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Help installing pickups

  • 21-03-2008 10:31am
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,906 ✭✭✭


    Hoping someone can help me out here.
    Got my GFS Power Rails pickups for neck & bridge of my RG321.
    I got the schematics of the RG321. Am confused as to how to wire the new pups.
    Emailed guitarfetish twice and they just send out the same email;
    All GFS Humbuckers wire the same way-
    Green = + This is the Hot wire, usually soldered
    directly to the toggle switch or leftmost tab of that
    volume control.
    Red/White pair solder to each other. No Contact
    (Tape them off) is for Humbucker sound, Connect to
    ground for Single Coil sound.
    Black and SIlver solder to ground. We like the back
    of the volume pot.

    I have uploaded a file there, Pickups, this is my understanding of what they say. The blue wire in the drawing is physically the white wire.
    Is this correct?
    Where he says, solder the green wire to the toggle switch or leftmost tab of the volume control, does it matter which one, the toggle switch or tab of vol control??
    Any help much appreciated, thanks.


Comments

  • Closed Accounts Posts: 414 ✭✭Duff_Man


    dunno if this will help you at all but whenever i put pickups in a guitar i just copy the way it was done already.


  • Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,363 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    You nearly have it. The problem there is that you will have both pickups on at the same time. This might be helpful:

    2h_1v_1t_3w.jpg


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,906 ✭✭✭DeadSkin


    Cheers lads.

    Feylya, that schematic you got from SD is for a 3-way switch. I have a 5-way switch, does this mean I have to incorporate the Red & White wires into the circuit ie. not have them taped off together :confused:
    There are no wires taped off in the guitar as it is now :confused:
    I'm trying to find the colour codes for the INF pickups and then try and translate them to the GFS codes, this then should be a pretty straight forwad swap, but havin' no joy.


  • Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,363 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    2hb_1vol_1tone_5way.jpg

    There ya go then :p


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,906 ✭✭✭DeadSkin


    How the feck did I miss that :eek:
    Muchos gracias dude ;)


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