Author Topic: How many wires? (Read 3106 times)

Tarzan · « **on:** March 31, 2007, 10:30:18 AM »

just another thread showing how little i know about pickups.

I've just got my new nailbomb (braided 2 conductor), but it only has one wire coming out of it. It says on the instructions "solder the central core wire to the pot tag of the volume control before soldering the the braided wire to the fixed grounding point".

Does this mean that there should be two wires, or do i use a wire that's already on the guitar?

sgmypod · « **Reply #1 on:** March 31, 2007, 10:58:03 AM »

yup wiring comeing out to the switch and the outside braided to to back of a pot

Tarzan · « **Reply #2 on:** March 31, 2007, 11:01:12 AM »

ok, cheers, just wanted to make sure as i didn't fully understand the instructions it came with

sgmypod · « **Reply #3 on:** March 31, 2007, 11:03:49 AM »

and mine made more sense *L*, hope it helped

Tarzan · « **Reply #4 on:** March 31, 2007, 11:13:34 AM »

Quote from: sgmypod

and mine made more sense *L*, hope it helped

sometimes having something repeated in a slightly different way helps quite a lot. so yeah, thanks for the help

Philly Q · « **Reply #5 on:** March 31, 2007, 11:17:32 AM »

It is confusing, though. "2 conductor" means single conductor plus braided shield. "4 conductor" has four wires plus a shield wire, but we don't call it "5 conductor". Just another weird guitar-world thing, I suppose.