Humbucker Wiring

[MarkII]

Hello. I am trying to install a seymour duncan sh1 59 humbucker into my stratocaster, and have run into a problem. On every wiring diagram i posess, there are 4 wires coming out of the pickup. But mine only has one wire, with cloth and then metal sheilding. Two of the wires are connected to each other, so i suppose they arent really necessary to be on the outside. But i am still in need of an earth wire for the pickup and i was wondering if you could tell me what to do? Thank you.

[hooglebug]

what do you mean when you say two of the wires are connected to each other? where are these wires - at the pickup or coming out of the cloth and metal shielded bit?

if it is a single conducter pickup, then the inner black wire is the hot output, and the braided shield is earth.

Edited January 11, 2007 by hooglebug

[MarkII]

its this diagram here that im using. my pickup has just one wire so this confuses me utterly

http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/schem...s_1v_2t_5w.html

[hooglebug]

if your pickup has only one wire then the shielding must be the earth. is it cloth, or is it metal?

does it look like the bottom of these four (go to bottom picture)

Edited January 11, 2007 by hooglebug

[MarkII]

yes, thats exactly what its like. im to connect an earth to the sheilding then?

[hooglebug]

yes. just solder the braided shielding wire to the back of the pot in place of the green and grey wire in the diagram, and that should be it

[MarkII]

thank you very much, youre a life saver.

[hooglebug]

haha. maybe a guitar wiring job saver. hehe. good luck with it