IB-5 Wiring

[David M]

I started wiring my IB-5 that I started a couple of years ago. The instructions talk about the hot wire as being white, however the pups in the kit have the white twinned with a red wire, which I assume is for coil splitting.


So, am I right in assuming that the black in this case is the hot wire and the green with the bare shield is the earth? (See attached photo)

[WeirdBits]

Yep, the factory has changed from 2-wire (hot and bare) pickups to 4-wire (plus bare shield) versions.

Black = hot (connect to volume)
Red & White = series link between coils (leave joined and just insulate the tip so it can’t short if you’re not doing coil splits)
Green & Bare = ground and shield (connect them to your ground point, back of pot etc)

[fender3x]

So is black North start and red North finish?

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[WeirdBits]

Black = north start (hot)
White = north finish
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Red = south finish
Green = south start (ground)

[fender3x]

There were only two choices. I knew I'd get it wrong. Murphy's law ;-)