slots in a row and the diagram you sent me has 4 in a row and then 4 beside that. since mine has 8 in a row i am confused how to wire the toggle. I drew how I wired it but I wasn't sure if I have done it right. does this make any sense? That strip in my diagram on the bottom left is the 5 way toggle... see how they are all in a line rather than 4 and 4 like the diagram you posted? How should I wire this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted December 11, 2005 Report Share Posted December 11, 2005 Grab a multimeter and find out - just set it on the lowest possible resistance setting, and check for continuity between lugs in every position. This isn't rocket science, but I have no way of knowing exactly which switch you are using, so why guess when you can find out for sure? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawnofzion Posted December 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2005 does anyone know what the hum or buzz could be caused from? It only hums when I'm not touching the strings or the bridge. It really is evident when i have distortion on. I really would like to fix this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted December 12, 2005 Report Share Posted December 12, 2005 You apparently have a ground problem somewhere, but there's nothing in your wiring diagram to indicate where it might be. Are you sure you don't have hot and ground transposed anywhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawnofzion Posted December 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2005 I got it figured out. thanks for the help. one of my ground wires was loose and I found it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 Good job! So, is eerything else working as expected? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawnofzion Posted December 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 yep. it sounds pretty good. i was very surprised at how well it sounds and plays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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