J J Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 ok i just recieved my new duncan antiquity in the mail today and was wondering, when installing it, do i need to cut the black wire and solder it to the circular metal thing (sorry dont know the name of it, i think it might be the ground) that needs to be attached to the bridge? Then take the black wire and solder it to the volume pot, right? thanks JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funk Jazz Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 the black wire coming off of the pickup? check the schematic that should have come with the pickup. is it four conductor or two? (are there two wires or four coming from the pup?) you do need to ground the bridge, and you do need to ground the pickup to either pot, which should in turn be grounded to the jack. dig it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J J Posted June 21, 2004 Author Share Posted June 21, 2004 Originally posted by FunkJazz: the black wire coming off of the pickup? check the schematic that should have come with the pickup. is it four conductor or two? (are there two wires or four coming from the pup?) you do need to ground the bridge, and you do need to ground the pickup to either pot, which should in turn be grounded to the jack. dig it?it is a two conductor the schematic just shows the black going right to the volume pot that's why i was wondering where to ground it to the bridge, it doesnt show it on this diagram. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funk Jazz Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 you do have a circular washer attached to a lead coming from your bridge, right? just run that ground from the bridge to the pot, and ground the pickup to the pot. does that help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J J Posted June 21, 2004 Author Share Posted June 21, 2004 Originally posted by FunkJazz: you do have a circular washer attached to a lead coming from your bridge, right? just run that ground from the bridge to the pot, and ground the pickup to the pot. does that help?that cirtainly does help exactly what i was looking for thanks again Mr.Funkjazz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funk Jazz Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 cool, that stuff is hard to explain in words... it's a visual thing. glad to be of service to fellow telewacker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave251 Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 A "real" Tele pickup will have a "grounding plate" underneath the coils, waxed or glued to the bottom fibre pickup former. This plate should already be grounded to the black wire. When the pickup is mounted to the metal bridge plate, the pickup gets grounded automatically...all you should have to do is ground the black lead to the back of the volume pot. If, however, the ground plate is NOT grounded to the ground/output side of the pickup coil...this needs to be done AT THE PICKUP...the rest will take care of itself. If you run a seperate ground, you run the risk of a "ground loop"(not the kind where you flip your Super Cub during a cross wind landing!), that will introduce extra hum and buzz into your sound.... Your best friend when doing a rewire is a good VOM, or at least a continuity checker.... Dave Wendler Instruments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J J Posted June 21, 2004 Author Share Posted June 21, 2004 wow the results totally kick ass i love this pickup i must have wired it wrong, but i like it the bridge position sounds real full the middle position sounds real trebley and weak and the last position is just like it use to be I'll mess with the wireing some other time i'm having too much fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funk Jazz Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 it might be out of phase with your neck pup... just reverse the leads. glad you like it! i've only heard good things about that pup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J J Posted June 21, 2004 Author Share Posted June 21, 2004 oh yea, by the way dave the pickup is automatically grounded what i did was i took the old pickup out just by snipping the wire where it connected to the washer, then i took the new pickup and soldered it to the washer too (this was before i read your post ) So i had the new pickup going to the washer and then the old wire going right to the volume pot it's kinda weird I'll probably experiment with different things, no dought and i'll deffinitally fix that. It was funny because after i wired it up i read your post and looked at the bottom of the antiquity and then of the old stock pickup and relized that there is a ground on it so i was like "oh well" I'll fix when my strings go bad, im in no hurry thanks for the help boys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitarzan Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 here is a boatload of wiring diagrams. http://www.seymourduncan.ru/?s http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=193274 rock it, i will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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