However, I ain't quitting yet.
I have actually figured a few things out. I came up with a drilling pattern for wiring, 4 holes and 1 or 2 slots. Shane built his 2x4 steel in an hour, I'm at 2 weeks and counting, That's how my brain works, much navel-gazing, with flashes of inspiration.
So I've been working with the "Gold Foil" pickup, but today 2 humbuckers came in the mail, and I'm off in the weeds.
Been looking at diagrams, but can't find what I need. The pickups are 2 wire, a conductor and a bare. Obviously bare is a ground, and I'd like 1 tone, 1 volume (and of course the jack).
Everything I'm finding is 4 wire.
Anyone have a pic?
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As far as I can tell that just looks like a standard 2 wire humbucker, so yeah... just treat it like any two wire pickup. The insulated wire is hot and the bare wire is ground.
So, yes... you would follow the Seymour Duncan wiring diagram (1 Humbucker, 1 Volume) you posted above. It would be easy to add a tone pot if you wanted to.
https://st6.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3540870331?profile=...
If you wanted to add a tone pot, you'd wire it like this. Except their black wire would be your bare wire. Other than that you'd follow this idea. Make sense?
Poorness, both you and Rat have helped immensely. That is exactly what I needed.
Any chance you can post a pic of what you've got? That may help.
Pulled this from Amazon, but this is the unit. the other is the same except the insulation is black instead of red.
Would these work? The double setup is single coil (I think), so both setups seem to be 2 conductor.
Yes they will both work. But the pickup with only a volume is not recommended. Better to have both volume and tone. Even if you always run the tone all the way up.
On the IronGear diagram their showing you the grounds without showing were to go with them. Typically the pickup grounds will go to the ground on the switch. That ground will go to the back of one of the pots. A ground wire will go from the back of that pot to the other pot. Then from the back of that pot to the output jack. You will also need a ground from the output jack to a metal bridge. This completes the ground circuit.
The idea of grounding is to have everything grounded only once.
Blue Rat, is this what you are saying? If so, I think i can do that.
Thats pretty! Yep that'll do you just fine.
Exactly what I need to know.
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