Ain’t she sweet. These pickups just made it in today par avion, so to say.
So let’s see… black wire to black wire then to sleeve and white wire to tip and then…presto! What? It’s not passing signal? Presto, my ass.
Nothing ever happens presto! in guitar-change-out-land. There’s always something lurking between you and the soldering iron. Been there many times before. But a guy can dream…