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dingobass
29-10-2015, 01:19 PM
So, wiring up this ESP.. Normal garden variety coil tap, three way switch.
The #*^%#]}{}+¥€£? B'stard wont work on the middle possie....

OK, so I am running on two hours sleep last night and probably missing something real obvious here........

Help pleeeeeese, I gotta get this out the door tomorrow arvo. :(

wokkaboy
29-10-2015, 01:28 PM
2 hours sleep what you been doing DB, back pain ?
just trying to work out the arrangement, so is that a 5 way switch that coil taps ? can't see any push pull pots or other switches.
I've never coil tapped that way, did you follow a Weirdy wiring diagram ?
please post the wiring diagram if you can please

Rabbitz
29-10-2015, 01:52 PM
Not familiar with this per se, but the circled connections appear to be joining the wires from the same cable.

6218

dingobass
29-10-2015, 02:04 PM
All sorted now...
Dumbass here wired it up as a tele.......

Note to self: DB, next time you go out and help the Minister for War and Finance with her gardening business DON'T FORGET YOUR BACK BRACE YOU IDIOT!
There is the answer to the lack of sleep, back was killing me all night....

wokkaboy
29-10-2015, 02:04 PM
pretty hard to see Rabbitz which wire they are coming from. The left red circle do you mean the single red wire or what looks like 2 white wires ?

wokkaboy
29-10-2015, 02:08 PM
good one DB, so were you lifting heavy gardening supplies without your brace ?

you won't do that again.

I wouldn't even attempt a wiring job after 2 hours sleep

Rabbitz
29-10-2015, 02:27 PM
Wok, what I meant was the green and white wires are soldered together at the lug, if you trace them back they come out of the same cable.

Thus the green & white on the right, both come form the same black cable, the green and white on the left come from the same white cable.

Of course that could be correct if they are the centre tap, I suppose.

dingobass
29-10-2015, 04:14 PM
The green and white wires are the coil taps from both 'buckers.

wokkaboy
29-10-2015, 04:16 PM
no worries DB I thought so. So how many positions does the switch have DB ? I am assuming its a 5 way switch so you can coil tap ?

WeirdBits
29-10-2015, 04:26 PM
Woks, it's a 3-way so you'd have: Bridge (hum), bridge (split) + neck (split), Neck (hum)


Sorry I was late to the party DB, glad you got it sorted.

wokkaboy
29-10-2015, 04:30 PM
ah ok got it cheers Weirdy, I was thinking each humbucker could be split in any configuration

dingobass
29-10-2015, 05:18 PM
Thanks Weirdy :)

It was one of those obvious ones that stares you right in the face......

That'll learn me to try wiring on two hours sleep... I have enough trouble when wide awake :p

Gavin1393
29-10-2015, 10:21 PM
Sorry I was late to the party DB, glad you got it sorted.
Party?????!!!!!! and I didn't get an invite???!!!!...and this is how the rumour started....