Need help for replacing pups.

[alaineth]

I have a 2002 RG470 and i am replacing the neck V7 with an air norton.
After i removed the V7, i soldered the air norton's red wire to where the V7's originally was, soldered the black and white together to where the V7's white one was, and soldered the green and bare wire to the place where all the other bare and green wire were (this is the earth right??)

Have i done anything wrong? because when i select the neck pickup position, i can hear a very faint guitar sound on clean, even with volume to the max on my amp. on distortion i can hear it better but it can't be THAT soft... someone help me, please??

[frankfalbo]

I can't remember what the color code is for the V's, but you should probably switch out the Dimarzio B/W junction with the Red. Just for trial. If the output is that weak right now then I'd be more suspect of the ground connection or some other solder joint. As for the wire color codes, the Red should be going to the section of the switch where the other two pickups' hot wires are going. The B/W junction should go to the side of the switch where there's only a wire from the neck pickup, and the one between the two heads off to ground.

[alaineth]

ah. i soldered the green and bare wire to a black wire on the earth , not on earth itself. i will try again and solder the green properly.

btw, what is a hot wire?

[alaineth]

soldered the earth tightly but still no change in sound
so i'm switching b/w with red.... (feel like an idiot.)

[alaineth]

switched b/w with red. still the same. super soft. but there IS sound...... i'm gonna solder the bare wire more again. if it doesn't work i have to wait. tmw's national day and guitar shop's closed. (sum1 shoot me)

[alaineth]

din't work. ......

[Ibateur]

One thing you have to keep in mind is that the "stock" 5-way switch is "special" and may be the actual cause of your problem.

Try this, connect black and white (like you've done) to each other, but don't connect to the switch (i.e. you have a full humbucker all the time on position 4 and 5).

Then follow the "standard" Dimarzio color code (green/bare to ground, red to hot).

Try that.

Good luck!