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CHIBSON Les Paul - Dragonfire Pickup Swap ($35) - Demo / Tutorial
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- Опубликовано: 13 авг 2024
- Let's swap some new, budget friendly pickups into the $170 Chibson Les Paul! These are Dragonfire Screamers, available on Ebay for around $35 a set!
Link for pickup set (Ebay) here: ebay.us/3KKQX2
Guitar is from AliExpress.
Playing through a Blackstar ID Core 10. Link Here: amzn.to/3t1rsQ7
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Rubric: -5 points for Danzig references. -5 points for not reading the description. -5 points for not watching far enough into the video to answer your own question. -5 points for misquoting me in your comment. 20 points possible. Everyone starts with an A!
I swear this guy could sell me vacuum insurance...
Hahaha!!! I agree. I'm heterosexual, and this guy makes me swoon. haha
He does have one of the most engaging and easy to digest voices. His presentations are always clear and articulate too.
@@Mikem-mq2hh should have said "this guy is a threat for my heterosexuality" lmao
He convinced me to buy one of those firefly 338s and I love it but I need new pickups so I’m here 😂
@@13StJimmy me too! 😂 just bought a purple 338 and it should arrive next week!
Honestly your channel is one of the best and most underrated guitar channels on youtube. You show that the affordable option isn't always the worst!
Cheers Max
Thanks Tommy!
Agufish?
I agree, the best guitar channel!!!
This channel is quickly becoming an essential channel for the working musician. Thanks Max. Keep them coming.
Wow those cavities are really improving, they used to look like they were hacked out with a pen knife. This guitar looks much closer to the real deal. Also full sized pots! I guess in the 5 years since I bought mine they have been improving.
Great video and tutorial maxx.
Becoming less sceptic? :P
I guess if it didn't have "Gibson" on the headstock it would be better. :)
Just get a piece of gaffa tape and place it over the Gibson logo, problem solved.
If the cavity is rough or neat it makes no difference , it just cosmetic...the Chinese are definatly getting better at making those copies....good for them I say.
Very good! My two favorite guitar guys!
Dragonfire, GFS, Iron gear etc.. all make some pretty good pickups for the money
Maxxxwell shoots straight with his knowledge no bs and seemingly no ego which is rare considering his high level of skill .you cant go wrong with his videos
I went ahead and picked up a pair of these pickups in the chrome cover option. Installed them today and after a set up they are 10 times the quality of the ones that came on the guitar. I now have $250 invested and I am very pleased. Looks and plays great. Thanks for your video.
Scary how real that looks. Make you think twice about buying a used guitar.
Totally! You really have to know what you're doing now if you want to buy a used LP.
The serial number, truss rod cover, bridge, and hardware is always a giveaway. The biggest thing to always remember is that if you are unsure, just Google the serial number or contact Gibson.
sarahdelano The color of the pickup housing and the pickup selector switch is quite off. Very cheap plasticity looking. I do agree this is a good looking chibson though.
Actually this is very easy to tell, just look the screw of white guard board distance from the edge carefully，if its too close ，will be a fake one.
I am considering putting those exact pickups in my cheap B.C. Rich Bronze Warlock and I wanted to see them in action, what a great video, but when I saw that LesPaul I thought "Man that flame on there is gorgeous!" and it turned out to be a chibson! I would have bought that from him in a minute, that thing looked awesome, and sounded great with those screamers in there. I will always love Gibsons, but that setup at that price would win out against a $2500-3000 real LesPaul.
That is a beautiful chibby. Sounds great as well. I have purchased a few myself and only lost one to customs seizure. Just ordered a YJM STRAT on Monday, so join me in a prayer for safe landing.
And about you LP, A GREAT GREAT GREAT Pickup for that guitar is the Tom Anderson HN3+ flamethrower. I first tried it in a guitar I built a few years back and I have been blown back ever since. A real powerhouse with huge bottom ends, crystal clear highs and harmonic overtones jumping out with every pluck. Listen to me, I sound like a salesman for Tom Anderson. But yes they are great.
Hey Scott! I've been looking at those YJM's myself! And thanks for the tip on the HN3+. I have yet to check those out, so I'll definitely put that on my list!
