RG2020 wiring? Help! Something is not right.

[john1880]

Hi,
I got a RG2020 used and someone had a EMG wired up in the bridge, and it was all messed up. I removed the EMG and put in the original V8, but something is wrong. The guitar is lower in volume than my other guitars and the Bridge pickup sounds a little muddy...also less output on both pickups.
Does anyone have a wiring diagram for the RG2020 so I can wire it up properely?
Thanks.

John

[buddroyce]

Did you also remember to change the 25k EMG pots with 500k pots that are used with Humbuckers?

[ibanezcollector]

Originally Posted by buddroyce

Did you also remember to change the 25k EMG pots with 500k pots that are used with Humbuckers?

was about to ask the same thing

[john1880]

oh. i didn't know that active pickups used different pots. i will have to try that. thanks guys.

john

[john1880]

Well, ya learn something new everyday. Thanks! Now the guitar sounds right. But i would still like a wiring diagram because the 5-way was all messed up and i would like to put it back to it's original settings.
also, What is the tiny switch for on the circuit board on the inside????
Thanks again.

john

[horstausmforst]

iirc, it's a phase switch for the piezos and doesn't make a difference if your running the piezos or the magnetic pickups alone; which is all you can do on a stock 2020x.

Your lucky, I will replace the pickups on mine today or tomorrow (the duncans have finally arrived, yay!), so I might draw up a quick diagram of the stock wiring.

[john1880]

thanks horstausmforst! that would be great and much appreciated. why does ibanez have EVERY wiring diagram on their website but the RG2020????
i saw that mod for using the piezos and magnectic pickups together. maybe some day...

john

[horstausmforst]

Well, I began drawing, but it's pretty late here already And i'm almost sure I forgot something! Here's what I got so far. If you need any additional information about the wiring of the pots and/or the jacks, let me know.

[marianozz]

Dude, at Ibanez.com they have this one, should help

http://www.ibanez.com/wiring/wire.asp?y=2004&w=RG1620X


edit: funny tho, are the V7s and V8s on piezo equiped ibanezes different? cause the old ones in my 570 sure werent 4 wire pups :/

[horstausmforst]

the 2020x had the vlx91 switch, the 1620x had the ym-50 variant for HH setups. There is no diagram for a V7+V8+VLX91 setup on the page, at least I haven't found one.
The V7 in H-H axes is a 4-conductor pickup because you need that for parallel mode in position 2. Whereas on HSH axes, only the coil tap features of the pickups are used anyway, so you don't need 4 conductors. Cost cutting at its best