phoenix_p0
November 15th, 2009, 02:48 PM
Hi all,
I posted a while ago about deciding which guitar to go for for my Kaoss Pad project.
http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs077.snc3/14445_334239415423_572465423_9578604_6048670_n.jpg
Well, I've finally picked up an Epiphone Firebird to use but am just looking for some advice on the wiring. Basically I'm going to take everything out so I can repaint the guitar (pictures will show just how beat up it is!), and just want to make sure I know what I'm doing when it comes to putting it back together.
It's the wiring from the two pickups that I'm unsure of. Basically, there is one big fat wire running from the pickup to one of the tone controls. Inside fat wire are five little wires. The below takes the example of the bridge pickup (big black wire), though both are wired the same, but of course, to different control knobs.
They are:
1 big silver wire - soldered to the top, same place as white wire.
1 white wire - soldered to the top, same place as big silver wire.
1 green wire - connected to one of three sticky outy things.
1 blue / 1 red intertwined - not connected to anything.
http://i914.photobucket.com/albums/ac346/phoenix_p0/Guitar%20Project%20-%20Epi%20Firebird/7.jpg
http://i914.photobucket.com/albums/ac346/phoenix_p0/Guitar%20Project%20-%20Epi%20Firebird/6.jpg
The white and silver wire are also soldered onto the wire running from the 3 way selector (which in turn is then connected onto the volume control as well).
Clearly from the above terms, I don't have a lot of clue about what I'm doing... but I want to learn this before I go ahead.
Can anyone fill me in on the actual names for any of the terms I've used above (sticky outy things?).
Also whether this is a fairly standard setup?
And two more things - I take it the little green tab looking things are resistors?
And does anyone know what type of pickups these are? Humbuckers?
Thanks muchly,
David
I posted a while ago about deciding which guitar to go for for my Kaoss Pad project.
http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs077.snc3/14445_334239415423_572465423_9578604_6048670_n.jpg
Well, I've finally picked up an Epiphone Firebird to use but am just looking for some advice on the wiring. Basically I'm going to take everything out so I can repaint the guitar (pictures will show just how beat up it is!), and just want to make sure I know what I'm doing when it comes to putting it back together.
It's the wiring from the two pickups that I'm unsure of. Basically, there is one big fat wire running from the pickup to one of the tone controls. Inside fat wire are five little wires. The below takes the example of the bridge pickup (big black wire), though both are wired the same, but of course, to different control knobs.
They are:
1 big silver wire - soldered to the top, same place as white wire.
1 white wire - soldered to the top, same place as big silver wire.
1 green wire - connected to one of three sticky outy things.
1 blue / 1 red intertwined - not connected to anything.
http://i914.photobucket.com/albums/ac346/phoenix_p0/Guitar%20Project%20-%20Epi%20Firebird/7.jpg
http://i914.photobucket.com/albums/ac346/phoenix_p0/Guitar%20Project%20-%20Epi%20Firebird/6.jpg
The white and silver wire are also soldered onto the wire running from the 3 way selector (which in turn is then connected onto the volume control as well).
Clearly from the above terms, I don't have a lot of clue about what I'm doing... but I want to learn this before I go ahead.
Can anyone fill me in on the actual names for any of the terms I've used above (sticky outy things?).
Also whether this is a fairly standard setup?
And two more things - I take it the little green tab looking things are resistors?
And does anyone know what type of pickups these are? Humbuckers?
Thanks muchly,
David