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Topic: Help rewiring a new BL705 from single coil in Zum |
Scott Kwapiszeski
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Harlan, Iowa 51537
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Posted 18 Feb 2017 3:21 pm |
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Can anyone help with the wiring process going from the original single coil to the 705 in my 2001 Zum? Any help much appreciated!!!
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ZUM Steel D10, Rittenberry S10, Walker Stereo Steel, Quilter Steelaire, Hilton volume, SGBB |
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Lane Gray
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Topeka, KS
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Posted 18 Feb 2017 6:30 pm
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Are you wanting a dedicated humbucker, or will you be hiding a switch to take you to single coil mode?
Either way, the white wire is the hot wire and goes to either the tip of the output jack or the neck selector switch (you didn't say how many necks you have).
The Black wire and the braid go to the sleeve of the output jack.
Twist the red and green wires together and either:
Tape them off so they'll never cause mischief (if you want a dedicated humbucker), or (I recommend this, because that pickup has a great Bakersfield twang in single coil mode);
Solder them to one side of a simple SPST switch, with the other side going to ground. When the switch is open (or off), it's a humbucker; when it's closed, one coil shorts to ground and it's, as they say in German, Stürm und Twang.
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
More amps than guitars, and not many effects |
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Scott Kwapiszeski
From:
Harlan, Iowa 51537
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Posted 18 Feb 2017 6:34 pm
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Thank you so much Lane! I really really appreciate it!!!
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ZUM Steel D10, Rittenberry S10, Walker Stereo Steel, Quilter Steelaire, Hilton volume, SGBB |
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Lane Gray
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Topeka, KS
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Posted 18 Feb 2017 6:51 pm
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If you want the switch, I'd put it on an angle bracket screwed to the inside of the rear apron.
Also, because doublenecks share a common ground, and some other interactions I'm not thinking of, if you want to switch the modes and you have a doubleneck, I think each neck needs its own mode switch
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
More amps than guitars, and not many effects |
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Scott Kwapiszeski
From:
Harlan, Iowa 51537
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Posted 18 Feb 2017 7:53 pm
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Hey, I found the paper that came with the pickup, it says the red is the hot and the green and white get wired together . The white makes more sense to me, any thoughts?
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ZUM Steel D10, Rittenberry S10, Walker Stereo Steel, Quilter Steelaire, Hilton volume, SGBB |
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Lane Gray
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Topeka, KS
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Posted 18 Feb 2017 9:12 pm
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If you do it one way, the coils are in parallel, and if you do it the other way, they're in series.
Both ways are humbuckers. I don't think there's a real way to tell the two apart with a multimeter.
And the method I shared was off the Wilde pickups website (where Bill and Becky went after the eastern European dude did his thing, although the nature of his thing is apparently still a matter of dispute).
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
More amps than guitars, and not many effects |
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Scott Kwapiszeski
From:
Harlan, Iowa 51537
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Posted 18 Feb 2017 9:14 pm
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Great! THANK YOU AGAIN!!!!
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ZUM Steel D10, Rittenberry S10, Walker Stereo Steel, Quilter Steelaire, Hilton volume, SGBB |
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Wesley Medlen
From:
LaCygne,Ks
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Posted 19 Feb 2017 3:33 am
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I put a 705 in my BMI last year guitar sounded crazy had white as hot wire. A dealer that has sold many 705's said red was positive he rewired it. It worked perfect then. Wes
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Justice S10 Jr, Gibson Electra 6string, Boss Katana 100, Steelers Choice ,Gretsch 6 string lap, Hilton VP |
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