Taylor 3/4" Humbuckers AX2051 wiring

[myerz]

Hello,
I have a Taylor Solid body Classic with two 4-wire hum buckers. I want to minimize the set up to 1 hum bucker in the bridge position and 1 volume knob.
The pick-up is 4-wire style blk/red/wht/grn w/ a shield. I tried a simple 4-wire example from DiMarzio and it didn't work.

I tried this diagram..
http://www.dimarzio.com/sites/defaul...s/1hum1vol.pdf


If anyone has any thoughts.....thanks.

[big_teee]

Welcome:
Your pickup may be like a Seymour Duncan Pickup color Code.
Try this one.
Wiring Diagram

[myerz]

I tried it.... didn't work.

Thanks though

[big_teee]

I tried it.... didn't work.

Thanks though

Do you have a Multi-Meter?
If you can read ohms through the pickup, we can tell you how to wire it.
T
** Take this chart and your ohm meter and determine which pickup wiring you have.
http://www.seymourduncan.com/support...ic=color_codes

[myerz]

Thanks for the chart. I do have a multi-meter. What should I read from point to point, from wire-to-wire?

[big_teee]

Thanks for the chart. I do have a multi-meter. What should I read from point to point, from wire-to-wire?

With the pickup unwired from the guitar, read the coils start lead to finish lead, like the chart.
If it is a 7-8k Pickup, each coil will read 3.5-4.5k
If it is a 12-16k Pickup, each coil will read 6-8.5k.
You will have to experiment reading them.
Once you determine what wires are mated then try to match it to the chart.

[myerz]

Thank you. I'll give that a shot when I get home from work.

[myerz]

It look like my wiring matches dimarzio. Is there something special I have to do with the pot? A resistor or something?

[big_teee]

It look like my wiring matches dimarzio. Is there something special I have to do with the pot? A resistor or something?

So you read red to black, and white to green.
now twist the black and white together, and read from red to green?
What DCR Resistance value did you get?
T
**Also the first time you tried it?
Did you have the black and white soldered together and taped?
The two coils have to be tied together in series to work?

[David Schwab]

How was the guitar wired originally? Didn't you make note of that before you took it apart?