Which BKPs for my RG550 20th?

[gingataff]

Yeah guys, I´ve just ordered 2 MMs :) 

Congratulations!
I restrung my RG back to concert pitch today (it was in drop C and sounded incredible in that tuning but the Edge trem couldn't really handle the intonation) and I've had loads of fun playing Steve Morse, Satriani and Andy Timmons. A bit high gain for those styles maybe but still great, great tone.

The single coil sounds pretty good Imo, so I´m not going to switch it at the moment; maybe later.

Take it from me that the Slowhand I replaced the stock SC with made a huge improvement, it's a real Strat sound but still manages to balance well with the MMs and the inbetween settings are so nice.

Go on. You know you want to.

[LoyK]

If I like the MMs, I am going to upgrade my ESP Horizon II (´59/JB) in the near future, which would be a good chance to order a slowhand SC ;)

[LoyK]

Hi guys, the MMs have arrived:)

But after removing the pickguard, it seems that the 2 humbuckers of my Ibanez have 2 connectors only (+ ground), red and white cables. These 2 cables are connected to the 5-way switch. How can the humbuckers be splitted then?!  My BKPs are 4 conductor now; I need help how to connect them properly. Thanks in advance!

Edit: White and green cables of the BKPs are connected already; so can I use the remaining 3 cables similar to the Ibanez pickups? Red to red, ground to ground and white to black(BKP) or do I have to solder other cables of the BKPs together?

[Philly Q]

The BKP cable has separate wires for the end of each coil, plus a bare ground/shield wire.  The Ibanez cable just has hot (red), ground and a coil split wire (white).

So this (I think!) is how the wiring should go:


Ibanez...................................BKP

Red........................................Red
White.....................................Green & White
Bare (ground)........................Black & Bare

[LoyK]

OK, that sounds good. Can any Ibanez-User approve that?

[gingataff]

I replaced the Ibanez 5-way switch (=rubbish) with a CRL one (=good) and wired it as PhillyQ says.
Black and bare to ground, red to the 'hot' tabs on the switch and green&white to the 'split/ground' tabs.

[LoyK]

Thank you!

I´ll leave the Ibz switch in there for the moment; maybe I´ll replace it soon, bypass the tonepot (don´t need it) and replace the vol pot and the condensator :) 

I hope everything works in a few hours.

[LoyK]

Thanks for your help guys, everything works fine now!

And the Miracle Men(!) are kicking major ass with my VHT Sig:X (now Fryette); everything sounds so powerful and clear...it´s a dream:)