Wiring guitar pickup directly to cable

[PassThatHash]

so hello guys,

i'm making a one string guitar and i have a electric guitar pickup.
i saw a guy on youtube that wired the cables from the pickup directly to the 1/4 cable but i can't find the video.

the pickup has a black, a white and a red wire. how should i connect them?

 

[TheWinterSnow]

Uh, read the manual? Pickups come with instructions which indicate which wire is which as there is no universal color code for pickups. If I had to guess, black is hot, white is ground and red is possibly a coil split output or power if its an active pickup.

 

[PassThatHash]

but in the cable which part is the hot and which the ground?

btw it's an unknown brand pickup so no manual.

 

[TheWinterSnow]

The lead that is connected to the long metal arm that touches the tip of the 1/4 cable is hot, the other connection is ground.

 

[JoergieN]

Why do you want a one string guitar?

 

[PassThatHash]

Why do you want a one string guitar?

Because It's cool, and I can make it myself.

Why I shouldn't want it?

BTW there was a festival that I saw a band with only voice, drums and a one string guitar.
It was pretty cool but I can't remember it. Do you know them?

 

[BLUElightCory]

Makes me think of this:

 

[PassThatHash]

Makes me think of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZNk76_4lds

exactly. isn't it cool?