Fender Meteora Wiring Nightmare

[colt]

Ok I am new here and I have an issue. I have a Fender Meteora and I love this guitar. It’s my little fender Les Paul a combo of all the things I love. That said the wiring was bad and I got a ton of pops and cracks on the bridge pickup constantly. So after trying every fix I could find I decided to order a custom wiring harness from Hoagland custom. The issue I am having now is I can’t make heads or tails of how to actually finish the job here of hooking up the new harness. I can’t find a diagram that actually helps me know what goes where. I need to attach the pickups and the 3 way switch. If I can figure out how to add photos I will post them. Please help me save my baby!

[reTrEaD]

Hello colt . Welcome to GN2.

Sept 23, 2023 19:35:47 GMT -5 colt said:

So after trying every fix I could find I decided to order a custom wiring harness from Hoagland custom. The issue I am having now is I can’t make heads or tails of how to actually finish the job here of hooking up the new harness.

My first suggestion would be to contact Hoagland for support. After all, you did purchase the wiring harness from them, right?

I was able to find a link to a Fender Meteora service manual (MAR 3, 2018 - Rev. A) but it's drastically different from what I see in your first image. So I doubt if that will help you. Page 3 shows two standard volume controls, a push-push switch, and a tone control with an S-1 4PDT push-push switch on the pot.

Your image looks like a volume control with a S-1 switch, two tone controls, and no separate push-push switch.

www.fmicassets.com/Damroot/Original/10001/SM_0143823000_Meteora_HH_PF.PDF


I did stumble across this image which does look similar to your first image:



But I doubt you can reliably discern the exact wiring from that.

fwiw, that image came from this listing, on Reverb:
reverb.com/item/62086967-fender-player-plus-meteora-loaded-pickguard-fireball-humbucking-pickups-s-1

[mikecg]

Hello Colt,

Did you manage to sort out your wiring problem?

I have searched for a pro diagram for your Meteora without success, so I have had a stab at making a DIY one - and I hope you find it useful, here it is: