tim_ado Posted August 30, 2011 Report Share Posted August 30, 2011 Hey guys, I just picked up this random old guitar on the weekend (ive got no idea what brand it is.. maybe a teisco) and the only problem with it is the electronics, theres a few small things that need to get fixed in it. As far as i can tell the wiring goes Pickups>> to lightswitch kind of switches>>volume>> tone pot. the volume and tone pots configuration is simular to a les paul... but the switches are before the pots. Im just trying to figure out how to get both pickups to get to the output. Any ideas??? Sorry if that doesnt make sense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted August 30, 2011 Report Share Posted August 30, 2011 i am guessing its a layout something like this get us a picture of the inside and we should be able to tell you what it going on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim_ado Posted August 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2011 Exactly, only there are Two tone pots. Its a hollow body so ive just got the stuff coming out of the F-holes so Im not sure how much a photo will help. I've just gotten output from one pickup, but im not sure how to wire to other pickup to the output. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted August 30, 2011 Report Share Posted August 30, 2011 wire the pickups straight to the switches, the switches to volume and volume to output your tone pots will spur off each switch on the same tag you have attached the pickup to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted August 30, 2011 Report Share Posted August 30, 2011 do your light switches look like this on the reverse? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim_ado Posted August 31, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2011 yeah kidna, it have 4 wires coming/ going to it. one each from the pickups, and one each to the volume knobs, so im not sure where to wire the tone pots to. I've never really dealt with these witches before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted August 31, 2011 Report Share Posted August 31, 2011 lets get this straight, because now it sounds different again which may be me misreading things - its why i like pictures do you have 2xvolume, 2xtone, 2 x light switch? if so i would do it exactly like a les paul.... pickup to volumes, volumes to switch, switch to output... tone control as a spur off from the volume but for the switch wiring look at the pic i posted - you only need to use the bottom half like the pic i have shown but you may find extra wires or resistors on there - some of them have them, some dont. get rid of them you can see that the two outside solder lugs on the bottom row of the switch come from the volume pots, the two inner lugs are soldered together and sent to the output. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim_ado Posted August 31, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2011 Ahh ok. makes sense now, I think I'll wiring it like a les paul as youve suggested. Its already wiring having the switch straight after the pickups, which is why I was having trouble understanding how to get the 2 tone pots to the output. Plus its good i can wire the switch like the photo..... it looks very confusing at the moment. Thanks alot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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