Scott Patterson What is probability of seizure? What happens if seized, do you get your money back from AliExpress? Thanks,
@@creativejourney8356 Why would they be seized by customs?
i bought a gibson pcb with switch and jack for 40 and put gibson 57 classics in my chibson. just sold my real gibson they sounded the same and felt the same
You were spot on about these pickups. I bought a steinberger spirit gt-pro as a travel guitar, and just replaced the humbuckers with dragonfire screamers. This thing sounds great now! Thanks Max!
Can’t say enough good about them. I bought the Vintage Buckers and the Texas Blues back around 2010 and they are still doing great. When I bought mine, they were actually made in South Korea by a company named Artec.
Hey again Max, played these pickups in a live sitation for the first time this past weekend. Holy Cow man! They sound fantastic! Massive amounts of clarity! They cleans were awesome, and when driven by my Rat and OCD, it really shined! Even my band mates were taken aback, they swore I put the volume up in my amp... I didn't, used the same setup. Could't stop smiling when I was playing. Awesome set and for 35 bucks... Kind of crazy if you think about it.
Awesome! That's great to hear!
Hi Max. A oiece of heat shring tubing temporarily over the sets of wires help my fat fingers feed the pickup wires through. Also the heat shrink tubing can be used for any wires that are not going to be soldered at the time of the installation. I just cut the wire itself off that's not coated and then heat shrink all the remaining wire together with a short piece of heat shrink. Also for many people a blow dryer can get hot enough to shrink the heat shrink tubing.
Thank you for another great video.
Sounds as good as anything produced by Gibson for a fraction of the price. Gibson should drop the Epiphone line all together and just use the Epiphone production facility for low end Gibson's and keep the USA facility for custom shop orders.
Been saying this shit for ages! But I blame those morons that don't complain when Gibson does shady shit. Now they're bankrupt.
@@alejandrocisneros7442 I say keep Epiphone and stop Gibson and solve 2 problems at once
Epiphone has been producing better equipment than Gibson in the last 5 years.
Epiphone has shitty craftsmanship the frets are to high when you buy them and they come damaged through shipping
@@paragonace4711 no,they don't.i own 5 of them and the frets are perfect.the problem when you order anything
from anyone,including gibsons without playing it first,they go from worst to best in the guitars they send out
Such a huge help. I'm doing the same to my chibby . But I'm swapping the pots as well. I'm a soldering novice but this was a monster help. Thanks brother
As with the Hot Rail pickups, you've led me to another great set of pickups. Intended for a Epiphone Les Paul SE, I thought this plank needed all the help it could get, spent another $5 and went with the Phat Screamers. Just finished installing them and the Epi is now raging!
Hell yeah!
1 year ago, I bought an AFD slash Chibson, and i havent complaint about the pick ups feed back, but listening to this pick ups i think that my guitar will need a pick up change, thanks man, great video!
Ive had dragonfire pickups in my strat for a few years and I love em to death, really made a cheap but well set up squier scream!
This was the video that inspired me to swap the muddy, not-so-good pickups in my Epiphone LP. Thanks Maxwell, your videos are amazing.
I bought screamers and bass "P" fender type pickups. I gotta say, they are as good as advertise, if not a little bit better. My customers have been happy with the sound and the savings. It's been eight weeks and they called me from the road and said they have no complaints and all is well. I am glad to take a chance on these Dragon Fire pickups. So do yourself a favor and buy Dragon Fire pickups and what ever else they sell and be grateful. I AM!!!!!
I love the fact that we can have pickups that don't cost as much as your mortgage but still sound great!
Last Summer, I got me a pair of white Dragonfire "Crusaders" pick ups install in my Ibanez and oh boy.. its sounds hella great! Then a month after I added those pick ups into my Ibanez. I bought me another set of black Dragonfire "Screamers" into my Jackson King V. Honestly those pick ups are hella worth and way better than spending 200 to 300 dollar branded version of a guitar pick ups.
Thanks to you for introducing me to those pick ups Bud!🤘🏼
Dragonfire is where it's at! I use their hot rails on my tele & they sound great!
I swapped some Dragonfire Screamers into my Squire Jazzmaster. Took a while to get used to the different sound, but I love 'em now. They have so much more tonal range and heaps more volume. I actually thought that the cheap potentiometers were really insensitive until I did the swap and discovered that it was the cheap ass original humbuckers that had virtually no volume range. And the reverse Zebras look really cool as well! I got the screamers on your recommendation Max. So thanks.
