
Reference Guide to Connect Guitar and Bass Pickups
Connecting correctly guitar and bass pickups is not complicated as long as you know what you are doing. Generally colors are standardized.
Doesn't matter if they are humbuckers, single coils, for Telecaster, Stratoscaster, LesPaul, etc
For example generally:
- Black Wire= Ground
- Green,Yellow, Red Wire= Signal/Live
Usually this is common but please check your wiring instructions first to make sure.
Please click on the image below to go to the Artec Pickups wiring guide.
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