Need some help swapping pickups

FrostedSunshine

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Hi all.
I'm new to the world of seven strings, modding and this site and I could really use some help. I recently purchased an Ibanez RG7420 (made in the year 2000) which comes with Ibanez V77 pickups. Now I swapped the magnets between the bridge and neck pickups and I am feeling quite happy with the bridge but completely turned off by the neck pickup. I am going to get a DiMarzio Liquifire 7 to put in there and leave the bridge as it is for now. I have never swapped pickups before and after looking at the wiring diagrams for both pickups I am still unsure on how I should wire the DiMarzio into the 5-way pickup selector (what coloured DiMarzio wires go to each coloured stock wire).
Thanks for taking the time to read this, any help will be greatly appreciated.
 

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FrostedSunshine

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Hey man check dimarzio's wiring page. They have specific and general wiring for ibanez 7 strings. If not email their support team. Hope this helps!

http://www.dimarzio.com/support/wiring-diagrams

Thanks for the response man. I have seen the wiring for both the stock pickups and the ones I will be putting in. I have narrowed it down a little but I think that I might email DiMarzio like you suggested just to be sure, I don't want to mess around haphazardly with them and risk damaging anything.
 

BillCosby

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Just follow the diagram for the RG7620. The switch positions are the same, and the colors match with dimarzio, since the pickups in the 7620 were dimarzios.

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The top pickup is the actual neck pickup, the bottom one mistakenly says "neck", as well.
 
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