Need help with wiring a S.D. Lil '59er

[dabluesman]

This Seymore Duncan Little '59er single-coil humbucker has five wires, black, white, green, red, and a bare ground. I'm wanting to wire it up for just a standard bridge position with nothing fancy like splitting. Which wires do I solder to the volume pot, which ones go to the switch and what do I do with the bare ground wire? I've seen the schematic's but they didn't help me any. Any suggestions? A walkthough would be great if anyone could provide one since this is my first humbucker install (though I have installed single-coil's before.) Thanks!

 

[dabluesman]

Ok, I talked to a local tech. and here's what I have come up with so far. Solder the white and red wires together as if you are making one wire, and just let it hang free (dont solder it to anything.) Then depending on how my bridge position is set up one wire, lets say the black one, will go to the vol. pot and green will go to the switch. That will leave me with the bare ground which I guess I can solder to a neutral spot on the pot, right? Or do I need to even bother with soldering the bare ground wire at all? Any ideas!?! Thanks!

 

[steveaustin]

I've been installing, uninstalling & then reinstalling pickups for the past 10yrs so here's my 2 cents worth.

The Seymour Distortion, Pearly Gates & Scmn' Demon pus I have came w/ the same pink instruction sheet & I've crossed referenced w/ "Build you own Guitar" by Bill Foley.

Wiring a pu in the bridge w/ no modifications: red & white solderd together, black goes to the switch (hot) & the bare shielding wire & green wire are grounded to a pot. All the pots should be linked by a commomn gound wire (or at least I do that) so it dosen't matter. This works for me.