RAWR!!!!! angry at wiring

dmandude123455 · 11-03-2009, 06:43 PM

so yea i just finished soldering my evh custom guitar and i was so exicted about it and i was like yea!!!! woot after 5 months ur done!!!!...nope....i plugged in the guitar with no strings just to check it out and there was humming....... sooooooo, i opened the back of the guitar and saw the red and white wires werent soldered and taped so i did so...and there was stil hum.....i used the SD wiring for 1 humbucker 1 volume and 1 tone the pickup is a gfs veh if pics r needed ill post some please help :<

dmandude123455 · 11-03-2009, 07:06 PM

btw when i started the wirring before i had the rosin solder, my dad and i started wiring it up and we used plumbing solder i guess and we covered the bare wire in it to make it longer so idk if that my be it.

dmandude123455 · 11-03-2009, 07:13 PM

and when i touched the knobs/trem it buzzed

Jessie Sammler · 11-03-2009, 07:16 PM

I'd say, get rid of every trace of plumbing solder. It couldn't be more wrong for electrical connections. Every one of them done with that stuff has to be cleaned off and redone. Cut the wires back, too, and start over.

dmandude123455 · 11-03-2009, 07:20 PM

so take all the wires that i used the plumbing solder on off and cut them back or just cut all the wires from the pickup back?

Jessie Sammler · 11-03-2009, 07:22 PM

Start with the ones that have the plumbing solder -- if you can tell one kind from the other. All connections made with it have to go.

dmandude123455 · 11-03-2009, 07:26 PM

ok lol i think i put it on the ground, green and bare and that should be it

11-03-2009, 06:43 PM	#1
dmandude123455 Tone Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: tampa,fl Posts: 298	RAWR!!!!! angry at wiring so yea i just finished soldering my evh custom guitar and i was so exicted about it and i was like yea!!!! woot after 5 months ur done!!!!...nope....i plugged in the guitar with no strings just to check it out and there was humming....... sooooooo, i opened the back of the guitar and saw the red and white wires werent soldered and taped so i did so...and there was stil hum.....i used the SD wiring for 1 humbucker 1 volume and 1 tone the pickup is a gfs veh if pics r needed ill post some please help :< __________________ squire strat with i think a duncan :/ custom evh project black and neon green(vh2 62' gibson eb-0 bass a horrible crate gx-15? idk lmao

11-03-2009, 07:06 PM	#2
dmandude123455 Tone Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: tampa,fl Posts: 298	Re: RAWR!!!!! angry at wiring btw when i started the wirring before i had the rosin solder, my dad and i started wiring it up and we used plumbing solder i guess and we covered the bare wire in it to make it longer so idk if that my be it. __________________ squire strat with i think a duncan :/ custom evh project black and neon green(vh2 62' gibson eb-0 bass a horrible crate gx-15? idk lmao

11-03-2009, 07:13 PM	#3
dmandude123455 Tone Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: tampa,fl Posts: 298	Re: RAWR!!!!! angry at wiring and when i touched the knobs/trem it buzzed __________________ squire strat with i think a duncan :/ custom evh project black and neon green(vh2 62' gibson eb-0 bass a horrible crate gx-15? idk lmao

11-03-2009, 07:16 PM	#4
Jessie Sammler Super Toneologist Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Where the annoying things are. Posts: 1,030	Re: RAWR!!!!! angry at wiring I'd say, get rid of every trace of plumbing solder. It couldn't be more wrong for electrical connections. Every one of them done with that stuff has to be cleaned off and redone. Cut the wires back, too, and start over. __________________ Thankful.

11-03-2009, 07:20 PM	#5
dmandude123455 Tone Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: tampa,fl Posts: 298	Re: RAWR!!!!! angry at wiring so take all the wires that i used the plumbing solder on off and cut them back or just cut all the wires from the pickup back? __________________ squire strat with i think a duncan :/ custom evh project black and neon green(vh2 62' gibson eb-0 bass a horrible crate gx-15? idk lmao

11-03-2009, 07:22 PM	#6
Jessie Sammler Super Toneologist Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Where the annoying things are. Posts: 1,030	Re: RAWR!!!!! angry at wiring Start with the ones that have the plumbing solder -- if you can tell one kind from the other. All connections made with it have to go. __________________ Thankful.

11-03-2009, 07:26 PM	#7
dmandude123455 Tone Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: tampa,fl Posts: 298	Re: RAWR!!!!! angry at wiring ok lol i think i put it on the ground, green and bare and that should be it __________________ squire strat with i think a duncan :/ custom evh project black and neon green(vh2 62' gibson eb-0 bass a horrible crate gx-15? idk lmao

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