[Mattayus]

Right, i got sick of my old Jackson RX10D lying around so i decided to get some life into it and start using it again, so i've bought new parts for it and started work (picstory coming soon.)
Anyway, i didn't wanna go nuts, i just wanted some mid-priced stuff, so i bought some second hand Ibanez QM1 and QM2 pickups taken out of an S series.
Im just in the process of sanding at the moment, very nearly finished, anyway i was looking at the wiring of the pickups and got extremely baffled.

This is the QM2 (bridge)


and here's the QM1 (neck)


But here's the thing... the rx10d only has one volume pot, no tone pot, and a simple 3-way selector switch (on/on/on)


So basically.... WHAT THE HELL GOES WHERE?!?!?
I've wired a million pickups before but i've never seen the red/white/green/black formation that's on the QM1
HELP!!

Will someone please help?! I've gotta get this finished by the weekend and i'm ready to solder!!

[newamerikangospel]

it looks like the neck pickup has the ability to be split, and wired out of phase. I would say dont worry about either Unless you have the schematic, you will need to tap out the leads with an ohm meter, and just tin-solder-tape the coil1out to the coil2 in. Then wire as normal.

And why the hell did you buy ibanez pickups?

[Mattayus]

cos they were like £12 for both of'em! (that's about $20). The stock pups that were on this thing were fucked, kept buzzing and were just appauling. i didn't have a lot of money, was cruising eGay and just found these two, i happen to quite like ibanez stock pups, and this guitar is just a project thing really, its been laying around for years so i didn't wanna spend loads.
I know they've come off a guitar with a 5 way selector, it's not the selector switch i'm bothered about, it's just the colour coding! Im obviousely supposed to make the 4 wires into 2, i just don't know which ones to join

[newamerikangospel]

If you dont know how to tap the leads with an ohm meter, then take it to a tech/guitar shop. It wouldn't be hard for me to imagine them finding the leads for you for free.

[Mattayus]

no it's fine, my dad's a chartered electrical engineer :P it's safe to say i've leart a thing or two about electrics over the years, and guitar schematics are probably more simple than changing a fuse, i'm just baffled by the colour coding that's all, because Ibanez are renowned for using their own. i was just trying to avoid doing any extra work but, out comes to v-meter...
thanks