There is no lefty diagram unfortunately. I usually have to turn the diagrams upside down and then it's trial and error!Originally Posted by fender3x
There is no lefty diagram unfortunately. I usually have to turn the diagrams upside down and then it's trial and error!
The neck pickup is mounted to the pick guard. The bridge pickup in the bridge plate.
Doesn't matter where you set the pickup height to you will need to adjust them up or down when you do the final setup. Too high and the magnets pull on the strings, too low and you don't get enough of a signal. I adjust by trial and error and listening to the output. I keep fiddling with the height until I am happy. Someone else on here will have a formula approach so hang tight until they appear.
Had another look at the kit parts, those wires are already presoldered in place on the control plate. The diagram only shows the wires that need to be soldered.
cool cool, I'm wondering now what's up with this quote from the guide "The most common mistake made in wiring up guitars is getting the jack socket wired backwards. " How should I orient it in the hole it goes into or is it talking about not mixing up the wiring?
Furthermore, I noticed the jack socket has 3 different prongs to it, two of them have holes which are self explanatory, they have holes for the wires, but what's the 3rd one for? Is it to hold the jack in or is it important?
Last edited by lotion5238; 23-06-2023 at 02:58 AM. Reason: forgor
Could you send a pic of the jack? Usually a tele jack would only have two lugs.
That solves the mystery ;-)
My Jack has the same layout as the pictured one, one prong with no hole and two without, one of said hole prongs is connected to the ground and the other is insulated just like the pictured one.
The solid prong is is the one that contacts the plug on the lead when you plug it in. Don't touch that one.cool cool, I'm wondering now what's up with this quote from the guide "The most common mistake made in wiring up guitars is getting the jack socket wired backwards. " How should I orient it in the hole it goes into or is it talking about not mixing up the wiring?
Furthermore, I noticed the jack socket has 3 different prongs to it, two of them have holes which are self explanatory, they have holes for the wires, but what's the 3rd one for? Is it to hold the jack in or is it important?
The lug directly opposite coming from under the insulation is the active connection. Your hot wire connects there.
The other lug coming up from the metal plate is the earth wire.
You would be surprised how many people mix the two wires. If you get no sound that is the first part to check.
nice. some further questioning, I know now that earth is the guitar community's way of describing a ground wire, where is the right place to contact for the ground? It looks like it could be the bridge itself but I'm not entirely sure.
You are right with that.
There is a small hole that comes through the back of the bridge pickup cavity. Your earth or ground wire comes up through that hole and is secured by the underside of the bridge.
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