i'm using an old fender mij neck on an aftermarket body. i have new seymour duncan sbp-3 pickups and i want to hook it up with just a single volume knob (no tone). i'm using a new 500k pot from partsexpress.

the blue wire is comming from the bridge. can y'all take a look at this pic and tell me what i did wrong? there's no signal at all...

thanks!

Okay, lets get you oriented. Assume you are looking at the volume pot from the bottom as in the picture with the three terminals arranged like 1 o'clock, 2 o'clock and 3 o'clock)


1) the ground wire from the pickup (black) is wired to terminal 1 which is also soldered to the body of the pot.

2) also solder terminal 1 to the casing of the pot.

3) another ground wire (black) should be soldered to terminal 1 that goes to the sleeve of the output jack. The terminal for the sleeve is the one that touches the inner ring of the jack.

4) an additional hot wire (white) should be soldered between terminal 2 and the tip of the jack. The terminal for the tip is the one that is directly across from the tip.

5) the hot wire from the pickup (white) should be soldered to terminal 3

6) another ground wire should be soldered from the casing of the volume pot to the bridge. I assume that's the blue one in your picture.


Edit: Post edited after I found the correct wiring diagram.

Edit: Here's the wiring diagram for these pickups. Just bypass the tone pot in the diagram.

http://www.seymourduncan.com/images/products/basslines/501030-100.pdf

you have the jack wired backwards. reverse the two wires at the jack and you should be good.

you have the jack wired backwards. reverse the two wires at the jack and you should be good.

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you have the jack wired backwards. reverse the two wires at the jack and you should be good.

that was it, thanks! i reversed the wires at the jack and it's perfect now. thanks all!!