Guitar Rewire - No Sound

[MatrixClaw]

Ok, I'm putting the original Gibson pickups back into my SG, everything is still wired up on them besides 6 things being clipped:

Both pickup connections to the volume pots (right connection), one wire randomly coming off the top of each of the volume pots (both supposed to go to middle position on switch?) and one coming from each of the middle connections (each goes to outside position on switch?)

I've wired it up exactly how my SG Standard is, but still - neither pickup position produces any sound (The bridge pickup did work at one point, then we went back to see why the other two positions didn't work... and then the bridge no longer worked again).

The wiring is setup exactly like this:

GuitarElectronics.com WDU-HH3T22-01

Any idea what's wrong? I've been tryin to figure this thing out for the past 3 hours and it's REALLY getting annoying.

[dennistruckdriver]

Originally Posted by MatrixClaw

Ok, I'm putting the original Gibson pickups back into my SG, everything is still wired up on them besides 6 things being clipped....
Any idea what's wrong?

Yeah....those '6 things being clipped' might have something to do with it. If you ain't gettin' any sound, you got something wired up wrong, or not connected....simple as that.
Post some photos, and some of the masterminds here can tell you what is up.

[MatrixClaw]

Haha, well the 6 wires that were clipped are now connected to the same spots my SG Standard's wired to.

I'll try to take a picture of it with my camera's phone, my camera is dead

[Loserface300]

Though i be a noob, Just make sure you know how each company colors each of the wires from the pickups.... There all different. (ive read alot of repair manuals and books on guitars, so imma bit knowelgble..)

[Dino]

If you're not getting any sound at all, check the wires to your input jack.
Sometimes it's the most obvious things that are overlooked.

[Bandit79]

Also, make sure everything is grounded

[Bandit79]

Originally Posted by MatrixClaw

I'll try to take a picture of it with my camera's phone, my camera is dead

Didn't know cameras has phones

[MatrixClaw]

Originally Posted by Bandit79

Didn't know cameras has phones

Ah damnit! You know what I mean

So I rewired everything today, no sound again. Someone suggested that it might be the switch that's gone bad?

I notice that if I press the "leaves" of the switch together I do hear a little blip of something if i hold them together for a while, though it's not instantly.

After the rewire, I got a few notes out of the neck pickup when i pushed its wire down the top of the pot. I figured that was just for ground and didn't bother wiring that in yet, so I soldered it onto the top, as well as the ground wire to the bridge... no sound again.



I really don't see how anything could be wrong with it, it was taken out working, the switch worked fine with the EMGs that were in it, and now putting the old electronics back in gives me absolutely nothing.

[skydog]

This might sound stupid but check out the tone knobs. I installed new pups in a Tele and nothing. Wired it exactly as suggested. Took it to my tech and he figured it out immediately. Try rolling the tone and see if you get anything.

[MatrixClaw]

Tried moving all the knobs, they all seem to work properly when I'm getting sound, but it still doesn't explain why I get no sound in the middle position and the bridge is completely clean on the distortion channel of my amp.

I hate to take this to a tech and have them look at it and cost me more money (as I sold the guitar to someone already, just need to get these pickups working before I can send it out), but I'm really running out of ideas here...

[skydog]

Here's a comparison chart at the SD site for different brands of pups:
Wiring Diagram

[hillbilly]

If you had some pic's, I/we could help...