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    I tried to understand connections in my King V but i failed. In neck pickup (original Jackson pickup) red and white wires are soldered together and grounded, while black and green are both connected to a 3-way switch. That suggests a parallel connection, but I can't make a serial one.
    The bridge pickup is a DiMarzio connected in series wiring.
    Any suggestions?

  • #2
    Do you have your color codes right?
    http://guitarelectronics.zoovy.com/c...kupcolorcodes/

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    • #3
      I had only this, but it didn't work http://www.seymourduncan.com/support...lor_codes.html

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      • #4
        so it should be red and white together and then green is hot and black is ground?

        But that doesn't work..

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        • #5
          The red and white should be together, but not be grounded (unless you already changed that).
          My goal in life is to be the kind of asshole my wife thinks I am.

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          • #6
            but the problem is that if redwhite are not grounded and green and black separately the whole thing doesn't work at all..

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            • #7
              Red and white soldered together and taped off (not grounded)Jackson pickups are color coded like Duncans.
              Really? well screw Mark Twain.

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              • #8
                something funny! how is that possible?! black grounded and red as a hot gives me a humbucker even if other wires are hanging loose..
                F$%#!!

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                • #9
                  Impossible... you've got some wires mixed up there.
                  SD and Jackson pups are not color coded the same.
                  Green is ground on an SD where as Jackson uses the black lead as a ground. SD and Duncan Designed pups are the same.
                  Remember... DiMarzio uses a different color scheme as well.


                  Wiring shots taking from here... http://www.guitarelectronics.com/cat...kupcolorcodes/




                  Last edited by rjohnstone; 10-09-2006, 05:19 PM.
                  -Rick

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                  • #10
                    but.. if it was possible (what I can't understand..) what could be the reason? if there is in fact something mixed up inside my humbucker should I see what's inside or is it vaacum sealed or sth like that and I could easily damage it?
                    (I've found every single possible wiring diagram, but not the diagram is a problem here apparently)

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                    • #11
                      You sure it's acting like a humbucker?
                      Black ground and red as a hot should give you a single coil.
                      Tap the poles on both sides with the tip of a screw driver. If it's clear, it's hot... if it's muddy or muffled, the side is dead.
                      -Rick

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                      • #12
                        well, I'm pretty sure it acts as a humbucker - if I solder remaining ones it stops working. if I ground one of them and other connect with a hot one nothing changes. But the sound seems to be as loud as from my bridge pickup, which is perfect (DiMarzio).
                        it's strange..

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                        • #13
                          You're getting beyond my skill level with pups.
                          I know you can get internal shorts in a pup or wires breaking inside, but I've never seen/heard one doing what you are describing.

                          EDIT:
                          Based on your original wiring description, you sure that's an original Jackson pup?
                          Looking over some wiring diagrams, red/white together and grounded with black and green tied to the toggle... sounds like an Anderson pup running in parallel mode.
                          Last edited by rjohnstone; 10-09-2006, 05:55 PM.
                          -Rick

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                          • #14
                            Arcadiush, you need to disconnect the pickup and start from scratch, wiring the pickup correctly. The red & white should not have been grounded (just soldered together & taped or shrink-wrapped), and only the black wire should be wired to the switch. Green & shield go to ground. The info RJ posted is correct. The green & black are flip-flopped on Jackson vs. Duncan, but on my guitars w/ Jackson pickups they came from the factory using black as hot & green as ground. It only becomes an issue if you mix brands or if there is coil-splitting involved, then you may have to take polarity into account. Get a schematic for your guitar's configuration from seymourduncan.com or from guitarelectronics.com and start from scratch.

                            *edit- I missed the part about the DiMarzio in the bridge. In that case, you'll probably want green hot & black to ground so it works right when both pickups are on.
                            Last edited by dg; 10-09-2006, 06:13 PM.

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                            • #15
                              Looking back at how they had it wired, I think the intent was to split the coils & let you select between them. I don't think it could have worked as a humbucker, since the red/white connection was grounded (common way to split coils).

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