# EVH original wiring with toggle selector

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Humbucker · Toggle selector · Volume

EVH original wiring with toggle selector. Transcribed from the manufacturer wiring sheet and checked against the engine.

Drawing: https://guitarwiring.app/wiring-diagrams/dimarzio/evh-original-toggle-selector.svg (back of controls)

## Parts and values

- Neck pickup (2-conductor): Neck pickup (2-conductor); generic (Single-coil pickup (two-conductor))
- Bridge pickup (2-conductor): Bridge pickup (2-conductor); generic (Single-coil pickup (two-conductor))
- DPDT on-on-on selector (EP1108): DPDT on-on-on selector (EP1108); compatible example (DPDT Mini-Toggle (on-on-on))
- Volume 500K custom taper: Volume 500K custom taper; 500k; compatible example (CTS 500k Audio Pot)
- Output jack: Output jack; compatible example (Switchcraft \#11)
- Bridge ground: Bridge ground; generic (Bridge ground wire)

## Specific to this wiring



## Connections

1. w8 as drawn on the source sheet → w8 as drawn on the source sheet (wire, black)
2. w9 as drawn on the source sheet → w9 as drawn on the source sheet (wire, black)
3. w10 as drawn on the source sheet → w10 as drawn on the source sheet (wire, black)
4. w12 as drawn on the source sheet → w12 as drawn on the source sheet (wire, black)
5. w13 as drawn on the source sheet → w13 as drawn on the source sheet (wire, black)
6. w1 as drawn on the source sheet → w1 as drawn on the source sheet (wire, white)
7. w2 as drawn on the source sheet → w2 as drawn on the source sheet (wire, white)
8. w3 as drawn on the source sheet → w3 as drawn on the source sheet (wire, white)
9. w4 as drawn on the source sheet → w4 as drawn on the source sheet (wire, white)
10. w5 as drawn on the source sheet → w5 as drawn on the source sheet (wire, black)
11. w6 as drawn on the source sheet → w6 as drawn on the source sheet (wire, black)
12. w7 as drawn on the source sheet → w7 as drawn on the source sheet (wire, signal)
13. w11 as drawn on the source sheet → w11 as drawn on the source sheet (wire, signal)

## What each position does



- The catalog selector model does not reach the output jack on every drawn throw (selectionReachesTip); position labels follow the source sheet, not a verified simulation table.

## Check before plugging in



## Source

Tinkercaster's own drawing of the DiMarzio diagram Eddie Van Halen Original Wiring with Toggle Switch, revision 1. Not the manufacturer's artwork and not endorsed by DiMarzio.

See also [all wiring diagrams](<https://guitarwiring.app/wiring-diagrams/index.md>).
