My friend just got a BL 712 PU 3 wires with no hook up
Instructions.
Please help.
Thanks in advance.
Autry
Bl 712 Pu
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George Macdonald
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Bl 712
Autry,
My BL XR-16 came with 3 wires also. I was told by Becky at BL that you don't need to use the red wire unless you are going to use a "coil tap". I just coiled the red wire up and connected just the black and white wires. The XR-16 sounds very good in my Carter U12.
My BL XR-16 came with 3 wires also. I was told by Becky at BL that you don't need to use the red wire unless you are going to use a "coil tap". I just coiled the red wire up and connected just the black and white wires. The XR-16 sounds very good in my Carter U12.
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Richard Sinkler
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Yup the red wire is to tap the coil giving you either a humbucker or single coil. I put an XR-16 into a Mullen I used to have. I wired a spst switch to the red wire and the other side to ground (I used the ground on the jack). I liked the single coil best, but there are those gigs where a single coil buzzes. Switching to humbucker takes care of that problem.
Carter D10 8p/8k, Dekley S10 3p/4k C6 setup,Regal RD40 Dobro, NV400, NV112 . Playing for 53 years and still counting.