Uuuummmmm.....

[12056]

i got me some pickups of ebay recently. i got a bridge and a neck, but the bridge PU only has 3 wires: red, white, and the bare wire. the neck has all 5. are they special pickups with special instructions? is the pickups no good? what? thanks.

[Primal]

The only difference is that the neck's coils can be split to get a single coil sound. Seymour Duncan should have a diagram showing how to wire them up.

[al heeley]

Do you know the manufacturer? Some have different colour coding on the wires, you need to know which is + and - and earth.

[12056]

so if i just do regular wiring and just leave out the ones i dont have, it will work out fine?

[al heeley]

So who is the manufacturer? If they are SD wiring colour codes, the 3-wire one will be red to live+, white & bare to earth.

The 5-wire one will be Black to live+, green and bare to earth, red & white need to be taped together as this is the bit that you could short out to earth to give a coil-tap.

[12056]

So who is the manufacturer? If they are SD wiring colour codes, the 3-wire one will be red to live+, white & bare to earth.

The 5-wire one will be Black to live+, green and bare to earth, red & white need to be taped together as this is the bit that you could short out to earth to give a coil-tap.

the brand is dimarzio, and i got all the color sitiated. i was just making sure it would work, but it looks like it does. thanks.

[al heeley]

Glad it's sorted. Here's a good source of reference info on wiring colours:

http://guitarelectronics.zoovy.com/categor...ckupcolorcodes/