Squier Affinity Tele/Texas Special Pickups- Grounding Problem

[Fredcq]

I picked up a set of Fender Custom Shop Texas Special pickups to upgrade the stock pick ups in the Squier. When I took the telecaster apart, I noticed that the stock picks do not have ground wires but the new pickups do have ground wires.

Any help on how and where I should ground these wires?

Thanks!

Fred

[Odie251]

Normally the ground wires(black ones) go to the back of the volume pot. Maybe this diagram from the Seymour Duncan web site will help.

http://www.seymourduncan.com/support...=standard_tele

[Fredcq]

Thanks for the reply.

The silver neck pick up has three wires...black, white and yellow. The old neck pick up only has black and white.

[Fatmanstratman]

Originally Posted by Fredcq

The silver neck pick up has three wires...black, white and yellow. The old neck pick up only has black and white.

Here you go. Click on THIS LINK HERE which will open a PDF file of the wiring diagram for the AV 62 Tele - this also uses the black/white/yellow leads from the neck, so this will show you how to connect them up.

Not sure about the SWITCH you have in your Squier, but you should be able to work it out. Come back if you are having any difficulties.

[mellecaster]

Originally Posted by Fredcq

Thanks for the reply.

The silver neck pick up has three wires...black, white and yellow. The old neck pick up only has black and white.

This is the correct diagram for your Texas Specials w/ the 4-way.

[Fredcq]

Thanks to all of you for the help. I was able to get them installed and they sound really nice!

I bought the Squier tele for the sole purpose of learning guitar repair. I managed to get a great deal on it from Guitar Center. They were selling it for $179 but I they sold it to me for $125 because I pointed out a small dent and scratch on the back of the guitar. It plays nice for a cheap guitar and now it sounds even better.