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The "other" end should connect to some sort of shield, which would be at ground potential, in the pickup.

If you could possibly post a picture it might be helpful to diagnose whats going on.

Did you manage to get any specs?

Keith

I tested the pickup with instrument and tried it in the guitar.

It works

I still don't know where the bare wire should go on the pickup or what i couldn't find any info on the net.

The "naked wire" is the sheild and is connected to ground both in the pickup and of course in the guitar and ultimately to the amplifier and through to the mains supply!

Yes it should be connected as it will sheild the guitar from interference by shunting noise to ground.

I suggest you find an Ohm meter and measure the coils for continuity. Don't know the specs of the pickups but you should get somewhere between 4k Ohm and 12k Ohm resistance if the coils are connected OK.

I suggest as well you do a search on Google for the pickup specs.

Good luck

Keith

Thanks,)

But the bare "naked" wire is the ground and at one end it connects to the ground in the guitar but what on the other end?

I dont know that because the wire itself is ripped from the pickup! Now it seems like something was glued at the bottom of the pickup now could it be some kind of a plate and that ground was soldered to that plate?

Does that makes any sense?

Guys i have trouble with pickups from Ibanez ProLine 1770.

Some guy that sold me the guitar ripped the pickups so that the wires on the singles look like this.

There are 2 wires from singles (red-white) and one is the jacket like in coaxial cables.

Now i can save red and white wires they stick out like 1/3" but what with the jacket. What's it purpose just to shield from radio interferences i mean the question is: Does that jacket go into the pickup and connect to something because its totaly ripped, or i don't need that naked wire(jacket).

Please help make my day

Shoot your white (or black) basecoat.

Then mask the entire top and use a straight edge to draw out your checkerboard.

Then cut out every-other square with a razor and shoot your second color.

DGW nice

Hmmm... that's a tough one. I might see if you could print out the pattern and CAREFULLY cut out the pattern with an exacto knife and attach it to the guitar to spray. The issue you'd run into would be in getting the corners to meet up, because as you know you have to leave SOME material in between the corners, or the pattern would fall apart. It might be easier if you had a border around the squares so that you wouldn't have to worry about the corners touching. But yeah, I see this as being a very hard effect to pull off yourself.

Alternatively, you could get a thin thin checkerboard fabric and attach it to the top of the guitar, and clear over it. One of the members attached a Japanese floral pattern to an RG, if I remember correctly. Do some searching around, and let us know if you turn up anything.

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Why not something like this?

heh nice idea with the fabric didnt think of it.) i think thats how its going to be?

Any ideas where could i get that pattern hmm It's a bit more complicated then i thought.(

Thx mikro we had a same idea. Heh white doesn't look so bad right now

Hi. Guys.

Nice forum this is my first post although i been here a while.

The question is: How to paint a chess board black and white on the front of the guitar?

Has anyone done this? Any ideas how.

I was thinking of templates but how to make one so even. Can i buy it anywhere?