J-90C wiring question

[jdr94]

Crappy pics but was the best i can do right now. The sticker reads J-90C

[jdr94]

Someones gotta know somethin. C'mon guys enlighten a brotha

[DonP]

Someones gotta know somethin. C'mon guys enlighten a brotha

The only thing I can think of is those pickups were pulled apart and new leads with the wrong colors were added, so who knows what else is up.

Take you DMM. Find out which two wires are for one coil and which two are for the other. But you still won't know which end is the start or finish, so take a guess and connect the two coils together. I'd do it temporarily. Play it and see how it sounds. Then reverse the coil connections and try it again. Which ever way sounds best is correct. Then, if you are installing this with multiple pickups, you need to determine which wire is hot and which is ground. Try it one way, reverse, and try it again. The best sounding way is correct.

[MakeAJazzNoiseHere]

Found this thread while working on the same thing myself.

Yes, it's a J90C, no it has not been pulled apart and had new leads soldered into it. I have a J90C with the exact same configuration. I was lucky enough to be able to guess what the configuration might be from the length of the wires and that my brown/red were already soldered.

For standard humbucking operation it's as JDR94 guessed:

- Black is hot
- Orange to ground with the bare wire
- Brown and red soldered together and twisted & taped.

[jdr94]

Yeah thats what i guessed(also by the lengths of the leads)

[MakeAJazzNoiseHere]

What was yours out of?

Mine is out of a 275 Deluxe (went into a Model 2.)

[jdr94]

Dunno. Got it in trade.

[MakeAJazzNoiseHere]

Hmm... Well I was just curious because I was thinking this was a "late" vs. "early" thing based on mine being in a toothpaste Charvel. In any case it's working, and doesn't sound too bad, either.

[ferengi-bri]

J90C wiring color code and JE0005 5 way switch

Hello,

My J90C has black soldered to the shield, orange soldered to red, and the brown was used as the hot.
Is this normal? Also, I am trying to wire up the Jackson JE-0005 suepr switch to factory specs. I like those tonal options of the outside coils, etc.

Does anyone have that info by chance?

Regards,

Brian