Wires!

[arcadiush]

I tried to understand connections in my King V but i failed. In neck pickup (original Jackson pickup) red and white wires are soldered together and grounded, while black and green are both connected to a 3-way switch. That suggests a parallel connection, but I can't make a serial one.
The bridge pickup is a DiMarzio connected in series wiring.
Any suggestions?

[Rich#6]

Do you have your color codes right?

http://guitarelectronics.zoovy.com/category/wiringresources.11pickupcolorcodes/

[arcadiush]

I had only this, but it didn't work http://www.seymourduncan.com/support...lor_codes.html

[arcadiush]

so it should be red and white together and then green is hot and black is ground?

But that doesn't work..

[mm2002]

The red and white should be together, but not be grounded (unless you already changed that).

[arcadiush]

but the problem is that if redwhite are not grounded and green and black separately the whole thing doesn't work at all..

[straycat]

Red and white soldered together and taped off (not grounded)Jackson pickups are color coded like Duncans.

[arcadiush]

something funny! how is that possible?! black grounded and red as a hot gives me a humbucker even if other wires are hanging loose..
F$%#!!

[rjohnstone]

Impossible... you've got some wires mixed up there.
SD and Jackson pups are not color coded the same.
Green is ground on an SD where as Jackson uses the black lead as a ground. SD and Duncan Designed pups are the same.
Remember... DiMarzio uses a different color scheme as well.


Wiring shots taking from here... http://www.guitarelectronics.com/cat...kupcolorcodes/

[arcadiush]

but.. if it was possible (what I can't understand..) what could be the reason? if there is in fact something mixed up inside my humbucker should I see what's inside or is it vaacum sealed or sth like that and I could easily damage it?
(I've found every single possible wiring diagram, but not the diagram is a problem here apparently)

[rjohnstone]

You sure it's acting like a humbucker?
Black ground and red as a hot should give you a single coil.
Tap the poles on both sides with the tip of a screw driver. If it's clear, it's hot... if it's muddy or muffled, the side is dead.

[arcadiush]

well, I'm pretty sure it acts as a humbucker - if I solder remaining ones it stops working. if I ground one of them and other connect with a hot one nothing changes. But the sound seems to be as loud as from my bridge pickup, which is perfect (DiMarzio).
it's strange..

[rjohnstone]

You're getting beyond my skill level with pups.
I know you can get internal shorts in a pup or wires breaking inside, but I've never seen/heard one doing what you are describing.

EDIT:
Based on your original wiring description, you sure that's an original Jackson pup?
Looking over some wiring diagrams, red/white together and grounded with black and green tied to the toggle... sounds like an Anderson pup running in parallel mode.

[dg]

Arcadiush, you need to disconnect the pickup and start from scratch, wiring the pickup correctly. The red & white should not have been grounded (just soldered together & taped or shrink-wrapped), and only the black wire should be wired to the switch. Green & shield go to ground. The info RJ posted is correct. The green & black are flip-flopped on Jackson vs. Duncan, but on my guitars w/ Jackson pickups they came from the factory using black as hot & green as ground. It only becomes an issue if you mix brands or if there is coil-splitting involved, then you may have to take polarity into account. Get a schematic for your guitar's configuration from seymourduncan.com or from guitarelectronics.com and start from scratch.

*edit- I missed the part about the DiMarzio in the bridge. In that case, you'll probably want green hot & black to ground so it works right when both pickups are on.

[dg]

Looking back at how they had it wired, I think the intent was to split the coils & let you select between them. I don't think it could have worked as a humbucker, since the red/white connection was grounded (common way to split coils).