Where's this here wire go?

[Bodeanly]

Hello, TB. Squier Jag. No response from J pup. Where is this wire supposed to be? (See image).

Thanks in advance.

 

[DiabolusInMusic]

Where is it from? I am guessing the negative from the bridge pickup, yeah?

 

[Bodeanly]

I can touch it to any metal and get a signal from the pickup, but there's a pretty annoying hum. Where would be the best place to secure it?

 

[line6man]

I can touch it to any metal and get a signal from the pickup, but there's a pretty annoying hum. Where would be the best place to secure it?

You have not specified what it is. You don't just make random choices regarding where to connect wires. You have to know what you are dealing with before you can decide where to solder it.

Where does the wire come from?

 

[Bodeanly]

You have not specified what it is. You don't just make random choices regarding where to connect wires. You have to know what you are dealing with before you can decide where to solder it.

Where does the wire come from?

It's coming from the hole that leads to the bridge pup. There are two other wires coming out of this hole. The yellow one goes to the second knob. The other black one goes to the first knob. Does this info help?

 

[line6man]

It's coming from the hole that leads to the bridge pup. There are two other wires coming out of it. The yellow one goes to the second knob. The other black one goes to the first knob. Does this info help?

You will need to check the bridge pickup's cavity, then.

Practically, however, it is very likely to be the shielding from the bridge pickup.

 

[Bodeanly]

Just pulled the pup. It's coming from the pup, not the shielding. There are two wires coming from the pup: one yellow, one black. The yellow goes to the second knob. The black is the one that's loose. The other black wire (from the bottom of the cavity) is the one going to the first knob.

 

[LoveThatBass]

Connect to the back of the second volume pot. When you close the control cavity with the control plate the hum will decrease but the only way to totally get rid of the single coil jazz pickup him is to replace it with a dual or split coil noiseless jazz pickup

 

[Laurent]

+1 It looks like a ground wire. So it should indeed be soldered to the back of your volume pot. It can be any pot as long as they are all grounded and they should. Normally black is ground and white/green sometimes red is hot.

 

[Bodeanly]

Thanks!

 

[paparoof]

+1 It looks like a ground wire. So it should indeed be soldered to the back of your volume pot. It can be any pot as long as they are all grounded and they should. Normally black is ground and white/green sometimes red is hot.

agreed.

 

[JustForSport]

See the dent in the cavity shield that is by the cover plate screw? It may have been sandwiched there to ground the plate and cavity, as I see no other cavity ground wire. It's not the best way to ground those...