bluesdude Posted March 21, 2004 Report Share Posted March 21, 2004 I have a tele neck pickup with 3 wires. Red, white, and black. The wiring diagram shows 2. What do I do with the red? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted March 22, 2004 Report Share Posted March 22, 2004 Ouch, any idea what the brand of pickup it is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesdude Posted March 22, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2004 No, I bought it on Ebay. I also bought a 3-way switch and the diagram I downloaded from Seymore-Duncan doesn't say exactly how to hook it up. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted March 22, 2004 Report Share Posted March 22, 2004 1) What brand of pkp is it? 2) Do all 3 wires look the same (all braided, maybe 2 braid and 1 solid)? 3) Are all 3 coming from the same place? 4) Tell us any numbers or markings on the pkp, especially the bottom Please ID all 3 wires by where they're coming from and what type of wire is inside the plastic colored shield. Be careful tho. I'm betting the third wire is a separate ground wire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skibum5545 Posted March 22, 2004 Report Share Posted March 22, 2004 Might it be an active pup, with hot and ground, and a separate wire to the battery? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john Posted March 22, 2004 Report Share Posted March 22, 2004 could it be a coil tap? two hots(red/white) and one ground(black) thats how golden age pickups are done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syxxstring Posted March 22, 2004 Report Share Posted March 22, 2004 Do you have an ohm/multimeter? If so mesure the resistance between the lead combos. That should help the experts around here as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sethmetal Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 Is it a neck or bridge pickup? If it is a neck it most liekly a single coil. And I would imagine there are 2 ground wires. If it is a bridge, it could be a stacked Dimarzio or Duncan with a coil tap as suggested above. If it has a model number starting in DP...it is a dimarzio Duncans tend to have 2 letters and then 2 numbers if I remember correctly. Or it could be something entirely differnet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesdude Posted March 24, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 Thanks for the help everyone. It looks like the red is hot and the other 2 are grounds. I'm having trouble wiring my 3-way switch, any advice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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