darkstar wiring

[vettesnaar]

hi there
i have a darkstar pickup with no leads.
wich pole is what i can't figure this out.
setup will be 1 darkstar 1 volume 1 tone
help me out on this one
cheers ronny camaro

 

[DaZombieWoof]

Assume pole connected also to pickup metal shell to be ground and go from there. As there is but that pickup, phase and so on with another pickup is not an issue. Lovely pickups which I think were a happy accident in their design because it is a very complicated design which Fred Hammon has lovingly replicated and improved upon.

 

[marcwcarroll]

Perfect timing Vettesnaar, I got mine tonight and confusing the crap outta me... so Zombie, assume the pole with blue wire is ground?
Take it easy on me I am a real novice... appreciate the help!

 

[DaZombieWoof]

If one isn't already connected to ground, chose your favorite color to be ground and connect it to metal case and your shielding. Other is your hot wire. You can be old school and just run wire or do coax like guitar cable with center hot and shield ground. Lovely pickups with a unique sound.

 

[spiritbass]

Blue = ground

Red = hot

Darkstars =

 

[marcwcarroll]

Got it! wired and installed... loving it!

 

[vettesnaar]

wired and installed the darkstar in a bach thunderbird.
wow this beats all!!

fred did a great job!!!!

cheers ronny camaro
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[knucklehead G]

Are Darkstars humbucking? I've been trying to find this for a while, but didn't think I needed a new thread.

 

[GlennW]

Are Darkstars humbucking? I've been trying to find this for a while, but didn't think I needed a new thread.

No, they're single coils.

 

[knucklehead G]

Could you wire, say, a Darkstar and a SCPB Quarter Pounder to be humcancelling?

 

[GlennW]

Sure, if they're RW/RP. If they aren't it would be easy to reverse the leads on the scpb pickup and have someone reverse the polarity of the magnets. IOW, leave the DS alone and alter the scpb.

 

[knucklehead G]

I figured that would be the best idea, to mod the $50 throwaway pickup instead of the Darkstar.

 

[GlennW]

What I said before assumed you already have the DS. If you have to order one tell Fred how you want it. The Duncan will probably be South up and wound ccw, so you'd want Fred to make your DS North up and cw. Check first.