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Topic: What Pickup is this? |
Peter den Hartogh
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Cape Town, South Africa
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Posted 18 Jan 2011 4:51 am |
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Does anyone know what brand pickup this is?
I intend to use it on a 6 string lap steel.
The output colors are red/black for each coil.
I need to find a wiring diagram with the correct color connections.
The colorful red-white-blue-yellow cable is after market, so please do not let that confuse you.
Thanks guys! |
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G Strout
From:
Carabelle, Florida
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Posted 18 Jan 2011 12:21 pm
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Peter,
I believe that pup was made by the Sanhe Musical Instrument Co in China... at one time they were making a lot of these dual coil single pickups for a lot of guitar manufacturers in China. They had the models designated SB1, SB2, SB3 etc....
gary |
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Richard Shatz
From:
St. Louis
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Peter den Hartogh
From:
Cape Town, South Africa
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Posted 19 Jan 2011 2:07 am
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Thanks guys.
Unfortunately I could not find any wiring details.
The pickup is rather weak and sounds out of phase, so I am trying to find out how it should be wired.
Presently one black wire is ground and the other is hot, while the two red wires are connected to each other.
Is that correct? |
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Roman Sonnleitner
From:
Vienna, Austria
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Posted 19 Jan 2011 3:30 am
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Judging from what I can see on the pic, the black cable on the right should go to ground (since it is connected to the metal assembly of the pickup); most likely, the red wire right next to it is the hot wire from the same coil; so, probably the black and red wires on the other side are the ground and hot wires of the other coil of the humbucker.
If that's correct, the pickup is indeed wired out of pahse at the moment.
For a regular humbucker setup you'd wire both coils in series - connect the red wire from the right with the black wire from the left; the red one from the left side is now your hot wire, the black one from the right goes to ground.
Or, for a more open, bright, kinda acoustic sounding, but lower output tone, wire both coils in parallel: connct both black wires to ground, and both red wires to hot. |
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Jason Hull
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Posted 19 Jan 2011 5:52 am
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| It's an Ibanez pickup. Blue and shield got to ground. Tie yellow and white together. Red is output. |
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Peter den Hartogh
From:
Cape Town, South Africa
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Posted 19 Jan 2011 6:33 am
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Roman and Jason, thank you for your advice.
I have that connection as you mention it, but the sound is glassy and has a low output.
I have this connection:
1=BLUE 2=YELLOW 3=RED 4=WHITE
1=Ground
3=Hot
2+4=JOINT
Should I try another combination? |
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Roman Sonnleitner
From:
Vienna, Austria
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Posted 19 Jan 2011 1:14 pm
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That is weird indeed, because it should, for all reasons, be the right sequence of connections...
Do you have a multimeter?
Check what resistance it reads between 1 and 3, then break the connection between 2 and 4, and check the values between 1 and 2, and between 3 and 4. |
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Peter den Hartogh
From:
Cape Town, South Africa
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Posted 19 Jan 2011 2:47 pm
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Thanks, I will try that.
When I tapped each blade with a small screwdriver, they sounded equal.
I suspect a phasing problem, not a split problem.
I'll try the two outside connections 1 and 4 for Ground and Hot (Blue and White).
and Join the two inside points 2 and 3 (Red and Yellow).
UPDATE
It worked! The 2 outside connections are HOT and GRND. The 2 inside connections need to be joined.
I am also going to try a Fender Lace Sensor as an alternative. |
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