Thank you, although the pickups are gibsons it's still a good diagram, i'll try that tonight.
Yep, but I replaced it with the original when I switched back.
I don't have any kind of meters or testers, but I will try that approach!. One of my main problems is the only wire I have is some red-sleeved copper wire from radio shack. It works, but having all one color is kind of confusing.
Thanks everyone so much!
Hope this isn't too basic. A lot of Gibson pickups come equipped with the metal braided covering on the wires, compared to a plastic covering on a lot of other pickups. If this is the case with your pickups, the outside metal covering on the wire needs to be connected to ground - usually sodered to the back of the pot, with the exposed tip of the wire continuuing on the appropriate lug of the pot. If this ground connection isn't made, you won't get any sound at all.
hope this helps