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Permalink Reply by Bad Finger (Eric) on April 11, 2012 at 6:03am

A reply, so someone thinks there are replies, so I maybe can get a reply.    :P   /end smartazz.

The neck of this guitar is all shaped and I'm almost ready to plug in the soldering iron.  I have a different idea about maybe putting a spring inside the tin and putting the pup on that instead of the lid.  The pup on the spring will be off 90* from the lid so it only sees the spring.  Can't wait to try it out.

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Permalink Reply by robert jones on April 12, 2012 at 3:23am

Artec Sound wiring diagrams page 11

Option 1 - you need to de-solder then re-solder as needed with the additional components in the circuit to match the diagram.

Option 2 - just add pickups wired per the diagram.

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Permalink Reply by Bad Finger (Eric) on April 12, 2012 at 6:44am

Thanks for the reply.  Careful that linky.  It redirects on me using Google Chrome.  However, I was able to get to the book by manually keying in artecsound.com and then navigating to the wiring book.

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Permalink Reply by robert jones on April 13, 2012 at 12:30am

My bad, extra http:// at the end caused the redirect.

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Permalink Reply by The Phrygian Kid on April 12, 2012 at 9:23am

Just clip the hot wire between pickup and vol pot. The hot is the one that goes to the lugs on the pot. This is where you insert the switch, the centre lug on the switch feeds the vol pot, the hot from the pup to one side, the hot from the new pup to the other.. The ground from the new pup piggybacks onto the ground from the other one

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Permalink Reply by Bad Finger (Eric) on April 12, 2012 at 9:34am

Gotcha.  Thanks.

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Permalink Reply by robert jones on April 13, 2012 at 12:46am

Do it right instead of sloppy. Cutting and splicing the wiring harness would be a half-assed approach. Splicing in is for emergencies or inaccessible points, neither of which apply here. 

The idea in audio wiring is to have the minimal number of connections required for the circuit. This cuts down on potential connection related noise and makes any trouble shooting of the wiring simpler.

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Permalink Reply by Bad Finger (Eric) on April 13, 2012 at 1:38am

I think everything is close enough that I can do as both suggested and not be sloppy.

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