silentbob Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 Hi, i have decided to replace all of the components in my Vintage Stingray copy and have today received the new pick-up. The new pick-up has more wires than the one i took out, so i was just wondering if anybody could offer some advice as to why that would be and where they sould go. The old p-up has a large grey covering containing some multi-strand wires surrounding smaller red and white wires. The multi-strand and the red wire were soldered to the right hand tab of the volume pot, and the white was soldered to the middle tab. The new one also has a large grey covering, but contains a large black wire, and smaller yellow, red and white wires, the red and white being soldered together. Any help with this would be much appreciated. Thanks Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Burpster Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 sounds like a coil tap to me.... (gives a different amount of turns to teh full amount) but really you need to check with the maker of teh new one to find out for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcrow Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 (edited) [quote name='silentbob' post='654823' date='Nov 14 2009, 08:41 PM']Hi, i have decided to replace all of the components in my Vintage Stingray copy and have today received the new pick-up. The new pick-up has more wires than the one i took out, so i was just wondering if anybody could offer some advice as to why that would be and where they sould go. The old p-up has a large grey covering containing some multi-strand wires surrounding smaller red and white wires. The multi-strand and the red wire were soldered to the right hand tab of the volume pot, and the white was soldered to the middle tab. The new one also has a large grey covering, but contains a large black wire, and smaller yellow, red and white wires, the red and white being soldered together. Any help with this would be much appreciated. Thanks Rob[/quote] the first wiring seems to be a hot to pin white.......... and a ground red..along with the multi strand shield simply hot and ground...so if its a stingray pup style it must be wired internally parallel...that is how musicmen are wired stock [i]you know that red would normally be a hot...if its on the ground then your pup is wired single coil...the red should be on with the white and the multi strand is ground...strange[/i] the second wiring is a set of wires for each coil so that series parallel and single coil can be wired if a selector switch is available if not then the normal colour codes are...white/black red/yellow white and red are hot black and yellow are ground wire the white and red to the centre pin since they are soldered to each other anyway that is parallel wiring and the black and yellow to the ground pin there doesnt seem to be a shield in your second pup wiring...not all have them that is a start rob..hope its a help Edited November 15, 2009 by mrcrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentbob Posted November 15, 2009 Author Share Posted November 15, 2009 Thanks for the replys, i think i will be able to have a go at re-wiring it now. One more thing i would like to know is what capaciters i should use on the two, tone pots. The ones that were on there were .047uF, but it appears that .022uf types should be used with humbucking pick-ups. Should i replace like for like, or use the alternative type? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7string Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Info about capacitors [url="http://www.guitarelectronics.com/category/wiringresources.wiring_faqs/#q5"]here.[/url] The site has lots of wiring diagrams and useful stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcrow Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 i am a 047 man...my shuker has a 090...and i have seen 022 for me 047 with standard 250 pots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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