Max I really enjoy when you swap out hardware. In future similar videos could you include playing before and after the old and new pickups? You did that on a different video and that was super impressive. Thanks
I put a set of these in a Cort Effector Explorer style guitar that was a project guitar of a deceased friend. I put a new neck on it because the truss rod was snapped in the original neck. And stuck a set of purple and green Dragonfire Screamers and they are awesome added new life to the old guitar
Guitar MAX
I Just wanted to say that I've been watching you and your stuff for a long time (years) now but didn't realize I hadn't subscribed until now! My bad and apologize to you because you do great vids,content and playing! I bet there are others whom haven't due to absent mindedness like me as your channel deserves many more subscribers!
Keep it comin G MAX
Much Thanks
Thanks very much Richard! Better late than never!
Dragon fire 🔥 pickups are great 👍
I’ve installed them in a few of my guitars.
I don’t see a problem with putting in more expensive pickups or hardware in cheap guitars, as long as I get the sound, tone and look that I want! I can always take them out if I get rid of the guitar.
Potted my chibson pickups and used oil filled .022 caps and, dropped the pickups to 1/4 inch below strings and it is amazing. Never need Dragonfire to sound good if you pot properly with just parafin. Oh yeah tighten bridge or tailpiece if loose.
Your the only dude on youtube i care to listen too...thanks for not b.s around for 30 mins then getting to the point.
Are any of the guitars you have reviewed for sale?email me if so...davidlong.187@gmail.com
I have a set of Dragonfire Tele pickups in my main Tele I built about 10 years ago. I have used several sets for Tele builds for others since then, and they all sounded great-it's a really good, quiet pickup with a much more usable character than the Fender,Duncan,etc. stuff. These are the first humbucker's I've heard, and my Tele's sound a lot like this(the opening riff).
I can say this much-they have held up very well over the last decade, sound much better than the vintage Fender reissues, and would be my first choice for a Tele if using it for harder music. They sound similar to a JB4 Duncan, so it doesn't surprise me at all that the humbuckers sound like this.
I just bought a blade Tele humbucker to put in my Esquire, bought it over the Duncan Little 59, simply because I think they make a good product, not because of it's MUCH lower cost.
Don't let the price fool you, it's good stuff.
After hearing these, I may get a set of them for my Ammoon LP bar gig guitar.
Dragonfire pickups are beer-proof. That alone is a reason to consider these for your gig guitar.
Leave the good stuff at home-I have a 1965 ES 335 in a shoebox, (what's left of it) that taught me THAT lesson.
Another Fantastic Video Maxx! I've have learned a ton and now own a few Killer Cheap Guitars! Most of all, it's always Fun Adventure discovering the Possibilities in the Chibson Revolution!
Amen!!!
Great tone!! Great licks too.
Your tutorial was excellent. I have only wired one guitar. Got stuff backwards. Praise the Lord, I figured it out!!! Sounds good. Plays good. Looks good. Gotta blue LP, GOLD HARDWARE . Installed a gold Chigsby. Stays in tune.
Right on!
The frets have always needed the most work on these when I've got them. Nice finish!!
I am doing a rehab on a vintage Lotus that my sister gave me and bought the Dragonfire Phat Screamers and new tuners. Looking forward to testing it once I have it all setup.
Max you are such a cool dude , you are very opened and honest about the guitars you demo...at the end of the day it.s the playing that matters and your playing is great....Rock on bro.
Thanks Peter!
Great review and I’ve heard a lot of good things about dragon fire pick ups ! They sound pretty darn good !
The dragonfire vintage buckers will give you a more traditional l.p. tone but I like the screamers as well. I bought a couple sets from guitar madness on eBay that were surprisingly good. Try the calig noiseless single coils for us they are the only budget set that has different voicings between the neck and bridge.calig is on eBay as well
4-wire humbuckers allow coil split or parallel/series wiring using push/pull tone pots... and if the polepieces are all hex head screws... you can adjust all 12 polepieces to balance string to string ....
I just put a set of these in my new Chibson LP Custom over the weekend. Wow, what a difference from the stock pickups. Much better. Thanks for the advice.
this is by far the best demo vidya for the dragonfire screamers i've ever found on youtube! you just gained a subscriber!
