wiring pickup

Jimmie Martin · Post by **Jimmie Martin** » 12 Nov 2004 4:04 pm

could anyone tell me how to wire a c-6th picup on a carter. i took mine out and put in a new one and dummy me didn't watch what i was doing. many thanks.

Jimmie Martin · Post by **Jimmie Martin** » 12 Nov 2004 4:06 pm

also how much distance should there be between the strings and the pickup.

jerry wallace · Post by **jerry wallace** » 13 Nov 2004 12:03 am

Robert, yes you have learned a valuable lesson..Make a diagram of all wiring before unsoldering anything..

The lead wire on just about all pickups now days is white..It usually has 7 to 12 small wires making the total strand..If your pickup is a humbucker, the ground is usually black and the same type of wire.

If your pickup has a shielded "coaxial" type wire, which is a smaller version of the jack cord running between your steel and your amp,The ground is usually many strands of bare wire covering(shielding} the center wire..All grounds are connected together and not switched..On a D-10 you will usually have three ground wires..One from the E9 neck pickup, one from the C6 neck pickup, and one from the 1/4" jack plug on the end plate of the Steel.

These three "grounds" usually are all soldered together near the neck selector switch..However , none of these ground wires are normally connected to the switch terminals themselves.

You will also have three of the white "lead" wires.One from the E9 neck , one from the C6 neck, and one from the 1/4" jack plug on the end plate..These white wires will all connect to the neck selector switch..There are many different switches that can be used but usually the input white wire from the jack plug will solder the the center terminal of the switch..Then the white wire from the E9 and C6 pickups will connect to a switch terminial on each side of the center input terminal..So when the switch is positioned to the left or right that neck ( or both) are connected to the switch center terminal and hence , your amp..About the only place you can go wrong here, is to have the E9 or C6 being switched on in the right or left switch position.Most switches work backwards to what you think and if you run into this, just switch the E9 and C6 switch terminal positions.This will reverse which neck is on in the right or left switch position..

There are some variations depending on whether your switch is a two or three position type but the pickup wiring itself is the same.

I hope I have not confussed you.. I have attemped to go in terms that will be easy to follow..I realize that not all of us have changed out a pickup..

I recommend about 2 quarters {1/8"} spacing on the 1st string and just a bit more maybe 3 quarters {3/16"} on the 10th..The additional space on the 10th due to the string phyiscally moving more than the 1st.

If you have any futher questions give me a phone call..

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Jerry Wallace/TrueTone pickups-2001 Zum: D-10,8+6, "98 Zum: D-10,8+8,Nashville 1000,Session 500 ,Session 400 head only amp,Tubefex,ProfexII, Artesia, New Mexico
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Jimmie Martin · Post by **Jimmie Martin** » 13 Nov 2004 5:40 am

thanks jerry the one i am trying to put back is the one i got from you. in a carter d-10. i just got it yesterday.