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Title: Installing new 4 conductor pickups into existing two wire harness?
Post by: theoctavist on April 04, 2017, 10:04:23 PM

the existing harness just has two wires, white and black. to avoid futzing with soldering to the pots, i want to just solder the new 4 wires into the old harness. the new pickups are 4 conductor. (they are a diy/knockoff brand). any ideas? the old pickups just have two wires, white and black. thank you.

Title: Re: Installing new 4 conductor pickups into existing two wire harness?
Post by: corypheus on April 05, 2017, 06:08:21 AM

No problem there, just jump-in the othe two wires (as in connect together) and not on the pots, and install the pickup as if it one/two conductor. Take a look at DiMarzio charts to see which color represents which so you have no headache connecting it. That's that.

HTH,
Cory

Title: Re: Installing new 4 conductor pickups into existing two wire harness?
Post by: daenius on April 05, 2017, 03:08:39 PM

4 conductor humbuckers can be wired pretty much the same as single conductor

All you have to do is solder the South of the 2 coils together. In the case of Dimarzio, you solder Black and White together, and just tape it up. You then solder Red to Hot, and Green+Bare to Ground.

If you have Duncans, the color codes are different. Every brand is different so CHECK THE COLOR CODE FIRST!!