# Tinkercaster blog Guitar wiring, explained at the bench. - [How to wire a Seymour Duncan Triple Shot ring](): Solder all five humbucker leads to the ring's pads, then run the ring's white, black and bare cable to the controls. One and two humbuckers, toggle and phase push/pulls. - [How to wire a Telecaster with a neck humbucker](): A humbucker in the neck and a Tele single coil in the bridge on a three-way blade: the Tonerider and DiMarzio sheets lead by lead, with the colours that differ. - [How to wire a P-Bass (and what changes on a Jazz or PJ bass)](): One split-coil pickup, one volume, one tone: DiMarzio's and Tonerider's P-Bass sheets lead by lead, then the two-volume, master-tone layout for Jazz and PJ basses. - [DiMarzio Dual Sound wiring: series, split and parallel on one toggle](): How DiMarzio wires a Dual Sound DP101 humbucker to an on-on-on mini toggle for parallel, split and series, lead by lead, with the volume, tone and jack connections. - [Seymour Duncan Everything Axe wiring diagram](): How to wire the Everything Axe set on a Strat five-way: why the middle Duckbucker runs in parallel, the volume-only, one-tone and two-tone sheets lug by lug, and what to meter. - [Seymour Duncan coil split on a Strat five-way switch](): Four Seymour Duncan ways to split a humbucker on a Strat five-way blade: the position 2 auto-split, push/pull for HSS and HSH, and a two-humbucker blade split, with meter checks. - [How to wire a Strat 5-way switch](): Every lug on a Strat five-way blade, traced through Tonerider's standard Strat harness: which pickups each position joins, why the bridge has no tone, and what to meter. - [DIY Layout Creator or Tinkercaster for guitar wiring?](): DIYLC is a free, open-source desktop layout tool for many kinds of electronics. Tinkercaster is a browser-based guitar wiring editor and simulator. Here’s how to choose. - [250k vs 500k pots: which do you need?](): Pot value is a load on your pickup's resonant peak. What 330 library diagrams specify for single coils, humbuckers, P90s and actives, how to read a CTS part number, and when to break the rule. - [Coil split wiring diagram (humbucker)](): How a humbucker coil split works, lug by lug on a push/pull, from Seymour Duncan, Tonerider and DiMarzio sheets: which coil each maker keeps, split vs tap, partial splits and meter checks. - [From wiring diagram to your next solder joint](): A drawing shows the finished circuit. Here’s how Tinkercaster helps you plan the wiring, understand the connections, and work through the build step by step. - [Gibson vs Fender pickup wire colour codes](): Gibson and Fender codes from their own wiring sheets, the Seymour Duncan, DiMarzio, Tonerider and Fralin 4-conductor codes, where the charts disagree, and how to identify unknown leads with a meter. - [How to fix a dead pickup (diagnostic guide)](): Isolate a silent pickup to the coil, switch, pot or jack with the meter readings our wiring diagrams specify, maker DC resistance specs, series link checks and active battery tests. - [How to shield a guitar cavity](): Copper tape versus conductive paint, how to make every seam conductive, where the single ground connection goes on a Strat pickguard or Tele plate, and what shielding cannot fix. - [How to solder guitar wiring (beginner's guide)](): The five joints every passive harness uses, from pot-casing grounds to switch lug jumpers, with Kester and Hakko temperature data and the meter checks that prove each one. - [How to wire a guitar output jack](): Tip and sleeve on a Switchcraft #11, the ring lug that switches an active battery on a #12B, how to identify lugs with a meter, and how to cure crackle and loose Strat and Tele jacks. - [How to wire a humbucker to a 3-way toggle](): Lug-by-lug wiring for two humbuckers on a Switchcraft-style 3-way toggle, from Seymour Duncan, DiMarzio and Tonerider sheets: one volume, Les Paul 50s and modern, and meter checks. - [How to wire a Jazzmaster (3-way switch)](): The stock Jazzmaster runs two circuits: a lead circuit on a 3-way toggle with 1M pots, and a neck-only rhythm circuit on a slide switch. Fender's parts, values and checks. - [How to wire a P90](): P90 lead types by maker, soapbar vs dog-ear, and our Tonerider and Seymour Duncan P90 diagrams walked through: one pickup, two on a toggle, and P90 with a humbucker. - [How to wire a Telecaster (4-way switch)](): A connection-by-connection walk through Tonerider's four-way Tele harness: why the neck ground is switched, why the cover needs its own wire, and what to meter in each position. - [Series vs parallel wiring explained](): What series and parallel do to two coils or two pickups: output, DC resistance, brightness and hum cancelling, with switching tables and meter readings from Seymour Duncan and Tonerider diagrams. - [Why is my guitar buzzing? (grounding explained)](): Separate magnetic single-coil hum from electric-field buzz and intermittent crackle, then prove every ground path to the jack sleeve with a meter, using the checks from our diagrams.