https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/problems-with-electric-guitar-wiring-need-urgent-help/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 22:43:50 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/problems-with-electric-guitar-wiring-need-urgent-help/paged/2/#post-68888 Fri, 10 Sep 2004 19:49:47 +0000
I still have a question:

The adjustable poles of the humbuckers should be facing the neck and respectively the brigde or it's ok if they are facing the single coil ? Glad you got it working.

They can actually face either way and all you will get is some differences in the sound. The bridge pickup may pick up more because the strings vibrate a little more the further you get up the strings. The neck one may be a little lower in volume for the same reason. It it sounds good and you are not getting no funny sounds then you are fine.]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance Nils https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/problems-with-electric-guitar-wiring-need-urgent-help/paged/2/#post-68888 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/problems-with-electric-guitar-wiring-need-urgent-help/#post-68886 Fri, 10 Sep 2004 19:35:52 +0000
I still have a question:

The adjustable poles of the humbuckers should be facing the neck and respectively the brigde or it's ok if they are facing the single coil ?]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance felix_romania https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/problems-with-electric-guitar-wiring-need-urgent-help/#post-68886 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/problems-with-electric-guitar-wiring-need-urgent-help/#post-68787 Thu, 09 Sep 2004 21:34:14 +0000
There a remore and more guitars being delivered with non-splittable humbuckers - even the Gibsons apparently come from the factory without splittable HBs, you have to buy after market replacements for that.]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance greybeard https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/problems-with-electric-guitar-wiring-need-urgent-help/#post-68787 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/problems-with-electric-guitar-wiring-need-urgent-help/#post-68739 Thu, 09 Sep 2004 09:25:05 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance felix_romania https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/problems-with-electric-guitar-wiring-need-urgent-help/#post-68739 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/problems-with-electric-guitar-wiring-need-urgent-help/#post-68709 Thu, 09 Sep 2004 05:17:07 +0000
Joe That was also what I suggested but I was concerned about cross feeding the coil but I guess it can't really hurt anything.]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance Nils https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/problems-with-electric-guitar-wiring-need-urgent-help/#post-68709 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/problems-with-electric-guitar-wiring-need-urgent-help/#post-68701 Thu, 09 Sep 2004 03:44:20 +0000
What I might try would be to run a wire from where the white wire is soldered over to where the other lead wires where. Take a look at this image you'll see that I drew jumpers across the switch. If it doesn't help you could always remove the jumpers.

Just an Idea Click for Image

Joe]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance forrok_star https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/problems-with-electric-guitar-wiring-need-urgent-help/#post-68701 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/problems-with-electric-guitar-wiring-need-urgent-help/#post-68686 Thu, 09 Sep 2004 02:01:49 +0000
Here you can see how the original humbuckers looked like:

http://www.anuntauto.home.ro/images/doza.JPG

I don't know if they were split coil or phase but i'm sure that in the 1st and 5th positions of the switch there was no buzz. (so they acted like humbuckers).

Tomorrow morning I'll try to put the actual white wires to where the original wires were and I'll let you know if it will be some change. I have a concert on the 19th this month and this is my back-up guitar and I have to make it work till then.

Thanx]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance felix_romania https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/problems-with-electric-guitar-wiring-need-urgent-help/#post-68686 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/problems-with-electric-guitar-wiring-need-urgent-help/#post-68682 Thu, 09 Sep 2004 01:49:14 +0000
The ground wire from each pup should obviously go to ground.

Since the original pups were either split coil or phase switching (not sure which) you may need to switch the new white wires to where the original red wires were.

Another possibility is that the white wire from the 2 epi pups need to go where the white from the old were with a jumper to where the reds were. I am a little afraid of what this could do to the pups since I don't know the inner workings of the switch and what feedback it may cause.

The Yamaha switch is very complex and may be worth replacing with a strat 5 way or something like that to simplify the wiring.

Maybe reading this on the Yamaha switch may help:

http://www.stewmac.com/wiring101/yamaha_switch.html]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance Nils https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/problems-with-electric-guitar-wiring-need-urgent-help/#post-68682 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/problems-with-electric-guitar-wiring-need-urgent-help/#post-68679 Thu, 09 Sep 2004 01:14:46 +0000
"If these are Epi humbuckers with adjustable poles they should be placed with the adjustable poles facing the neck and bridge respectively"

This is how they were when I started this thread.

Right now I've rotated the two humbuckers and the're is still no change. I have a felling that I haven't weld the wires correctly on the switch. That's why I posted 2 pictures, hoping that somebody will figure out how i should wire correctly this humbuckers and still use all the 5 positions on the switch like before.]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance felix_romania https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/problems-with-electric-guitar-wiring-need-urgent-help/#post-68679 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/problems-with-electric-guitar-wiring-need-urgent-help/#post-68674 Thu, 09 Sep 2004 00:48:32 +0000
If these are Epi humbuckers with adjustable poles they should be placed with the adjustable poles facing the neck and bridge respectively. Then it is just a matter of getting the correct orientation of the middle pickup which is just a 50/50 shot.]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance Nils https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/problems-with-electric-guitar-wiring-need-urgent-help/#post-68674