Thanks for the heads up about these pickups. I might have to ship a set over and give them a whirl. Worst case, they sit in the drawer with the numerous other Chinese pickups! Can't really argue with the price.
Thanks for showing the wiring job! Excellent!
Looks great. Those pickups are good ones. I had a set in a SG a number of years ago. They sound great for the money.
Just got the Dragonfire powerrails because I thought they sounded better for metal. I've never changed pickups in a guitar so i'm gonna follow your tutorial. Hope it works out well and I hope your arm is feeling a lot better! 😁
Sounds awesome Max! I went for an epiphone alnico pro kit on mine, new push pull pots and quick connect. The difference is night and day. Keep upgrading, love to see this axe get a bone nut and some new tuners.
Thanks Dale!
I spent 3 days deciding on emgs or seymour duncans and now I just bought Dragonflies for $140 less, thank you!
Most good Chibson sellers will include wax potted pickups if you ask, & they sound fine. I actually got a pair of Dragonfire Screamers for one of my Chibsons, & they sounded horrible! I don’t understand it, because I’ve heard nothing but good things about them, & in every demo I’ve heard(including yours), they sounded awesome. Maybe I got a dud pair or my luthier wired them improperly(doubtful), ended up getting Guitarheads Alnico Supremes & they were awesome, but twice the price
Thank you for such a clear and easy to follow step by step on removing and replacing pickups
Thanks for posting. This is a very inexpensive alternative for someone who wants a LP style guitar and is on a very limited budget but wants better sound, and if this does the trick, why buy an even more expensive pick up. This upgrade allows the user to enjoy music with a better sounding guitar, and they can always upgrade to a brand name guitar in the future if so desired. GR8 video as usual!
I bought a pair of screamers about 4 years ago. The neck pickup sounded great, but the bridge pickup sounded muffled and horrible. TNT/Dragonfire's customer service insisted it was something I wired wrong, but I wired a cheaper pickup where it was and it sounded fine. They wouldn't do anything about it and judging by their ebay feedback, they're quick to blame the customer when their gear is garbage. They claim that everything they sell is tested, but I highly doubt that.
I have a Gibson Les Paul classic custom and a Gibson studio, both with Aldrich suhr pickups. I ordered a chibson and installed these in it. To be completely honest, these sound amazing and actually play the chibson more than the Gibson's...lol.. I play in a band and we have a pretty good following but when I have other local musicians telling me the tone of the Chibson sounds better than the real Gibson's, it does mean something..
I can't thank you enough Max, I have a Chibanez (Ammoon) HSH config. and I had my shop put in those Dragonfire Screamers you used. I got some Zebra style Dragonfire Screamers and an overwound Strat middle pick-up (plus upgraded pots, jack and superswitch), and this guitar destroys any guitar I have played in the 500-600+ range at least! Cheers!
Awesome! I'm glad it worked out so well for you!
Habs247 Hi which seller you bought?
tntguitars, 100% positive feedback, got the pickups fast as frick. I also ordered a single coil set off Guitar Fetish I ended up getting after this set, so that shows how fast this guy/girl ships.
Habs247 Thnx man!
I always wondered about Dragonfire pickups. You just sold me. They are amazing. Nice shredding.
In order of greatness, Quad Rails a 10, Phat Screamers 9, Screamers 8. Personal favorite are the quad rails with their sealed pots. Another mention is Guitar Madness Telecaster rails, and their Strat rails rated at 15,000 ohms.
I've been trying to find a decent review on some expensive pickups, and all I'm finding is dudes that can't even tune their guitars... And then you're here making this inexpensive gear sound great.
Love these videos, my friend. Also really digging the tutorials. Been a guitarist for a long time but never took the leap to do any of my own work before. Love your videos. Keep them coming!
Just installed my dragonfire screamers in my LP copy .Ordered them after watching your vid the only problem i had was what direction the pickups should face.I installed them with both stickers facing the neck,hope thats is the right way.Sounds awesome thank you for the advice.
I love how you say „round“
I have a chibson very nearly the same. I asked for an Ebony fret board when I ordered it. Cost was $230, free shipping. Yep, the PU's were very microphonic. I pulled the PU's out and wax poted them, they are fine now. The wax cost me about $1.50.
Put Dragonfire PHAT humbuckers with oversized polls in mine and it screams.
