ACHIEVEIT Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Hi guys, i recently purchased a new angus young humbucker from an authorized dealer and i believe it has a problem, but i need verification. I also got a 57 for the neck of my sg and upon wiring everything i noticed that the sound of the angus pickup was a lot brighter and lower output although i had it higher than the 57 (very close to the strings). So i measured the DC resistance between red and black/bare and measured something like 4.8k. I quickly desoldered everything and this is what i noticed: DCR between black and green around 4.8k DCR between red and white around 4.8k I soldered the green and white back together and measured this: DCR between red and black around 9.6k I thought it was ok, so i soldered together the black and bare wires again. This is where the problem occurred again. I measured the DCR between red and black/bare and it was 4.8k again! I desoldered everything again and noticed that the green wire and the bare wire make the beep sound in the 'arc' test. Now, this can't be right, can it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunwich Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Are you following a diagram? I've never done this before but if I was going to, a diagram is the first thing I would get. I'll see what I can find for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stickman Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 there is a wiring diagram right on this site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
80LPC Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 The green wire is being grounded at some point which is turning your pickup into single coil operation (as in coil-split mode). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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