Pickup change - Ibanez H-S-H (S470)

Jack_

Does anyone have any experience with Ibanez S Series guitars or Ibanez H-S-H?

I've got a SD that I want to put in the bridge, but I want to maintain the 5 way selector settings, but the S Series uses a different type of switch to the traditional one that is used on the SD wiring diagram.

Winny_Pooh

Just match the current wire locations to the new pickup, the SD may be out of phase when combined mind. A photo would help.

professorben

I'm pretty sure Ibanez use the same wiring colours as Dimarzio and you can find Dimarzio to SD conversions ( colour wise) online. 

ICBM

Green (and bare) to ground, black to hot (same side of the switch as the middle pickup wire), red and white to the terminal on the switch where the coil split is on the other side.

If the pickup is out of phase (thin/quiet sound in the #2 position) swap the green and black.

If that position hums once it's the correct phase it gets more complicated… but can be fixed - you need to swap red for black and green for white.