turmoil
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i bought this gibson les paul studio last year and i liked the stock pickups but i decided to switch them out for an emg 81/60 combo. i installed them with ease because i have done a few emgs before.
Now i've kind of grown tired of the emg sound so i decided to put the stock gibson pickups, 490R Alnico magnet humbucker - neck -, and 498T Alnico magnet humbucker -bridge - back into the les paul and i have it all wired up but no sound is coming out of the amp when i went to tap on the humbuckers. I haven't installed anything but emgs so far, so i'm just a little confused (which is probably why it isn't working).
here's a picture of what i have going on so far
in case you can't tell from the picture here's what i have so far:
-the volume (left) and tone pots (right) are connected by the capacitor from the tone's middle lug to the volume's bottom lug on both.
-both of the pickup's cable are soldered to the respective volume pot (neck top, bridge lower) and then soldered to the bottom lug where the capacitor connects the two pots.
-then there is the 3 way toggle that has the following colors: red, white, black, green, and then a bare cable with a yellow tube around it that is connected to the green one.
-the red and white are for the toggling so i have the red one for the neck (top) and the white one for the bridge (bottom).
-the green/yellow i soldered to the bridge volume pot. i'm sure this is wrong but that's how i had it with my emgs.
-the black cable i have soldered to the thing in the middle that connects the input jack and also the metal cable going into the body, which i'm assuming is for the ground.
I know this is a loooong read but i'd really appreciate the help. i'm sure i did something stupid so anything will help.
thanks!
Now i've kind of grown tired of the emg sound so i decided to put the stock gibson pickups, 490R Alnico magnet humbucker - neck -, and 498T Alnico magnet humbucker -bridge - back into the les paul and i have it all wired up but no sound is coming out of the amp when i went to tap on the humbuckers. I haven't installed anything but emgs so far, so i'm just a little confused (which is probably why it isn't working).
here's a picture of what i have going on so far
in case you can't tell from the picture here's what i have so far:
-the volume (left) and tone pots (right) are connected by the capacitor from the tone's middle lug to the volume's bottom lug on both.
-both of the pickup's cable are soldered to the respective volume pot (neck top, bridge lower) and then soldered to the bottom lug where the capacitor connects the two pots.
-then there is the 3 way toggle that has the following colors: red, white, black, green, and then a bare cable with a yellow tube around it that is connected to the green one.
-the red and white are for the toggling so i have the red one for the neck (top) and the white one for the bridge (bottom).
-the green/yellow i soldered to the bridge volume pot. i'm sure this is wrong but that's how i had it with my emgs.
-the black cable i have soldered to the thing in the middle that connects the input jack and also the metal cable going into the body, which i'm assuming is for the ground.
I know this is a loooong read but i'd really appreciate the help. i'm sure i did something stupid so anything will help.
thanks!
