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Topic: Quick connectors to join guitar jack leads to pickup leads? |
John McClung
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Olympia WA, USA
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Posted 10 Feb 2020 12:07 pm |
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Anyone tell me about an easy, soldering-free way to simply connect the leads from guitar jacks and pickup together? I have solderphobia. Thanks! Links to products would be helpful.
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Pete Burak
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Portland, OR USA
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Posted 10 Feb 2020 12:27 pm
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I was going to mount the same spring-loaded wire-holders that are on JBL speakers onto the underside of the cabinet, for this purpose.
As it stands, I changed the pickup in my Sho-Bud recently, and the wires coming from the pickup are connected to the wires coming from the jack by simple Alligator clips from Radio Shack. |
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John McClung
From:
Olympia WA, USA
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Erv Niehaus
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Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 10 Feb 2020 12:52 pm
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John,
Go to any auto supply store.
They stock those tubular connectors for different gauge wire.
You just stick the wire in each end and crimp them in place.
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Dick Sexton
From:
Greenville, Ohio
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Posted 10 Feb 2020 1:55 pm Wiring terminals used for pick-ups...
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These are what I use, they can be cut apart with a sharp knife to make any number of wire terminals. When wired I use double sided tape to affix to any flat surface. Never replace a pick-up I didn't install one. Never had a failure.
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 10 Feb 2020 2:03 pm
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I bought some of these from Home Depot. The wire sizes in my guitar are too small. I just had to rewire my guitar, and went back to soldered connections. New terminal strip and jack.
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Jim Pitman
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Waterbury Ctr. VT 05677 USA
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Posted 10 Feb 2020 5:31 pm
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I like spring contact type. You push down vertically with a screw driver to open up the wire entry, push the wire in, then relax the screw driver pressure which clamps the wire.
I'm an EE. Ever since the company I worked for sent me on a tour of the US tightening screw down terminal block screws that had become intermittent, I swore I'd never design them in again. These spring contacts types exert the same pressure forever.
They are modular, that is you buy as many as you need for the amount of wires you need to join end to end, then snap them together. They have screw holes for mounting to a surface.
If you need to join two wires, buy two and one end cap - not sure of the part number for the end cap. If you need to join four wires together Eago also offers 4 pole types which are double the width accordingly.
Check this out[img]
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Bobby D. Jones
From:
West Virginia, USA
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Posted 10 Feb 2020 8:11 pm
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| Since steels are moved in and out a lot of locations with different environments I would suggest use a electrical anti-corrosive grease on the connections, Just to make sure the connections stay clean. |
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Erv Niehaus
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Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 11 Feb 2020 8:03 am
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How often do you change pickups that you need a quick connect?
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John McClung
From:
Olympia WA, USA
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Posted 11 Feb 2020 8:34 am
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I don't ever do it because of the hassle and my solderphobia, Erv. I have a lineup of pickups awaiting a trial, just keep putting it off due to the mental block here. 
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John McClung
From:
Olympia WA, USA
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Posted 11 Feb 2020 8:35 am
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Bobby, thanks for that tip!
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Jon Zimmerman
From:
California, USA
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Posted 11 Feb 2020 11:02 am Anti-corrosion
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| Bobby’s advice is well founded, John. It’s called Dialectric Grease. If you are anywhere near the ocean, foggy and salt airs will attack metal bits over time. Only need a teeny amount on metal surfaces, keeps it “clean” where you need a reliable circuit to flow signal, or power. |
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Pete Burak
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Portland, OR USA
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Posted 11 Feb 2020 11:30 am
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There is also a thread around here somewhere where it shows how to change pickups without changing strings.
Basically loosen the strings and hold them up out of the way with a toilet paper roll or something similar.
We used a thing called a Bread-Board in school to make various circuit projects. This is another Radio Shack item that would work for quick connections. |
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John McClung
From:
Olympia WA, USA
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Posted 11 Feb 2020 6:33 pm
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Gang, I appreciate all the solid advice! 
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 12 Feb 2020 6:27 am
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| I don't ever do it because of the hassle and my solderphobia, Erv. I have a lineup of pickups awaiting a trial, just keep putting it off due to the mental block here. |
When I first got a guitar with plug-in pickups, I thought "Oh cool, now I can changes pickups in seconds". But after swapping four different pickups in and out, I came to the conclusion that a good amp and it's tone network can do more for the sound than any pickup change. I suppose that if I had only a bass and treble control, the pickup mighty matter. But if I've got an amp with bass-mid-treble and a mid shift, or a graphic EQ, I don't have to worry about the tiny difference another pickup might make.
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Erv Niehaus
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Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 12 Feb 2020 8:31 am
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Donny,
Yes, I'd rather twist some knobs than go through the hassle of changing pickups. 
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Stu Schulman
From:
Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)
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Posted 12 Feb 2020 8:47 am
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I like my pickups enough to never want change them.
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 12 Feb 2020 9:52 am
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How about these? Available from your home store electrical dep't or auto parts store. The red ones fit wire size 18-22. Bullet male to female disconnect. Snap and unsnap as required.
I'm with you John. Dealing with those tiny wires, soldering and unsoldering from the switch, wires breaking etc. Let us know how those ones you ordered work out for you.
This type could be permanently crimped to the guitar wiring so that one wouldn't have to deal with all that soldering.
Of course, there must be ample space to hide it all and keep from interfering with the linkage.
I may try this the next time I swap out pickups.
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