https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/rewire-squire-strat-with-seymours/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Fri, 05 Jun 2026 02:24:36 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/rewire-squire-strat-with-seymours/#post-69458 Wed, 15 Sep 2004 17:38:23 +0000
All I could do was a test. But, even with the quick test, I was impressed! My wife goes to school at night and that leaves me with my two boys (2 and 6). Friday night I'll be able to give a good test.

Thanks again!]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance Mike https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/rewire-squire-strat-with-seymours/#post-69458 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/rewire-squire-strat-with-seymours/#post-69440 Wed, 15 Sep 2004 16:12:42 +0000
How does it sound?]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance DemoEtc https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/rewire-squire-strat-with-seymours/#post-69440 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/rewire-squire-strat-with-seymours/#post-69400 Wed, 15 Sep 2004 04:55:41 +0000
Congrats on winning the battle.]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance Nils https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/rewire-squire-strat-with-seymours/#post-69400 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/rewire-squire-strat-with-seymours/#post-69397 Wed, 15 Sep 2004 04:51:01 +0000
So I brought in my guitar today and we went over the schematics a little more and after further review we knew what we had to do.

The operation was a success!

I realized that the stress alone caused me to second guess my instincts. My first instincts were correct. The black went to the 5-way, the green and bare went to the ground and the red and white were soldered together and left to hang (but, to be safe I heat shrieked them).

All in all, it was easier than I thought it would be. Just goes to show, don't let your project get the best of you!]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance Mike https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/rewire-squire-strat-with-seymours/#post-69397 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/rewire-squire-strat-with-seymours/#post-69223 Mon, 13 Sep 2004 20:41:51 +0000
The green and naked both go to ground. They are the grounds for the 2 coils.

The reason the red and white go together is to give you a full pup for the connection as they complete the circuit between the coils. These 2 wires can be used in combinations to give you alternate sounds and do splits and so forth with some advanced wiring mods. Do a search on pickup wiring and you will find a bunch of sites with modes that use these wires. For example GuitarNuts at http://www.guitarnuts.com/index.php]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance Nils https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/rewire-squire-strat-with-seymours/#post-69223 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/rewire-squire-strat-with-seymours/#post-69219 Mon, 13 Sep 2004 20:24:33 +0000
Just write the Duncan guys, and other than that, if the black wires go to the hots, then the white and red must go to ground somehow; one's positive and the other two have got to be negative just to complete the circuit. But I agree, it's a pretty lame diagram!

If you get no response, you might leave a post at guitarnuts.com; there's some helpful folk there as well.

Take care.]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance DemoEtc https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/rewire-squire-strat-with-seymours/#post-69219 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/rewire-squire-strat-with-seymours/#post-3742 Mon, 13 Sep 2004 04:28:32 +0000 http://www.seymourduncan.com/website/support/schematics/3lil_hb_vol_2tones_5way.html

I am currently tring to install 3 Seymour's - Hot Rails neck, Performer Scorchers and JB Jr Bridge pick-up's.

The part I don't understand is. Are the red and whites soldered together and then left "free floating"? That's what it looks like in the diagram.

The black's go to the 5-way switch and the green and bare wires get grounded?

Never mind the fact that I have to learn how to solder these things after I find out which wires go where.

I figured if I was going to learn how to do it, it would be with my cheapest guitar - 1996 Squire Strat (yup, 50th Anniversery)]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance Mike https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/rewire-squire-strat-with-seymours/#post-3742