Yep....been using the Phat Screamers for about 5 years now. I get some pretty sweet tones out of them for sure
Dragonfire makes killer pickups.
I have those Pickups They do scream.sound good clean as well.That is a great looking Axe.
I wanted these screamers, but they also have others like brown sound. Can't decide.
Thanks for another great reveue Maxx....I put a set of the Dragon Fire''''''Texas Blues pups in a Tele build,,,,their a little hot''''''good thing'''''' & real killer tone''''' Keep picking all winners Maxx'''you really are the best 1 out there at what you do.. Cheers from Missouri Man''
That opening riffage is very reminiscent of an Akira Takasaki/Loudness tone. MEAN! This video alone sells me on these pickups, although I know it's mostly the amp :)
Your pickup review Is basically on point, really like that you test them in clean tone, gain, distorsion etc .. I discovered these mics thanks to your video (i'm waiting for them to be back in stocks or i'll search for other Dragonfire screamers on ebay). You even talked about the wiring and it's so cool. The only problem in the wiring part is that you don't talk about the filtering capacitor you used (if you used one) (i think the usual one is 9nF but sometimes it's 12nF) and you didn't tell us which pots you used. I'll assume these are A250k pots (logarithmic 250k ohms) ?
I'll test it with a simple wiring on my test guitar and come back here (if i don't forget) and tell you what to use.
Great vid. I've been eyeing those exact pickups and had wondered about their overall tone. I'm thinking of using the colored humbuckers (hot pink,neon green & black) in place of the stock Dean humbuckers in my custom zones. Just to get a complete 1 color scheme. Although I am happy with the stock Deans,those Dragonfire pickups would make a nice complete package.
Again thank you for informing others on great bargain gear for us broke musicians.
Hi Russell. I'm glad you found this helpful. Definitely, having so many color options on these is a great bonus! I'm considering putting in some red Screamers in my Firefly ES-335 knock off!
Not sure how I missed this video, but another well-done presentation.
I just got a 2020 Epiphone Les Paul Custom. Love the axe very much but the bridge pickup is a little muddy. Les Pauls can run a little muddy anyhoo so a good pickup with more treble makes a huge difference. And I’m seriously considering this one. I was also looking at the Dragonfire Crusaders, which are like the Seymour Duncan Invaders. I want the Les Paul to be my heavy metal guitar. 🎸🤘🏼
Watched your vid, and had to use these exact pickups in my Chibson!
Donlis is Chinese brand of top quality pickups. And this guitar is beautiful, and it sounds great.
It's really hard to beat Dragonfire for value. They advertise their "Standards" (3 strat pickups) as being Mexi-Strat clones, and they are spot on, 50 bucks will get you a loaded pickguard, upgraded pots, knobs and switch cover, upgraded switch, pickup covers of your choice, and 3 fine sounding single coils. Unbelievable.
I started working on my cheap guitars and I appreciate how low your strings are, great job!
Always great clear presentations Max, thanks for posting.
DF Hexbuckers sound great in my HB SC. Thanks Max you clued me in. I've heard Iron gear are another good budget pup. The Dragon fires definitely made a huge difference
Great, great video from top to bottom!! Perfect for the novice like myself. Thanks
Thanks Tom!
Hey Maxx!! Great work! Love the vids! Next time, you should do a before-and-after when you switch pickups! I'd love to hear the difference!
Thanks for the video! I have used the Dragon Fire pickups in a build and they are a really good pickup up at an unbeatable price. I am getting ready to put some Calig pickups (California Guitar) in a Tele body. 1st time for this brand, I'll let you know.
Hey there! Yes, please do!
I have calig pickups in a Squier Cyclone - A2 single neck and A2 humbucker for the bridge. Love 'em. The Vanson pickups on eBay are good as well. Just added Dragonfire Hexbuckers to my LP copy - swapped the magnets for a A4 neck and A5 bridge and they are great.
Thanks, I will try the Vanson ones too!
Hi Max, love your channel....just some constructive criticism here.......in a video like this, do a 'resolution', meaning when you make some sort of mod, do a test-play where you show off the pickups or whatever the mod is _after_ the install...(essentially move the opening playing to the end of this video and then do your 'outro'). It's just my 2 cents but it would seem like it would have better flow and would make more orderly sense. Tell me to eff off if necessary lol. Just want to see you succeed.
