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Posted by Rupe Power on November 15, 2017 at 1:23pm in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion

hello

I am installing a single coil  pickup. It has three wires, pos, neg and ground. I am soldering it to an input which has a positive and negative but what do I do with the ground?

The pick up can be seen here:

https://www.cbgitty.com/guitar-electronics/pickups/gold-enclosed-single-coil-magnetic-pickup/#additional-info

Thanks

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  • Paul Craig November 16, 2017 at 1:57pm

    Your ground wire should go to all the electronic components(switches/ back or side of pots/ output jack) and the bridge or stop tail piece(where the string ends are).

    • Rupe Power > Paul Craig November 16, 2017 at 5:29pm

      Thanks

  • JL November 16, 2017 at 8:16am

    From the very page you pointed at...

    This set includes the pickup, which has a 13" 3-conductor lead (red is positive, white negative, uninsulated/silver is the case ground),...

    • Rupe Power > JL November 16, 2017 at 5:30pm

      Thanks

      • Richard Dean > Rupe Power November 16, 2017 at 5:33pm

        your welcome, your welcome your welcome.....your...oh heck, you get it LOL

    • Richard Dean > JL November 16, 2017 at 11:58am

      What JL said, I should have looked at the link for wire colors, there are a variety of wire colors out there due to different manufacturers, and especially the China made ones don't seem to always follow any typical guide, I've had them all the same color, odd colors, and humbuckers are worse, especially if you mix coil brands, but not to confuse you, Follow what JL and Paul said.

      Happy building!

      • Rupe Power > Richard Dean November 16, 2017 at 5:30pm

        Thanks

      • Rupe Power > Richard Dean November 16, 2017 at 5:29pm

        Thanks

      • Rupe Power > Richard Dean November 16, 2017 at 5:29pm

        Thanks

  • Rupe Power November 15, 2017 at 9:27pm
    Thanks for the advice.
    I've read in other. Discussions that they stuck the ground under a metal bridge.
    Any advantage to that?
    Thanks
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