# HS rail neck, hum bridge, push/pull volumes and tones

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Rail-style neck · Bridge humbucker · Toggle · Push/pull volumes and tones

HS rail neck, hum bridge, push/pull volumes and tones. Transcribed from the manufacturer wiring sheet and checked against the engine.

Drawing: https://guitarwiring.app/wiring-diagrams/dimarzio/hs-rail-neck-push-pull-volumes-tones.svg (back of controls)

## Parts and values

- Neck rail-style pickup: Neck rail-style pickup; generic (Humbucker (four-conductor, DiMarzio colours))
- Bridge humbucker: Bridge humbucker; generic (Humbucker (four-conductor, DiMarzio colours))
- 3-Way Toggle: 3-Way Toggle; compatible example (Switchcraft 3-Way Toggle)
- Neck Volume 500kA push/pull: Neck Volume 500kA push/pull; 500k; compatible example (500k Push-Pull DPDT)
- Bridge Volume 500kA push/pull: Bridge Volume 500kA push/pull; 500k; compatible example (500k Push-Pull DPDT)
- Neck Tone 500kA: Neck Tone 500kA; 500k; compatible example (CTS 500k Audio Pot)
- Bridge Tone 500kA: Bridge Tone 500kA; 500k; compatible example (CTS 500k Audio Pot)
- Output Jack: Output Jack; compatible example (Switchcraft \#11)
- .022µf (neck): .022µf (neck); 22nF; compatible example (Orange Drop .022µF)
- .022µf (bridge): .022µf (bridge); 22nF; compatible example (Orange Drop .022µF)
- Ground wire from bridge: Ground wire from bridge; generic (Bridge ground wire)

## Specific to this wiring

- Neck pickup is drawn as a rail-style humbucker; generic-humbucker-four-conductor-dimarzio stands in.
- Both volume and tone pots are drawn as 500K push/pull (EP1201); catalog cts-500k-push-pull-dpdt stands in for value only.

## Connections

1. w2 as drawn on the source sheet → w2 as drawn on the source sheet (wire, black)
2. w3 as drawn on the source sheet → w3 as drawn on the source sheet (wire, bare)
3. w7 as drawn on the source sheet → w7 as drawn on the source sheet (wire, green)
4. w8 as drawn on the source sheet → w8 as drawn on the source sheet (wire, bare)
5. w11 as drawn on the source sheet → w11 as drawn on the source sheet (wire, black)
6. w12 as drawn on the source sheet → w12 as drawn on the source sheet (wire, black)
7. w13 as drawn on the source sheet → w13 as drawn on the source sheet (wire, ground)
8. w14 as drawn on the source sheet → w14 as drawn on the source sheet (wire, ground)
9. w17 as drawn on the source sheet → w17 as drawn on the source sheet (wire, ground)
10. w20 as drawn on the source sheet → w20 as drawn on the source sheet (wire, ground)
11. w24 as drawn on the source sheet → w24 as drawn on the source sheet (wire, ground)
12. w25 as drawn on the source sheet → w25 as drawn on the source sheet (wire, ground)
13. w26 as drawn on the source sheet → w26 as drawn on the source sheet (wire, ground)
14. w27 as drawn on the source sheet → w27 as drawn on the source sheet (wire, ground)
15. w28 as drawn on the source sheet → w28 as drawn on the source sheet (wire, ground)
16. w29 as drawn on the source sheet → w29 as drawn on the source sheet (wire, ground)
17. w21 as drawn on the source sheet → w21 as drawn on the source sheet (wire, signal)
18. w22 as drawn on the source sheet → w22 as drawn on the source sheet (wire, signal)
19. w23 as drawn on the source sheet → w23 as drawn on the source sheet (wire, signal)
20. w1 as drawn on the source sheet → w1 as drawn on the source sheet (wire, white)
21. w4 as drawn on the source sheet → w4 as drawn on the source sheet (wire, green)
22. w5 as drawn on the source sheet → w5 as drawn on the source sheet (wire, red)
23. w6 as drawn on the source sheet → w6 as drawn on the source sheet (wire, red)
24. w9 as drawn on the source sheet → w9 as drawn on the source sheet (wire, white)
25. w10 as drawn on the source sheet → w10 as drawn on the source sheet (wire, black)
26. w15 as drawn on the source sheet → w15 as drawn on the source sheet (wire, signal)
27. w16 as drawn on the source sheet → w16 as drawn on the source sheet (wire, signal)
28. w18 as drawn on the source sheet → w18 as drawn on the source sheet (wire, signal)
29. w19 as drawn on the source sheet → w19 as drawn on the source sheet (wire, signal)

## What each position does



- Dual push/pull split positions are not engine-checked; wiring matches the HS rail-neck source sheet.
- Rail construction is not modelled beyond the four-conductor stand-in.
- Custom pot tapers are simulated as linear audio tracks.

## Check before plugging in



## Source

Tinkercaster's own drawing of the DiMarzio diagram HS Wiring - Humbucker Bridge, Rail-style Neck, 3-way 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>).
