seymour duncan basslines ground wire?

[chilievans]

Does anyone know which write is the ground in a Seymour duncan stk-j1?

 

[Cadfael]

Here is the original wiring instruction ...
http://www.seymourduncan.com/images/products/basslines/501030-115.pdf

Green is "ground to coil", bare is "Ground to shielding" ...

 

[chilievans]

Thanks bud.
The reason I ask is that I've fitted a j-retro and since doing so my pick ups have been buzzing when I touch the poles. I figure they need grounding. So of I connect the bare wire to the shielding the problem should go. Yes?

 

[Cadfael]

Yes.

If there is a bare wire, it ALWAYS HAS to be soldered to GROUND.

The bare wire on a "5 conductor cable" never "influences the coils".
If you had an out-of-phase problem when both PUs are on, you would have to change the black and green wire, but bare would always have to be connected to ground.

 

[chilievans]

Thanks man. That's just what I needed to hear