Members Matter-Eater Lad Posted June 14, 2007 Members Share Posted June 14, 2007 Is there anything around that will work for this? To take out, for example, a Strat pickguard (loaded) and put another one in with just a connector, no soldering? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Burningleaves Posted June 14, 2007 Members Share Posted June 14, 2007 Kinman has a no-solder harness for his pickups. But you could do it yourself I would imagine. Put some type of male / female clips inbetween where the pickup wires go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted June 14, 2007 Moderators Share Posted June 14, 2007 Kinman has a no-solder harness for his pickups. But you could do it yourself I would imagine. Put some type of male / female clips inbetween where the pickup wires go. The easiest way is in the case of a Strat is to run the pickup wires to a pin block and the other side of the pin block obviously goes to the switch and pots etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HeimBrent Posted June 14, 2007 Members Share Posted June 14, 2007 If you take out the full fretboard that would leave two wires for the fretboard and one for the ground. Maybe two for the batteryclip. 3-5 wires... ?That would leave you with 3-5 small screws... Pretty easy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BootRoots Posted June 14, 2007 Members Share Posted June 14, 2007 I think most folks don't find soldering to be that troublesome so there probably isn't a lot out there like that. not to say it couldn't be done though. Those cheapo saga kits have no solder connections but they are pretty crappy and most folks I hear just solder it properly anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Matter-Eater Lad Posted June 14, 2007 Author Members Share Posted June 14, 2007 The easiest way is in the case of a Strat is to run the pickup wires to a pin block and the other side of the pin block obviously goes to the switch and pots etc.What is a "pin block"? I can solder but I want to have two Strat pickguard set-ups, and interchange them easily. I know myself - if I have to fire up the iron everytime I simply won't change them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cincy_cosmo Posted June 14, 2007 Members Share Posted June 14, 2007 I have always found it curious that pickup manufacturers have not arrived at a standard pickup connector. It seems to me that they ALL would sell alot more pickups if common consumers who don't like wires and solder could easily change pickups. Some guitars have been made with interchangable pickups, but those were non-starters for a variety of reasons. If we had to solder wires into a guitar to connect it to an amp, I would imagine there would be alot less guitars sold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Burningleaves Posted June 14, 2007 Members Share Posted June 14, 2007 The easiest way is in the case of a Strat is to run the pickup wires to a pin block and the other side of the pin block obviously goes to the switch and pots etc. Pin block? Never heard of one. Is it like the pic HeimBrent has up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HeimBrent Posted June 14, 2007 Members Share Posted June 14, 2007 All EMG's are solderless, for the record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AXEL276 Posted June 14, 2007 Members Share Posted June 14, 2007 I do this all the time (have several loaded strat pickguard assemblies that I swap). It's so easy, I just use 2 of those small plastic twist things you can buy anywhere. There will only be 3 wires and 2 of them are both the ground from the jack and ground to the body (or bridge). The other white wire is to the jack. I can swap pickguard assemblies faster than changing a set of strings. And if you have locking tuners you don't need to change strings, just release them from the tuners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Matter-Eater Lad Posted June 14, 2007 Author Members Share Posted June 14, 2007 Right, that's exactly what I want to do. I have a Floyd Rose trem on it so I just pull the whole trem off with strings attached, when I need to. So I figure changing a pickguard would be a snap. I thought there might be something more elegant than the wire twisty things but that would work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chriscoleman Posted June 14, 2007 Members Share Posted June 14, 2007 I just use 2 of those small plastic twist things you can buy anywhere. Mind elaborating? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members liko Posted June 14, 2007 Members Share Posted June 14, 2007 A set of molex 4-pin plugs (computer power source plugs) would probably do the trick pretty well. They would take up some room though; you'll have to position them carefully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted June 14, 2007 Moderators Share Posted June 14, 2007 Pin block? Never heard of one. Is it like the pic HeimBrent has up? Ever opened up a PC? There's quite a few different type of pin connector in there. They're used a lot in signal processing circuits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Burningleaves Posted June 14, 2007 Members Share Posted June 14, 2007 Ever opened up a PC? There's quite a few different type of pin connector in there. They're used a lot in signal processing circuitsOh ok:thu: Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted June 14, 2007 Moderators Share Posted June 14, 2007 A set of molex 4-pin plugs (computer power source plugs) would probably do the trick pretty well. They would take up some room though; you'll have to position them carefully. Reckon a molex wouldn't suit the gauge of wire used on pickups etc. I'll try and find pics of what i mean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Burningleaves Posted June 14, 2007 Members Share Posted June 14, 2007 Mind elaborating? Mabye he is talking about electrical wire-caps. The little caps that you put bare ended wires in and turn it thus twisting the wires together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Quarter Posted June 14, 2007 Members Share Posted June 14, 2007 Lots of options herehttp://shop3.outpost.com/search?cat=-46014&pType=pDisplay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ending_zero Posted June 14, 2007 Members Share Posted June 14, 2007 All EMG's are solderless, for the record. All new ones might be, but the older EMG's are hardwired just like other pickups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Exdeath Posted June 14, 2007 Members Share Posted June 14, 2007 Seems like you could use crocodile clips on the ends of all your wires. I mean, hey, it worked in science class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted June 14, 2007 Moderators Share Posted June 14, 2007 These are the guys I mean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarcapo Posted June 14, 2007 Members Share Posted June 14, 2007 There's something about the signal transfer of one piece of wirel MELTED into the other that appeals to me over signal transfer based on one piece of metal touching another. I realize that a pickup selector switch has to work on the latter principle...but if you ever heard the tone change when you jiggled that pickup selector switch due to a cheap connection, you might get my point. Scrathy sounding pots also come to mind. My theory is to solder everywhere you can. I suppose if you swap pickups out it might be a little handy, but it would have to be pretty often to seem practical to me. Most of the work is removing the pickguard, mounting the new pickups, restringing the guitar...etc. I never felt the actual connection of the wires to the pots was that troublesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Matter-Eater Lad Posted June 14, 2007 Author Members Share Posted June 14, 2007 Except my idea is to have two or three already loaded pickguards to change out, not the individual pickups. Plus like I said, it has a Floyd Rose trem so I can pull the trem with string off all at once, which I do a lot for other reasons. I'm going to try it somehow. If the connection is shady i can always go back to soldered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members leftwing73 Posted June 14, 2007 Members Share Posted June 14, 2007 try radio shack male-female quick-release clips. i used them for a Nitrous install in my car, worked great. Crimp the connectors on, plug and unplug to your heart's content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sixthscale Posted June 14, 2007 Members Share Posted June 14, 2007 W.S. Deans Micro 2R Plug I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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