I'm looking for a set of black covers humbuckers for the cheap Harley Benton TE-20HH that I just got. I was thinking about Seymour Duncan JB/Jazz or 59 but these are less than half the cost. The TE-20HH stock pickups are pretty hot and dark, they can play a mean War Pigs tone. But I want something better that can do all genres blues, rock, metal. These DragonFire pickups look promising except I'd like the black covered version they have.
I like the sound. I’m going to check out a set for my next project.
I just bought some dragon fire pickups . They sound awesome I actually like them better than Seymour Duncan pickups .
Hey Max I put emgs in my les Paul copy. It’s awesome.
Thanks for introducing me to to Dragonfire pups!
Hey Max! Great demo and awesome playing! You convinced me to buy a pair of these in Chrome for my PRS SE Bernie Marsden (poor mans 59) I wanted a whisper to a scream sound, I play in worship bands as well as a cover band so I need the tonal options. I wasn’t sold on ceramic pickups till I saw this video. Are these Versatel enough pickups to cover a lot of tonal ground?
I think so Derrick. Their good qualities are things which apply to all types of music. Let me (and the others here) know how it works for you!
Hey Max, so I finally got these guys installed into my PRS and played it through my rig. Gotta say, right off the bat the cleans were amazing. They rung out and had this clarity that was missing from the stock pickups. I had to adjust the amp a bit, I play through a Matchless DC30 clone through the low gain channel at 30 watts, once I adjusted the tone and cut, the pickups REALLY sang out, particularly through my Rat and OCD pedals. Got a super lush sound at lower gain settings and stacked together the pickups just ate up the gain and I REALLY cut through the mix. Got a lot of compliments on the tone during rehearsal. Surprised at the versatility and the clarity I got. Overall great purchase!
Lots of really good inexpensive pickups out there: GFS, Artec, Belcat, Wilkinson, and Slick...just to name a few.
Man.. that's a really good looking guitar for the price! Me, i would probably go for Gibson pickups, it would still be an awesome value guitar
Is that a Jackson Adrian Smith signature I see on the wall back there?
Yep! Review on that coming up in a few weeks!
MaxxxwellC nice! You've got a new subscriber
The new pickups sound amazing
Those new pickups (and your playing) sound great. I wouldn't spend a dime more on pickups for that guitar.
I put a Dragonfire Crusader in the bridge of my Kramer Focus they are great cheep pickups.
Guitar madness are excellent pickups too give him a try you'll love all his stuff....it's good and cheap
Thanks..i need that on my2019 Jimmy page model.
I ordered the covered set. What a great deal.
Great install demo, I've always wondered how to do a guitar w/out a pickgaurd. An f-hole would probably be the bigger challenge. Anywhom, I want to put one dragonfire screamer in the bridge of my Bulletstrat, but am thinking about getting a Harley Benton Paisley as a back up. I have an Epiphone P-90 Special, but generally only run that with a compressor and light modulation. It just sounds horrible imo with much gain. So many mixed reviews on the HB guitars. I think I'm just gonna risk it and order one. My fear is that I will like it so much that I won't even bother modding the Squier, but if that's what happens, I could just buy another HB. I really want to do the one humbucker mod though. I think there's a company that will make a pickgaurd for any guitar if you send them the original, but I'll bet it costs. Anywhoo, peas and chicken!!
Just throw EMG’s in it. EMG’s sound like EMG’s even on a shovel.🤘🏻
Dude you are super cool. I watch all your videos. Thanks and heep them coming.
Thanks Chris! Will do man!
this is just my opinion. Majority of the pirated Chinese made guitars have pretty bad sounding pickups. By all means, changing it is the way to go. But I think what you did MaxxwellC is just the PERFECT thing to do. I believe buying high end pickups for a Chibson will be kind of an overkill. There are many decent sounding pickups at reasonable prices. Glad you did it on this one. My only criticism is that I wish the pickups could be a tad brighter....so it can be more versatile.....but again that's just me.
Informative - thanks for sharing. I recetly upgraded my HSS Squire's stock Humbucker with an off-brand thru Amazon. No instructions on purchase for installation wiring as which wire went to what. Different mfg have varying wire assignments. Strange, I think Squier/Fender has white red joined (basic config), bare and green joined and sent to ground, black was hot.