Trying to rewire the pickups and the pots on my Ibanez guitar.5 switch 1 vol and 1 tone 3 pickups 2 doub 1 single. thank you much if you can help me yankee c . is my name

If you are getting a buzzing sound, the ground connection is wrong. If you google how to wire an electric guitar there is a lot of info on it.

the 153 is wired like a Les Paul or SG
2 humbucker, 2 vol, 2 tone
with the addition of a 3 way coil tap for the neck pick-up
wired similar to:
http://www.guitarelectronics.com/product/WIRING_MOD_HB0066/Guitar-Wiring-Mod-HumbuckerOFFParallel.html

What you describe sounds like pickups fighting against each other meaning, does this occur when using pickups individually or together? This is normal when using more than one pickup together, if it occurs in single mode, something is wired wrong. Another thing is, If using single, are you splitting coils? Individual coils wired wrong can do this, a bad pickup selector switch can also. A loose wire or fiber touching the tone pot capacitor or ground could also. A dead coil on a humbucker can as well. I'm guessing that you are using these in combo meaning a possible pickup selector switch may not be switching properly. The player's level of experience is also in my mind since, all of my guitars do the exact same ONLY when I use more than one pickup. I hardly ever use more than one at a time unless I'm playing a strat.

> There are plenty of ways to wire this guitar...check out wiring diagram 2 humbuckers 2 volume 1 tone 3 way switch Google Search

What kind of switching options do you want? there are many ways to skin a cat but there are more ways than that to wire a guitar..
Visit the ibanez website for wiring diagrams if it is something simple you want. for more customised switching options,you should contact the pickup brand's customer care...for example,when i bought Dimarzios for my Ibanez,i emailed dimarzio and they replied within 24 hours with a pic of the correct wiring.

okay. the ground needs to travel through all your components.you have the -input jack, - vol. & tone pots, the -switch & all - pick ups. All should meet at the body ground. Usually there is a wire that comes from the saddle, through the guitar, and enters somewhere in the access in back. (remove the plate that cover your vol. and tone pots). Good Luck

my guess is two positions at one end work(aka 1 and 2, or 4 and 5)? if yes, then 2 of the pickups are wired wrong. (if 1 and 2 work, which are the forward positions, then the middle and bridge pickup are wired wrong, etc.) the problem is there is a variety of 5way switches that are different. i would guess yours is "import" style. are there 8 lugs in a single row on the back of the switch? if yes, you probably have an import switch. best i can do in text is tell you that the middle two lugs are common. this means one goes to the volume pot, and there is probably a little jumper between the two lugs as well. now there are 3 lugs on either side of those 2 common lugs. one set of 3 will probably run to the tone pot in some fashion or be empty. the other set of 3 lugs is for the pickup lead wires. it sounds like at least one or two of those lugs are empty but shouldnt be, or are wired wrong. i cant tell you colors of your wires without seeing it, but this is how it should be, with the exception that the tone knob will probably be on the bottom 3 lugs somewhere. 1 would be the neck pickup, 2 the middle, and 3 the bridge hope this helps, feel free to post a pic of your wiring, etc

Find appropriate diagram at this site:

http://www.guitarelectronics.com/category/wiringresources/

I think this is what you are looking for:http://www.squierguitars.com/pdf/current/Strat/Bullet%20Strat%20with%20tremolo-%20Service.pdf Please let me know if this helps.

Try the Ibanez site:

http://www.ibanez.com/support/wiringdiagrams.aspx