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How to install

This instruction works for a 50s, Modern, or Volume Bleed wiring kit

Cloth wire instruction

This is the most common pickup lead for JM pickups. If you need others click here for Cloth wire

 

For these pickups. The pickup color code is this. Just note that every brand uses their own color code. Check with your manufacture to confirm their color code.  

Neck

  • White PVC is Hot
  • Bare is Ground

Bridge

  • White is Hot
  • Bare is Ground

Starting with the Neck pickup

Solder your Neck pickups "Hot/+" to the hole labelled "Neck"

 

Solder your Bridge pickups "Hot/+" to hole labelled "Bridge"

Finishing the pickup installation

Solder the Pickup grounds' to the holes Labelled "Ground 1" & "Ground 2" You can do them individually or by combining them and soldering them to a single ground hole. Just make sure that no part of the bare wire can touch any of the other wires as this will kill your audio signal

Finishing the installation

Solder the wire(S) coming from your guitars tailpeice to the casing of any pot. On this example the tone pot was the easiest. If you have Shielded your cavity. Add a jumper wire from the Shielding itself to the wiring harness. Solder the wire to a pot casing just like how we did it with the tailpeice ground wire

And thats it!

Test the controls before restringing the guitar by lightly taping the pickups with a metal object. If you have any questions of need any help Troubleshooting Click here