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Epi pickups? Which wire is earth?


mrjones200x

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Simple question and just want to check really which wire on a std epi humbuckler from a LP (Hotch) is the hot and which is the earth?

 

I presume the hot wire is the white one inside and the one wrapped around it is the earth??

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Based on my feeble knowledge of pick-up re-wiring, YES you are correct!!!!

The standard "2-wire" from the factory is composed of:

1. Inner insulated wire (HOT)

2. outer braided "shield" wire (Earth/ground)

 

All encased in a protective insulated outer cover....

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Yeah, just for "grins" I googled "Pictures of epiphone 2-wire pick-ups", shows your

wiring diagram. When doing a quick-look for schematics, it's amazing what

shows up when you google "pictures of......(add item)".

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