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N4vgm
Username: N4vgm
Registered: 04-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, June 24, 2006 - 2:24 pm: | |
I have a 1997 AS80 that the bridge pu wiring is flaky. I got the wiring harness out through the f-hole (needed a stew-mac knob puller to get the knobs off / tied dental floss to the hardware). I'm going over the wiring to familiarize myself and comparing it to the official Ibanez As80 diagram, here ...
http://ibanez.com/wiring/wire.asp?y=1997&w=AS80
The reason I'm doing this is the bridge PU was silent with the selector switch in the middle or rear position. This problem showed up after I noticed I was twisting the bridge volume pot too far because of a loose nut. I figured there must be a bad solder joint on that pot.
Now I made sure the pots were orientated like the diagram but the harness is not exactly like the picture. Mainly it looks like there is extra wire (potential ground loops?) and the wires go to the wrong tabs. Also the wire colors are wrong. Here is the question.
Should I rewire the harness as is, using better wire or unsolder everything and wire like the diagram?
Oh, one more thing. There is a white wire (cloth covered) that goes to the selector switch and heads under the top towards the tailpiece posts. Bridge ground? If those are not standard on 1997 AS80's then could that be a sign the whole harness was rewired before?
Thanks, Bob |
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