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Steve Hudson


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weymouth Massachusetts, USA
Post  Posted 22 May 2022 2:32 pm    
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so i recently purchased a homemade console lap steel, with a single single coil wiring directly tot he jack, no vol or tone pots which is fine because obviously i use a volume pedal anyway.

Now unfortunately theres a touch more hum from the single coil than id prefer, so i purchased a single soil spaced humbucker hot rails . my question is since the humbucker has three sets of wires, the silver ( ground?)soldered to a black wire, a single green wire, and a soldered together red and white wire .

If im adding this direct to jack, what am i looking at here wiring wise? and what to do with the leftover wires?
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Bill A. Moore


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Silver City, New Mexico, USA
Post  Posted 22 May 2022 3:02 pm    
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Solder the black to the sleeve, and the green to the tip. Make sure the other two are insulated.
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Steve Hudson


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weymouth Massachusetts, USA
Post  Posted 22 May 2022 3:47 pm    
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Bill A. Moore wrote:
Solder the black to the sleeve, and the green to the tip. Make sure the other two are insulated.



going to sound weird but, whats a sleeve or a tip?
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Steve Hudson


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weymouth Massachusetts, USA
Post  Posted 22 May 2022 3:56 pm    
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Bill A. Moore wrote:
Solder the black to the sleeve, and the green to the tip. Make sure the other two are insulated.



Heres a pic of the jack as it exists now, , which goes where?

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Steve Hudson


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weymouth Massachusetts, USA
Post  Posted 22 May 2022 7:46 pm    
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Bill A. Moore wrote:
Solder the black to the sleeve, and the green to the tip. Make sure the other two are insulated.


I think i gotcha on this, the inside part is the sleeve( ground) and the outside part if the tip, ( red in the picture,) ill solder the green there then just throw a wire nut and tape off the other wires. right?
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