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Tuscan777 · January 12th, 2006, 08:07 AM

Hi

I have recently installed a Dimarzio Chopper T into the bridge of my 96 Mexican Tele.

Now Dimarzio have different coloured wires (why?) but I think I have this correct. White & Black soldered together and taped out of the way, green to the pup selector (bridge lug) and red to volume pot.

The problem I have now is that I get so much background noise when plugged in at playing volume that I'm finding the Tele unusable. Anybody got any ideas what this could be ? Should I go for an extensive shielding exercise ?

All help appreciated.

clayfeat · January 12th, 2006, 09:55 AM

I believe it is Red to the pickup selector. Green and Bare wire to ground. Bare to the back of the volume pot. Green to the bridge, I do believe.
Dimarzio Instructions

pullchord · November 2nd, 2009, 05:35 PM

There's two ways to go with this PUP; series and parallel. Both are noise-cancelling. DiMarzio offers extensive detailed digrams at their sight, and on the sheet that comes with every PUP. I have mine wired to a DPTT switch that gives me series, parallel, and true single coil. I use the series/humbucking mode about 80% of the time.

January 12th, 2006, 08:07 AM	#1 (permalink)
Tuscan777 NEW MEMBER! Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2	Dimarzio Chopper T installed Hi I have recently installed a Dimarzio Chopper T into the bridge of my 96 Mexican Tele. Now Dimarzio have different coloured wires (why?) but I think I have this correct. White & Black soldered together and taped out of the way, green to the pup selector (bridge lug) and red to volume pot. The problem I have now is that I get so much background noise when plugged in at playing volume that I'm finding the Tele unusable. Anybody got any ideas what this could be ? Should I go for an extensive shielding exercise ? All help appreciated.

January 12th, 2006, 09:55 AM	#2 (permalink)
clayfeat Tele-Holic Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: bloomington, in Posts: 668	I believe it is Red to the pickup selector. Green and Bare wire to ground. Bare to the back of the volume pot. Green to the bridge, I do believe. Dimarzio Instructions

November 2nd, 2009, 05:35 PM	#3 (permalink)
pullchord Tele-Meister Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Fort Lauderdale Age: 63 Posts: 203 4 Photos	There's two ways to go with this PUP; series and parallel. Both are noise-cancelling. DiMarzio offers extensive detailed digrams at their sight, and on the sheet that comes with every PUP. I have mine wired to a DPTT switch that gives me series, parallel, and true single coil. I use the series/humbucking mode about 80% of the time.

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