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Seymour Duncan (http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/wiring-diagrams/) has a great library too, including things like 4-way Tele switching, the Page LP setup etc.Quote:
Quote from adam on August 12, 2012, 11:02
Wiring Diagrams are available as PDF downloads in the video section. Just click on the video you need in the "Wiring" section and you'll see a link to the Wiring Diagram.
Thanks, I actually used their site for developing our Pit Bull Guitars wiring diagrams. I didn't think it was right to just link to their site as some of our wiring is a bit different.
Great resource though.
Hey guys
I have found that a number of SD diagrams are flat out wrong.
DiMarzio tend to be much better quality in terms of being useful circuits but they still have some issues (like coils hanging from hot).
Just an FYI there.
well I know I will be asking this very soon, so I guess I can get ahead of myself.
Got a wiring diagram for the HB-4?
Hey Mike, I will email one to you.
Here are some interesting mods for the more popular setups:
http://www.premierguitar.com/article...nd-super-strat
I am a little bit confused with JM -1 wiring. there seems to be no active from the pickups/switch to the volume and tone controls and just an earth/ground from the lower tone to connect but how is the guitar suppose to get active? and where the hell am I soldering the ground to?
Hi Joshj
This is the F-type Jaguar that comes with a pre-wired control set? Hence, there should be a spare volume control lug on each of the Volume Pots to attach the Yellow and the Red 'hot' wires from the Pickups. You will need to solder the 'ground' wires from the Pickups to the back of the volume control case. Make sure that you have a ground wire running from the bridge to the volume Pot or else you will get hum every time you touch the strings.
I don't have the wiring diagram that you are speaking of in front of me, but the volume pots should both have a separate wire running to the selector switch. There should be a spare lug here which you will use to run the resultant selection to the 'hot' tip of the output jack. Finally run a ground wire from the ground of the output jack to the back of the volume control case. If you have not used copper shielding you then need to make sure that each case is grounded by running a ground wire from each case. If you have shielded the pickup cavities etc, then this step isn't necessary as everything that needs to be grounded (in terms of the Pot controls)will be.
Hey Josh,
I've never built a JM kit but looking at the photo on the PBG site it looks like the pickups should be pre-wired.
Looks like its a similar strat style tremelo so you normally earth to the bracket that holds the tremelo springs to the body, solder to his plate/bracket
Dingobass has built a JM-1 so he can confirm when he reads this.
can you please post a photo of the back of the control plate and scratchplate Josh may shed some light.
Gav is on the right track I'd say you have to run the hot wire and earth to the input jack
Have you had a look online for JM wiring diagrams ?
the black wire going up is the only loose wire there and I did not receive any extra wiring in the kitQuote:
/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from wokkaboy on August 7, 2013, 12:43
Hey Josh,
I've never built a JM kit but looking at the photo on the PBG site it looks like the pickups should be pre-wired.
Looks like its a similar strat style tremelo so you normally earth to the bracket that holds the tremelo springs to the body, solder to his plate/bracket
Dingobass has built a JM-1 so he can confirm when he reads this.
can you please post a photo of the back of the control plate and scratchplate Josh may shed some light.
Gav is on the right track I'd say you have to run the hot wire and earth to the input jack
Have you had a look online for JM wiring diagrams ?
http://pitbullguitars.com/wp-content...8/1spkd-jm.jpg
my question is how the hell does the positive travel from the input jack to the selector and pickups, every other guitar I have built the pickups need positive and negative to function but this seems as though only a earth goes from input and controls up to the selector and pickups
The black wire seems to me to be the ground wire for the bridge.
You will need to run a ground wire from the switch (centre lugs on the switch) where the ground from the Pickups is attached. Any one of the spare/unused lugs on the switch AFTER the centre lugs should operate as an output and this needs to be wired to the centre lug of the volume Pot (that's the pot with NO capacitor). You should be good to go thereafter.
the centre lug already has a wire connected to the input jack on the volume pot, hence my confusion the loose earth wire is connected to the top of the bottom tone pot and there is no active connected from the pre loaded scratchplate to the control pots what so ever
this is the input and control pot I have notice the only wire loose is the ground wire at the lower tone pot and there are no active wires from the switch to the pots that I can solder to complete the circutQuote:
/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from joshj on August 7, 2013, 14:53
the centre lug already has a wire connected to the input jack on the volume pot, hence my confusion the loose earth wire is connected to the top of the bottom tone pot and there is no active connected from the pre loaded scratchplate to the control pots what so ever
http://pitbullguitars.com/wp-content...-Picture-2.jpg
I know. The hot wire from the switch should either be soldered to the middle lug of the volume pot or to the lug on the left of it. Either way it should produce sound.Quote:
/<\\/p>[/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/]<\\/p>/Quote from joshj on August 7, 2013, 14:53
the centre lug already has a wire connected to the input jack on the volume pot, hence my confusion the loose earth wire is connected to the top of the bottom tone pot and there is no active connected from the pre loaded scratchplate to the control pots what so ever
Re-read my post, follow it or ask if there is a confusion and it will work.
Hi Josh,Quote:
/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from joshj on August 7, 2013, 14:53
the centre lug already has a wire connected to the input jack on the volume pot, hence my confusion the loose earth wire is connected to the top of the bottom tone pot and there is no active connected from the pre loaded scratchplate to the control pots what so ever
try the attached wiring diagram, its a strat diagram with the same configuration as yours, 1 humbucker, 2 singles, 1 volume, 2 tones and 5 way switch
Looks like you have to run a hot and earth from the volume pot to the switch, then obviously the long black loose wire is the earth to the tremelo spring plate.
see how that goes, you will need 2 wires to complete the 2 connections switch to volume pot.
