I found this vid because I wasn't sure the "right" way of working with shielded cable for my input jack in my Strat. You are a genius sir. No magic, no black box, no secrets, just plain and simple. Based on this vid I am now a subscriber and can't wait to see what else you have. Many thanks

@SDPickups

7 жыл бұрын

I'm no genius, I just try alot of things until something works. Glad to share what I can.

The nail method worked like a charm for a wire where I needed to keep the braid, thank you!

@SDPickups

2 жыл бұрын

Excellent!

Thank you for this video! It's so thorough and covers everything! So helpful to those not familiar with braided shield.

@SDPickups

8 жыл бұрын

+Robert Banyaga I hoped it would help someone, so glad it did for you.

EXCELLENT! THANK YOU!!! I appreciate the tool details also.

awesome! Best vid out there for working with braided wire- a real timesaver. Thanks!!

Yes, very helpful. Thank you for taking the time to create, and upload, this video.

Thank you for posting this demonstration.

@SDPickups

2 жыл бұрын

Sure thing. Took a couple years to figure this out....

Exactly what i was looking for, thank you so much!

Ughh been looking for thid video for so long...

thank you for making that

Thank you.

Does that method dull the cutting edge of the wire stripper?

Thanks for the tip with the nail Stephan. What is the name of the artist that is playing? I like the music.

@SDPickups

2 жыл бұрын

Gosh, I don't know. That was a long time ago. Probably just some copyright free youtube audio back then.

Hi. I was wondering. . . I'm changing a single wire neck humbucker pickup on my archtop. Since it's so tricky to get to the pot, I was wondering whether one can cut the old pickup wire close to the pickup and simply solder the new pickup wire there. Solder the black inner wire, solder the braided coverings of both wires, and tape it all with electrical tape. Watching videos, it looks like this works-at least for those who say so.

@SDPickups

3 жыл бұрын

Yes you can do that if its not a vintage guitar and pickup. For My Les Pauls thats how I change pickups quickly, is that the pickups have short leads so I can swap them at the routs and not have to get into the control cavity.

@BernardGuy

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the reply, it's good to know. I actually ended up doing that, in a way, since when I removed the bridge pickup to see better what's going on with the wires, I saw that the neck pickup's wire had been soldered to an older wire going to the pot, which was done like that-the inner wires soldered and the old wire ground soldered to the braided covering. Out of curiosity, why do write "if its not a vintage guitar and pickup" ?

great video, but I have only one question: why do you trim the excess of the braid when soldering it to the back of a pot? can't you use the excess to ground it?

@SDPickups

3 жыл бұрын

I just copy what Gibson did back then. they probably just pulled the braid back and soldered them that way. My way is just cleaner and easier to do.

May be a stupid question, but would it be ok to solder the extra braided shielding wire to the back of pot for ground, instead of cutting it off? or does it matter if you ground via the main braided lead, instead of the extra braided piece? Just curious.

@SDPickups

3 жыл бұрын

Like the originals I strip the braid right before the solder lug on the pot. The end of the braid is then just soldered straight to the back of the pot. You can see this in part two of my harness building video : kzread.info/dash/bejne/YoaZ2dikj8SzoLA.html

Can you use this type of wire on a phase switch push pull?

@SDPickups

2 жыл бұрын

I really don't know. I've found that push pull switches are also tone killers, so I stay away from them.

@neilrobinson7615

2 жыл бұрын

@@SDPickups I've managed it, so they do work. I was having problems getting the circuit to work properly, turns out the pickup itself was shorting out when I put the case on. (P90 pickup).

@neilrobinson7615

2 жыл бұрын

@@SDPickups In what way does a push pull affect tone? I'm quite new to this, I haven't heard that before.

I have to solder a new lead to the P90 that someone cut out of the guitar to ensure it can reach the lugs for the pickup. Wish you had a video for that!

@SDPickups

7 жыл бұрын

I should do a video on that, Stew Mac has a video on how to splice braided wire but its very poorly done and confusing, I finally figured out how to do it and their video wasn't very good.

@scottpam

7 жыл бұрын

I did get it done for the P90 that was cut short...tested it with the meter and it's within range! I have one more to do!

Is it possible to just make the braid a separate wire? Like 4:12 but longer, starting from the root of the wire

@user-to3pe1zi9v

2 жыл бұрын

I’m replacing the pickups on a mustang so the places to connect the hot and ground are in completely different parts so I can’t use the methods in the video

@SDPickups

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, you can use a nail to open some of the braid then pull the black core wire through as a seperate wire.

Excellent Information. For once a KZread instructional video that is well shot.

Fantastic. My method was more tedious.