# Andy Timmons AT model: three humbuckers on a five-way Super Switch

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Two single-size humbuckers, one bridge humbucker · Five-way Super Switch · One volume · Two tones

DiMarzio's Andy Timmons (Ibanez AT) harness: Cruiser Bridge pickups in the neck and middle and an AT-1 in the bridge on a four-pole five-way Super Switch. The bridge splits when it is paired with the middle. A 500K custom-taper volume carries a 330pF capacitor; one 500K tone serves the neck and middle, a second serves the bridge alone, each with a .022 µF capacitor.

Drawing: https://guitarwiring.app/wiring-diagrams/dimarzio/andy-timmons-at-model-five-way-super-switch.svg (back of controls)

## Parts and values

- Neck pickup (Cruiser Bridge DP187): Neck pickup: The Cruiser® Bridge DP187; compatible example (Humbucker (four-conductor, DiMarzio colours))
- Middle pickup (Cruiser Bridge DP187): Middle pickup: The Cruiser® Bridge DP187; compatible example (Humbucker (four-conductor, DiMarzio colours))
- Bridge pickup (AT-1 DP224): Bridge pickup: DiMarzio® AT-1™ DP224; compatible example (Humbucker (four-conductor, DiMarzio colours))
- 5-way Super Switch: 5-way 'Master Switch' for Strat® multipole (EP1112); compatible example (Oak Grigsby 4-Pole 5-Way Super Switch)
- Volume 500K custom taper: Volume 500K custom taper pot (EP1201); 500k; compatible example (CTS 500k Audio Pot)
- Neck/middle tone 500K custom taper: Neck/middle tone 500K custom taper pot (EP1201); 500k; compatible example (CTS 500k Audio Pot)
- Bridge tone 500K custom taper: Bridge tone 500K custom taper pot (EP1201); 500k; compatible example (CTS 500k Audio Pot)
- 330pF: 330pF capacitor; 0.33nF; generic (330 pF Ceramic Capacitor)
- .022µF: .022µF capacitor (EP1022), neck/middle tone; 22nF; compatible example (Orange Drop .022µF)
- .022µF: .022µF capacitor (EP1022), bridge tone; 22nF; compatible example (Orange Drop .022µF)
- Output jack: Switchcraft® output jack, 2-conductor (EP1301); compatible example (Switchcraft \#11)
- Bridge ground: TO BRIDGE GROUND; generic (Bridge ground wire)

## Specific to this wiring

- The 5-way switch is wired: Position 1 = Neck; Position 2 = Neck & Middle; Position 3 = Middle; Position 4 = Middle & Bridge Split; Position 5 = Bridge.
- The sheet counts positions from the neck; the simulator counts them from the bridge, so the sheet's position 1 is simulator position 5.
- On the neck and middle pickups the black and white leads are joined and insulated; each joint touches nothing else.
- The bridge pickup's black and white leads go together to one switch tag, which is grounded only in the middle-and-bridge position.
- The bridge tone works only in the bridge position; the neck/middle tone works in the other four.
- The Super Switch tags are not labelled in the source, so they are mapped by what each does against the catalog contact table.
- The source specifies 500K custom-taper pots. The simulator treats them as linear, so settings between the knob ends are approximate.

