For replacing an existing pickup,
take note to where the Hot & Ground of your old pickups are
connected. Replace 1 pickup at a time to avoid any confusion. Start
by Carefully snipping or unsolder the Hot & Ground wires from your
old pickup, then solder the Hot & Ground wires from the New pickup
in their place.
For fresh wiring,
installation will vary from setup to setup (as there are many types
of switches, control pots, jacks, etc.). Once you understand the
wiring of your particular project, you can begin finding the "Hot
Terminal" for each position of your pickup selector switch. You will
then Solder the Hot Wire from the corresponding pickup to the
corresponding Hot Terminal of your guitar's wiring. Once you have
located and soldered the Hot wire(s) into place, the pickup(s) must
be Grounded. Your wiring may have many "Earth Spots" that you can
Ground to (such as the bottom of the control pots). Solder the
Ground wire from each pickup to one of the Ground Spots. To test
your connections, plug the guitar into an amplifier (at a low
volume), and lightly tap the pickup's pole pieces or casing with
something metallic (such as a screw or screwdriver). Run through all
of your switch's positions, and make sure everything functions.
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