Output Humbucker Pickup
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How to wire a guitar like Eddie Van Halen?
I want to build a guitar, but I know absolutley nothing about pickup and volume control wiring, i just need 1 pickup (Bridge humbucker) and a volume knob and an Output Jack, How would i wire this, and what do i need to do it?
I also want to know how to bolt the pickup to the guitar
Eddie didn't know either. He just stuck wires together until he got sound out of the guitar.
You Can find all kinds of wiring diagrams at www.seymourduncan.com that will help you with this.
Basically, you're going to connect the shield of the pickup to one of the outside legs on the pot (volume control), and the center conductor to the other outside leg. Then, connect the shield from the wire going to the output jack to the same leg as the shield from the pickup. The center conductor of the output wire goes to the center leg on the pot.
If the pot works backwards to you (it get's louder when you "turn it down" and vice versa), then swap the wires on the two outside legs on the pot.
You will want to try the wiring scheme before you solder everything into place.
That's it.
As fat as bolting the pickup to the guitar, you may have to drill the mounting holes on the pickup out just a bit. Then, I would just use a couple of #6x1/4" wood screws to attach it.
Good luck.
Greetings from Austin, TX
Ken
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