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    So my EX-250 LTD ESP guitar broke in half,(its now glued and solid) some wires came loose and I don't know where they go, the wiring doesnt seem to match any of the wiring diagrams. It has 'Duncan designed' OEM pickups. Heres what it looks like as you can one of the thick black wires that has the wires in it, is completely unconnected to anything, and the wiring is not like any diagrams in the site. I know 0 about guitar pickups. Please help me with this. Thank you guys.

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    Dude, how do you break a guitar in half?

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    I fell and landed on it. BTW, any idea about the wiring issue?

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    Heres a picture heres the 3 way switch, notice it has a green in it, and that everything is pretty much conected to it, this is where I suspect the cables go, the question is where? it doesnt match any of the wiring diagrams heres the loose cable

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    Green to the empty switch terminal on the right in your drawing, black to the other two black wires on the switch.

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    The pickup that is still connected is correct. Just follow the same colour code convention when reconnecting the second pickup.

    Your sketch of the selector switch looks slightly wrong. Normally, the two contacts bent together (between the two green pickup conductors) carry the signal from the switch to the controls. The contact off by itself with the black cables is the ground terminal. There should be no link between this and the bent together output terminals.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Funkfingers View Post
    +1

    The pickup that is still connected is correct. Just follow the same colour code convention when reconnecting the second pickup.

    Your sketch of the selector switch looks slightly wrong. Normally, the two contacts bent together (between the two green pickup conductors) carry the signal from the switch to the controls. The contact off by itself with the black cables is the ground terminal. There should be no link between this and the bent together output terminals.
    not sure I understand what your saying but here is the switch, my drawing isnt good

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    Quote Originally Posted by drdave View Post
    Green to the empty switch terminal on the right in your drawing, black to the other two black wires on the switch.
    So the black goes with the other Black Wires? like this?

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    Quote Originally Posted by RoboAramis View Post
    So the black goes with the other Black Wires? like this?
    Yes. On your guitar, the black conductor from each pickup, the bare screen wire from each pickup and one other wire are all soldered to the grounding lug that aligns with the middle of the selector switch.

    The confusion over the white wire that appears to run the length of the switch was just a misunderstanding brought about by the blurriness of your photographs and the inaccuracy of your drawing.

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    K I solderd it, it seems to be working all positions are audible. Unrelated problem, my Volume pot seems to drop if jiggled or tapped, the soldered on that is fine, is it a bad pot? need to be replaced?

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