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Learn guitar wiring, in order

Five courses, from your first circuit to advanced pickup switching. Learn the electronics, get confident with a meter, then build and modify your guitar wiring.

  1. Start here5 chapters

    Circuit fundamentals

    Start here: circuits, voltage, current, resistance and Ohm’s law. Learn the ideas used throughout the later courses.

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  2. Before you solder5 chapters

    Using a multimeter for guitar wiring

    Set up a meter and use it to check pickups, pots, switches, jacks and a finished harness. Learn what each reading tells you and where its limits are.

    Assumed knowledge

    • Circuit fundamentals
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  3. Hands-on practice5 chapters

    Bench skills for guitar wiring

    Prepare wire, make reliable joints and assemble a harness you can inspect and service. Five physical bench lessons with diagrams and measurement exercises.

    Assumed knowledge

    • Circuit fundamentals
    • Using a multimeter for guitar wiring
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  4. Main course13 chapters

    The wiring course

    Apply circuit fundamentals and multimeter skills to pickups, controls, harness assembly and testing.

    Assumed knowledge

    • Circuit fundamentals
    • Using a multimeter for guitar wiring
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  5. After the wiring course4 chapters

    Controls & switching

    Push-pulls, coil splits, series and parallel, phase: four mods explained, then built on the canvas of a Jimmy Page harness with the simulation running.

    Assumed knowledge

    • The wiring course
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