Wiring a V8 in an RG760

[Doink]

Greetings homefrys.

I have an RG 760, and I'm trying to install a V8 humbucker in it. The former pickup, an F2, is now sitting in my RG565R. The F2 is a DiMarzio style 4 conductor plus ground. The V8 is a 2 conductor plus ground.

I've tried every wiring configuration, but I can't get the V8 to stop buzzing, almost like a single coil. I don't think it's microphonic, it doesn't squeal like a microphonic pickup. Could there be something else wrong with the pickup, or even the selector switch?

Thoughts? Ideas?

[crevis]

it sounds like it in parrallel. the bare wire is earth not ground, the white wire is ground, it should go to the back of the pot and the red wire to the hot circuit.

[toshiro]

V8s are:

Red - Hot.
White - Coil Tap.
Bare - Ground.

The F2 should be standard Dimarzio wiring. So, to replace it with the V8, red to red, white to black+white, bare to ground.

[djohns74]

Originally Posted by crevis

it sounds like it in parrallel. the bare wire is earth not ground, the white wire is ground, it should go to the back of the pot and the red wire to the hot circuit.

This is incorrect, and in fact would probably cause the V8 to sound just like a single coil. Being that the white wire is for coil tapping, if you ground it, you disengage one of the coils.

Given the description of the problem, this may be exactly what the original poster did. toshiro has it right. For now you could just go red to hot, bare wire to ground and tape off the white one without connecting it to anything. That should give you a standard humbucker without coil-tapping ability just to make sure the pickup itself works properly.

[crevis]

Yeah your right, i havent used 2 conductor since i wired my mates ashton and it didnt have coil tap.