Here is my X2N Wiring Diagram

[Trfsrfr]

Sorry for the poor quality, but I had to draw this out and scan it.

I posted a prior thread asking about the lack of volume and output from my new X2N install, and was told to recheck my wiring.

I installed it with a DPDT switch for the 'dual-sound' it shows in the directions.

Could someone please look at my diagram and tell me what I may have done wrong here??

I also have a buzzing sound that goes away when I touch the pickup rings.

Thanks to you all.

[Mustaine-who?]

Dude,

Post this over at the Seymour Duncan forum. A lot of bro's over there are wiring experts!!

[Vim Fuego]

Well, according to the Dimarzio site you've wired up the X2N correctly, for their dual sound (series parallel) wiring. The ony difference is you've labelled one of the wires GRY which I presume corresponds to GREEN in the diagram...
I'm a bit confused as to the wiring of the neck pickup, It looks like the WHITE is the col tap wire, and there's a ground wire somewhere you haven't put on the diagram except that's not quite right as the ground is then on the wrong lug of the switch, if the WHITE is just the ground then you could just connect it to the volume pot casing as it doesn't need to be switched.
In fact that may be the source of your hum as you may be switching the ground on one of the pickups when you don't need to.
Also not on your diagram is a wire connected to the bridge to provide an ground connection for the strings, you may have this and just not drawn it but you need to check.
As a final point, it's best to make all ground connections to the same pot, usually volume, and you've got the X2N ground connected to the tone, should be ok but can cause noise.
Jim

[Trfsrfr]

Hey thanks Jim,
The gry wire could be green. Im colorblind.
And yes the neck pickup does have a bare ground that I forgot to put in there. Its attached to the volume pot.
I will check that I have a ground going to the bridge, I think I do but it requires removing the bridge to find out so....
I also have a ground going to the trem spring mount on the body.

I guess I thought that putting a ground from one pot to another was just a good way to cover the bases. I will rewire to the volume and let you know what I find out.

And if its wired correctly, I still dont think this pickup is worth all the hype. I have to keep it so far away from the strings so it doesnt give me a 'warbling' sound on the high E and B that it really isnt that much louder than my V1 in my 570.

Thanks again.

[Vim Fuego]

The ground going to the trem spring claw is a perfectly good bridge ground connection, I wouldn't expect another. (I should have been clearer in my reply )
Jim

[Trfsrfr]

Hey thanks for your input guys.
I contacted DiMarzio tech support (outstanding service by the way) and was told that the X2N should be closer to the strings at an 1/8th inch away, and that I should lower my neck position pickup since it and my middle single coil are usually the ones responsible for the warble I hear.

I did that, and it has definitely helped.

The 'loudness' that everyone speaks of when referring to the X2N is not in its distortion mode, its in its clean sound.

I wasnt aware of that, and it is very obvious now.

Which is also why I wasnt hearing much difference between the X2N and my old V1.

Now I love my guitar again.