Help wiring

[G8tr]

Thanks a HEAP ......
firstly .... im going to take a breath ... then re read
then ... if its not TOO early ... i'll open a bottle of "thinky juice"
and thener .... im going to go throught it all again ...
keep your eyes glued on the TV ... if theres an explosion, you'll know its me.

Cheers

[G8tr]

ok ... i got a better look at the Volume pot: both yellow wires are connected to the same tang ? so: either one to the Earth for the Jack and the other to bridge as the earth - which in this case im assuming anywhere on the brass mouniting plate will suffice as a location?

Again .... a LOT of thanks ..... this poor project has been a real tooth puller .... hounded by issues of one sort or another ... and this was almost the "bridge too far" ....

[McCreed]

Yeah it is, but in a setup this basic it's not a real problem.

I know wire colour doesn't matter electronically, but my point is to someone new to this, it could pose some questions.

[Sonic Mountain]

I know wire colour doesn't matter electronically, but my point is to someone new to this, it could pose some questions.

Yeah that's fair enough. I've been thinking about trying to do a really basic 'explain like I'm 5' of how guitar electronics work. once you understand the principles it's much easier to work through trouble shooting, rather than relying on particular wire colours etc.

ok ... i got a better look at the Volume pot: both yellow wires are connected to the same tang ? so: either one to the Earth for the Jack and the other to bridge as the earth - which in this case Im assuming anywhere on the brass mounting plate will suffice as a location?.

Yep that's fine the two yellow wires are both for grounding so sharing the lug is fine (and I can see its' also earthed to the pot casing there so all good)

The one for the 'bridge' means to the bridge itself, not the pickup plate.. I'm not totally familiar with your kit. But if its a normal tele bridge there is normally a small hole from the bridge pickup cavity to the underside of the bridge. You just trim the plastic off the wire and put it under the bridge when you screw it down so the bridge metal is in contact with it. You can also solder it to a small washer and put one of the bridge mounting screws through it to ensure a really good connection.

[McCreed]

The white and yellow wires out of the pickups are your hot wires, so they need to go to the outer tabs on the switch, the outer two most should be bridged I think for this kind of switch (someone will correct me if I'm wrong here) Neck should go to the end closer to the pots and bridge should go on the opposite site for the switch to work the right way (it'll still work if you swap that just back to front)

Pickup wires can go to either the two outside lugs or the way I showed it the photo/diagram. Both will work the same as long as they are bridged with the #2 lug on both sides of the common lug.

FWIW, the orientation of the switch shown my photo, the lever is in the "neck" position, and the two pots are to the right of the switch just like normal playing position. This is the way it came from the factory (I never used it).
I checked the continuity of the switch positions and the lever direction is correct in relation to the pickup selection. This is somewhat reverse of a CRL-type lever switch.

[G8tr]

sadly ... no hole to bridge as there is no "Bridge" per se. Just a bridge plate .... you cant bring the wire up under the plate unless it emerges from the cavity itself ... and i dont think that can be right?

[G8tr]

however the earth lead is pretty long ... perhaps its designed to also earth on the input jack ?
however .... after having a good look at the pick up mount ... i notice the switching wire is earthed to the brass mtg plate ...

[Sonic Mountain]

sadly ... no hole to bridge as there is no "Bridge" per se. Just a bridge plate .... you cant bring the wire up under the plate unless it emerges from the cavity itself ... and i dont think that can be right?

Yeah that will work. You want to earth the bridge itself and in turn the strings - that whole plate thing with the saddles on it is the bridge. Putting on the brass pickup plate will mean the bridge and strings are not earthed and it will buzz.

This is how it looks on an normal TL kit - note the hole with the exposed wire just under the cavity. There is no problem just hanging it out of the cavity so its squashed between the bridge and body.

[G8tr]

eek ... drilling into the body work wasnt on my list of things to try .... and yet, it seems, i must ... I shall weep.

[Sonic Mountain]

You don't have to drill a hole, its fine to just have it come out of the bridge pickup cavity. You won't see it and it's functionally the same.