WIRING HELP NEEDED - wiring on RG

[aerocol]

Hi, *I need help wiring my RG. It has a five way selector switch. I have an EVO in the bridge, and I have put (tried to put) a Gibson humbucker in the neck. It doesnt have 4 wires only two (hot and screen). Can I use the lug on the switch where the other coil split was previously wired??? If so, can i put a joining wire and wire the gibson to the neck position, AND the split position so that the split (pos2) will give full humbucker and single coil?????

Please help

Aerocol@cableinet.co.uk

Thanks
Col

[Vaibanez]

Does the switch have 4 lugs a side or a row of them?

Let me know which it is and I'll shoot you a diagram for it.

Yes, you can jumper the split lug with the neck lug to give you the Hum-Single combinaion in position 5.

J>

[jemsite]

the two-wire pickup won't coil split so using the 5-way will be limited... glen

[aerocol]

Hi!

The 5 way switch is an old one with 8 lugs all in a row. It was wired similar to the old jem 7. When the guitar is placed face down, and the back unscrewed the lugs from left to right I think do this :

1 - split pos (switch 2)
2 - single coil ( sw 3)
3 - split pos ( sw 4)
4 - ?
5 ?
6 *- neck humbucker ( sw 1)
7 ?
8 - bridge humbucker (sw


There is no possibility of me opening the humbucker and trying to rewire to give a 4 wire output. Any combination of pickups would be good in pos 2.

Thanks
Col

[Vaibanez]

Quote: from aerocol on 6:19 am on July 17, 2001
Hi!

The 5 way switch is an old one with 8 lugs all in a row. It was wired similar to the old jem 7. When the guitar is placed face down, and the back unscrewed the lugs from left to right I think do this :

1 - split pos (switch 2)
2 - single coil ( sw 3)
3 - split pos ( sw 4)
4 - ?
5 ?
6 *- neck humbucker ( sw 1)
7 ?
8 - bridge humbucker (sw


There is no possibility of me opening the humbucker and trying to rewire to give a 4 wire output. Any combination of pickups would be good in pos 2.

Thanks
Col

You wires seem a bit off. It should be:
1. Neck hot (red)
2. Middle hot (black)
3. Bridge hot (red)
4. Hot (to volume pot)
5. Open (no wire)
6. Neck split (black + white)
7. Gound (to volume pot)
8. Bridge split (black + white)

To wire the Gibson pup in.
1. Solder the hot wire to lug #1.
2. Solder a jumper wire from lug #1 to #6.
3. Solder the plain wire to ground (volume pot).

This will give you the full humbucker/single coil combo in the #2 switch position (full neck being #1 and full bridge being #5).

Hope this helps.

J>

[bachle7]

Jimm, why would you jumper #1 to #6? *I thought you would just leave #6 open. *Won't this ground the Gibson humbucker in position #2, leaving only the single coil on? *-Andy

[aerocol]

Thanks so much!!!

I have obviously got it so very wrong lol!! I thought the black and white wires were the hot of each coil and therefore the full humbucker in series. I then thought the red wire was only one coil and hence the split position. Geez now it all makes sense .

Thanks so much for the help!!



Col