The rest of the wiring looks complete in the photo
let us know how you go !
http://pitbullguitars.com/wp-content...v_2t_5w_as.jpg
Here's one with the same switch you have.
http://pitbullguitars.com/wp-content...ratImport2.jpg
And I shall send you some wire tomorrow to complete the setup!
thankyou for the help :) the last question I have is that would this mean that the tone pots are not in need of an active wire?
No, the tone pots are merely there to filter out certain frequencies from the volume pots.....the volume pots have the active or Hot wire.
Are you sorted now? What other guitars have you built? Might be worth taking a look inside these if you are still stuck?Quote:
/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from joshj on August 7, 2013, 14:45
my question is how the hell does the positive travel from the input jack to the selector and pickups, every other guitar I have built the pickups need positive and negative to function but this seems as though only a earth goes from input and controls up to the selector and pickups
I have only built Gibson style and one rebuild of a esp KH 202 that I bought was a friends who wanted the Ouija board on it, this is my 6th guitar kit build though but my first fender style, hence why the confusion and I was right in my thoughts that the wiring had not been complete and something was missing
hi adam,am after the wiring diagram for the PBH-4 Electric Bass Guitar KitQuote:
/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from adam on September 24, 2012, 17:10
Thanks, I actually used their site for developing our Pit Bull Guitars wiring diagrams. I didn't think it was right to just link to their site as some of our wiring is a bit different.
Great resource though.
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hi adam,am after the wiring diagram for the PBH-4 Electric Bass Guitar Kit[/quote]
Hi Tincataylor,
I recently built a PBH-4 and the attached wiring diagram worked for me
http://pitbullguitars.com/wp-content...PBH-wiring.jpg
hi permalink,thanks for that info on the PBH-4,very helpfull,some of my wires are a different colour behind my scratchplate on the pots but the diagram speaks for itself,great stuff,i can now build ,prolly monday after my finishing on neck and body are complete
haha no worries Tincataylor, my name is Wokka, the permalink link displays under everyones username
Good luck with the wiring, I found it quite straight forward.
lol no worries wokka
Tincataylor - what colours were your wires out of the humbucker? Have you got any photos? Thanks.
Good evening,
I can't seem to locate the HB-4 Wiring Diagram or a Video on its overall setup, is it on the site anywhere?
Regards
James
anyone experience wiring a GD-1 kit? I must seem like an idiot but I am unsure of the wiring set up as there is apparently no tone control (due to lack of capacitor in the kit) or selector switch. If there has been a mistake AGAIN with what is supplied and I need to purchase a capacitor so be it but before I do anything I wanted to ask.
oh and anyone who built their Gibson style kit without grounding to the bridge and have that annoying buzzing sound, it is worth doing!!! My first kit I built a long time ago didn't have the hole for the bridge earth wire and instructional videos said nothing of this step, so I put it down to cheap parts however the buzzing vanished once I added this little wire in when I re built it so it is worth doing and checking out the video guide if your unsure!
Josh,
I haven't seen anyone build a GD-1 guitar, looking at the website it says 1 volume and 1 tone, are you sure there is no capacitor ? It doesn't appear to have a selector switch so the only way to control volume on each of the 2 humbuckers is to wire each humbucker to each of the 2 volume pots. All I can suggest is look at this wiring diagram, 1 humbucker, 1 volume and piggy up the wires that go to the input jack to each volume pot as shown should work. Make sure you ground any part of the bridge mechanism to the back of one of the volume pots - good luck !
http://www.seymourduncan.com/support...atic=1hum_1vol
If you're going to wire it as two volumes with no switch, then you'll need to use a Jazz Bass style wiring so that you can control the volume of each pickup separately without one affecting the other. This requires the pickup 'hot' to go to the 'sweep' middle lug of the pot and the output on the outer lug (otherwise turning one volume all the way down will also mute the other pickup).
If you use this Jazz Bass diagram, treat your humbuckers as Jazz pickups, and run the output from the pots to the jack omitting the tone control, you will be able to control the volume of each pickup (0-max) separately.
hi yes I'm sure there is no capacitor, I always get everything out to make sure it is all there hence my enquiry on here, I will buy a capacitor if it is needed as I said that's of no concern I just wasn't sure how this kit was meant to be wired compared with other guitars I've made
Yes you are correct Scott. Josh use the jazz bass diagram so volume control is separate
Josh hope your finishing the axe in black?
Thanks for the diagram, however as all the oomponents are covered by a wafer circuit board my only options are 2 squares on IN1 and 3 on IN2 or vice versa, assuming the neck pickup goes to vol2 (IN2) and the bridge pick up goes to Vol1 (IN1) is the 3rd square on Vol2 (IN2) earth if so does it go to the input jack.Quote:
/<\\/p>[/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/]<\\/p>/Quote from stan on September 5, 2013, 18:26
Hofner bass wiring:
http://deaf-eddie.net/guitars/vb-100.jpg
http://www.buzzardsbass.com/bass-gui...hvb600wire.jpg
Also is this what the spare Orange wire is for.
http://pitbullguitars.com/wp-content...k-DSC_0218.jpg
I'm doing this in black yea but not a complete solid black it will be a translucent
About the GD-1, I know someone who owns a legit Epi Graveyard Disciple, and there is a master volume and master tone, but on the side near your chest there is a selector switch.... Adam, can you fix this???