Ibanez V7 pick up wire colors

[greybagz]

Hi all,
So long since I've been here, hope ur all well.
I'm currently correcting some wiring issues with an Ibanez RG1570 and the V7 neck pick up is a 4 conductor type with bare shield. Colors are Red, Black, White and Green. My testing results have proved that the Red and Black wires are the north coil of the humbucker, and the White an Green the south coil. I was wondering if anyone had any idea which are the start and finish wires of each coil?
The only references to Ibanez V series pickups i can find are the 2 wire types Red and White with bare shield (Red = hot, White = tap, Bare = ground). All the Ibanez wiring diagrams only show this configuration, not the 4 wire.
Thanks for your time.
Graeme

[newey]

Welcome back, Graeme!

Someone recently linked to Bill Jehle's article from Project Guitar here. This explains how to determine pickup color coding for an unknown 4-conductor pickup. You may find this helpful.

[cynical1]

This just came up recently in a posting Ibanez s320wk schematic.

Based on the somewhat sketchy reference provided there it sounded like the polarity is as follows:

	SCREW	POLE	COIL (S)	SLUG	COIL	POLE(N)
Winding/Polarity	Start	Finish	Polarity	Start	Finish	Polarity
Seymour Duncan	Green	Red	South	Black	White	North
Ibanez Humbucker	Green	White	South	Black	Red	North

Unfortunately, this was never verified. It sounds like newey's posting would allow you to verify that for posterity.

Happy Trails

Cynical One

[greybagz]

Newey,
Thanks for the heads up, Bill Jehles article hit the nail on the head for me. I knew how to determine north and south coils but had no idea on finding the + and - of each coil.
I can now get this Ibanez wired up and sounding normal, previously terrible, not sure who had a go at this before me.
For anyone who may require the info someday;
Ibanez V7 neck pickup with 4 conductors is as follows
North Coil: Red wire +, Black wire -
South Coil: Green wire +, White wire -

Thanks for ur help, I'll be in touch with the end results.
Graeme

[greybagz]

Ok,
All back together and sounding great. Thanks for the tips again guys. Can always count on the Guitar Nuts.
Much appreciated!!
Graeme