Originally Posted by: aschlemanAlll you really need to know is whether they're 1 or 2 wire buckers... And it's simple to tell... If they have 2 wires, they're obviously 2 wire buckers... The black wire is the ground... the red (white on vintage applications) is the hot wire... Look for any schematic dealing with 2 wire buckers... 1 wire buckers have a ground sheilding around the hot wire... sooo they're a bit trickier... you need to solder the sheilding to ground. The interior wire is soldered to the hot leads... here's a schematic for a 1 wire bucker... it just so happens to be a Seymour Duncan... http://www.sonfatherguitars.com/Schematics/HumBucker.GIF

The 2 wire is basically the same but instead of having to solder the sheilding you simply have a seperate wire... a little bit less confusing...

Also... this thread goes in the tech forum...

Someone call the Guitar Tricks Thread Moving Service!! They alsways have speedy service!

The pickups he is describing sound like the ones from the Telecaster thinlines back in the early seventies. Not saying that's what it is, just that that's what it sounds like.

and aschleman what if it's a 4 wire humbucker? :D