Fri Jul 20, 2012 2:43 am
Fri Jul 20, 2012 7:45 am
roey wrote:Hi all,
I recently purchased 2 new pickups for my G&L Legacy special to replace 2 dead ones.
1 Dual blade and 1 power blade .
I placed them into the guitar using the official G&L Schematics for the Legacy Special.
The new power blade in the bridge, the new dual blade in the neck.
The old pickup (the only one that didn't die) went in the middle.
Now both new pickups (in the neck and bridge positions) have a hum, while the old one does not.
The weird thing is, they're both wired in the same, and they look and feel the same.
What could be causing this? what can I do about it?
Thanks
Roey
Fri Jul 20, 2012 3:41 pm
Fri Jul 20, 2012 4:24 pm
roey wrote:Hi,
It seems the *new* Dual blade and Power Blade pickups are very different to the older model!
They look different - they are completely black (eg. the magnets on the front are black instead of silver),
and they have 4 wires, instead of 3 - a green, a red, a black , and a white wire, and the way of hooking them up is different as well!
The correct way of hooking them up is :
Red and white wires connected to each other and to the toggle switch.
Black connected to volume pot,
Green to ground.
Any other way , there would be a terrible 60hz hum!
I think this post should also go sticky, since it might help people who buy these new pickups for their old G&Ls.
Roey.
Mon Jul 23, 2012 5:40 pm
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