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Replacing the Pickups in Your Guitar

Step 9Wiring Part One (preparation)

Wiring Part One (preparation)
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Start out by turning on the soldering iron. Get it hot so that you don't have to wait on it later.

Use the exacto knife to trim away part of the black insulation covering the internal bundle of wires. Your pickup might not have that.

Only do an inch or so, then read the wiring diagram to see how you have to wire it.


In my case, I had to wire three of the wires to the control panel. I guessed how much wire I would need, then I stripped that much of the outside insulation off the wire bundle.

Next, I stripped about a half inch of the insulation off each individual wire.


That's it for part one. Read over wiring diagrams and make sure you know where and why the wires go where they do.
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