## Connections

1. Neck green → Volume casing (case, green)
2. Neck bare shield → Volume casing (shield, bare): Drawn grey beside the green.
3. Middle green → Volume casing (case, green)
4. Middle bare shield → Volume casing (shield, bare): Drawn grey beside the green.
5. Bridge green → Volume casing (case, green)
6. Bridge bare shield → Volume casing (shield, bare): Drawn grey beside the green.
7. Volume casing → Switch upper row, left-hand group, tag 2 (case, black)
8. Volume lug nearest the top → Volume casing (case, black)
9. Volume lug nearest the top → Neck/middle tone casing (case, black)
10. Neck/middle tone casing → Bridge tone casing (case, black)
11. Neck/middle .022 µF capacitor → Neck/middle tone casing (case)
12. Bridge .022 µF capacitor → Bridge tone casing (case)
13. Bridge tone casing → Jack sleeve (wire, black)
14. Bridge ground wire → Jack sleeve (shield, black): Labelled TO BRIDGE GROUND.
15. Neck red → Switch lower row, right-hand group, tag 5 (wire, red)
16. Switch lower row, right-hand group, tag 5 → Switch lower row, right-hand group, tag 4 (bridge, black)
17. Middle red → Switch upper row, right-hand group, tag 2 (wire, red)
18. Switch upper row, right-hand group, tag 2 → Switch upper row, right-hand group, tag 3 (bridge, black)
19. Switch upper row, right-hand group, tag 3 → Switch upper row, right-hand group, tag 4 (bridge, black)
20. Bridge red → Switch lower row, right-hand group, tag 1 (wire, red)
21. Switch lower row, right-hand group, tag 1 → Switch lower row, right-hand group, tag 2 (bridge, black)
22. Bridge black → Switch upper row, left-end tag (wire, black)
23. Bridge white → Switch upper row, left-end tag (wire, white)
24. Switch upper row, right-end tag → Volume input lug (wire, grey)
25. Switch upper row, right-end tag → Switch lower row, right-end tag (bridge, grey)
26. Switch lower row, left-end tag → Switch lower row, right-end tag (wire, grey): Runs along the bottom of the switch.
27. Switch lower row, left-hand group, tag 1 → Bridge tone middle lug (wire, black)
28. Neck/middle tone middle lug → Switch lower row, left-hand group, tag 5 (wire, black)
29. Switch lower row, left-hand group, tag 5 → Switch lower row, left-hand group, tag 4 (bridge, black)
30. Switch lower row, left-hand group, tag 4 → Switch lower row, left-hand group, tag 3 (bridge, black)
31. Switch lower row, left-hand group, tag 3 → Switch lower row, left-hand group, tag 2 (bridge, black)
32. Neck black → Neck white (insulated, black): Joined at one solder dot and insulated; the joint touches nothing else.
33. Middle black → Middle white (insulated, black): Joined at one solder dot and insulated; the joint touches nothing else.
34. Volume middle lug → Jack tip (wire, grey)
35. Volume middle lug → 330pF capacitor (wire)
36. 330pF capacitor → Volume input lug (wire)
37. Neck/middle tone end lug → Neck/middle .022 µF capacitor (wire)
38. Bridge tone end lug → Bridge .022 µF capacitor (wire)

## What each position does

- Bridge: Bridge pickup (AT-1 DP224) (both coils). Source: Sheet position 5 = Bridge; the bridge tone is active.
- Middle and bridge split: Middle pickup (Cruiser Bridge DP187) (both coils) and Bridge pickup (AT-1 DP224) (split to one coil) in parallel. Source: Sheet position 4 = Middle & Bridge Split.
- Middle: Middle pickup (Cruiser Bridge DP187) (both coils). Source: Sheet position 3 = Middle.
- Neck and middle: Neck pickup (Cruiser Bridge DP187) (both coils) and Middle pickup (Cruiser Bridge DP187) (both coils) in parallel. Source: Sheet position 2 = Neck & Middle.
- Neck: Neck pickup (Cruiser Bridge DP187) (both coils). Source: Sheet position 1 = Neck.

- The source's custom-taper pots are not reproduced: they are simulated with a linear track, so settings between the knob ends are approximate.
- Hum cancelling and phase describe the generic humbucker models, not measured Cruiser or AT-1 pickups; the single-size stacked Cruiser is modelled as a two-coil humbucker.
- Pickup resistance is not specified, so no numeric meter readings are given.

## Check before plugging in

- In each position the meter across the jack should read the pickups listed; in the middle-and-bridge position the bridge should read about half its full value.
- The upper-row left-end switch tag should read to ground only in the middle-and-bridge position.
- Each insulated black–white joint on the neck and middle pickups should read open to ground.

## Source

Tinkercaster's own drawing of the DiMarzio diagram Andy Timmons - Ibanez AT Model Wiring, revision 1. Not the manufacturer's artwork and not endorsed by DiMarzio.

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