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Elapses
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Hey all, I was overwhelmed by the positive replies I got from my question about replacing pickups on my cheapo Epi Les Paul II, I have only recently joined and have had negative experiences with forums in the past, so it was real nice to hear such positive and constructive advice!!
So I am going to try and replace the pick ups and pots myself, and have bought some Japanese A500K pots to replace the Chinese B500's in there atm, and have my Seymour Duncan pick ups ready to go... My plan was to copy the existing wiring configuration in the Epi... But when I opened everything up, found the wiring on the existing pickups to be completely different to the new ones (no-surprise I guess).
So heres how it looks:
Wire running from current bridge pick up has a white and an unsheilded wire inside... both are attached to the capacitor on the toggle switch (to choose which pickup is used)...
The wire running from the new Seymour Duncan PU has a green, a white, a black, a red and an unshielded wire coming from it...
Well, thats thrown me right off... I'm sitting with a guitar half pulled apart on my lap, a soldering iron and not a clue what to do...
I'm the most technically naive person to grace the world of electronics, I have tried guitarelectronics.com, and it still doesnt make any sense.. I have had a few overly technical explinations from various retail store clerks, but the info is all very generalised and no-one has mentioned different wires...
So I'm throwing this one out there to the pro's and technically minded musos of the world - I need your help!
Much love!!
Elapses.
So I am going to try and replace the pick ups and pots myself, and have bought some Japanese A500K pots to replace the Chinese B500's in there atm, and have my Seymour Duncan pick ups ready to go... My plan was to copy the existing wiring configuration in the Epi... But when I opened everything up, found the wiring on the existing pickups to be completely different to the new ones (no-surprise I guess).
So heres how it looks:
Wire running from current bridge pick up has a white and an unsheilded wire inside... both are attached to the capacitor on the toggle switch (to choose which pickup is used)...
The wire running from the new Seymour Duncan PU has a green, a white, a black, a red and an unshielded wire coming from it...
Well, thats thrown me right off... I'm sitting with a guitar half pulled apart on my lap, a soldering iron and not a clue what to do...
I'm the most technically naive person to grace the world of electronics, I have tried guitarelectronics.com, and it still doesnt make any sense.. I have had a few overly technical explinations from various retail store clerks, but the info is all very generalised and no-one has mentioned different wires...
So I'm throwing this one out there to the pro's and technically minded musos of the world - I need your help!
Much love!!
Elapses.