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Permalink Reply by Dave Lynas on February 19, 2013 at 12:32pm

Wow Ted, these diagrams and photos are a great resource. Thanks for helping us wiring idiots. This is really helping me.

Permalink Reply by BrianQ. on February 21, 2013 at 11:58am

Great slideshow! I think U got em' all,  Lol :) btw Ted TV is also awesome!!

Permalink Reply by Servaas (Der Groovemeister) on February 27, 2013 at 4:10am

Cool, thanks!

Permalink Reply by Daniel Walter on February 10, 2014 at 4:30am

Hey Ted. This one seems easy, but I'm not sure. It's a flush mount output jack for solid body guitars. this is what they say: The short terminal is positive, the mid-length terminal is the "ring" (for stereo output, or for battery switching in mono wiring), and the long arm on the side is ground.

I'm wiring the pickup directly, no volume, etc. Usually i connect positive to positive on the jack, and neg to the "ring", or the other terminal. do i also connect the neg from the pickup to ground, along with the metal bridge?

Permalink Reply by Ted Crocker on February 10, 2014 at 4:18pm

Wire the neg from pickup and bridge ground to the long arm/ground.  For what you need you can just ignore the ring.

Permalink Reply by Daniel Walter on February 12, 2014 at 3:29am

Thank you!

Permalink Reply by Daniel Walter on February 10, 2014 at 4:31am

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Permalink Reply by Daniel Walter on February 12, 2014 at 3:38am

Hey Ted, I did manage to wire this, but had to combine two diagrams because of the active booster.

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Permalink Reply by Daniel Walter on February 19, 2014 at 8:53am

Ted, one more question. In this Build I'm Using an antique English pudding mold, made of metal. should I ground that also? It will be exposed on the outside. Thanks.

Permalink Reply by Ted Crocker on February 19, 2014 at 9:53am

Yes, I would ground that also

Permalink Reply by Daniel Walter on May 15, 2014 at 8:49am

hi Ted. i left a question, it must have been another site, i hope you don't mind if i ask again. i bought some old (1945/46) jeep switches with nice threaded collars, perfect for cbgs, just on/off. i'd like to use them to control 4 pickups, two electric, two piezo. can i just run grounds to all four, then the separate hots, to mix? then a common ground fom all four to the jack? will this create a ground loop, or any other problems? i really appreciate your educated feedback, thanks.

Permalink Reply by Ted Crocker on May 16, 2014 at 4:10am

Hi Daniel, sounds like that will work great.  I run all my grounds to the back of the volume pot, and then one wire to the neg lug of the jack.

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