TinkercasterParts and values
| In the drawing | Value | Part |
|---|---|---|
| Neck humbucker (stand-in)Source: NECK PICKUP (BARE, GREEN, WHITE, BLACK, RED) | — | Humbucker (four-conductor, DiMarzio colours)Generic |
| Bridge humbucker (stand-in)Source: BRIDGE PICKUP (BARE, GREEN, RED, WHITE, BLACK) | — | Humbucker (four-conductor, DiMarzio colours)Generic |
| Ibanez OEM 5-way switchSource: IBANEZ OEM SWITCH | — | Ibanez HH 5-Way (8-lug)Example part |
| Volume 500K custom taperSource: VOLUME 500K CUSTOM TAPER POT EP1201 | 500k | CTS 500k Audio PotExample part |
| Tone 500K custom taperSource: TONE 500K CUSTOM TAPER POT EP1201 | 500k | CTS 500k Audio PotExample part |
| .022µFSource: .022µF CAPACITOR EP1022 | 22nF | Orange Drop .022µFExample part |
| Output jackSource: SWITCHCRAFT® OUTPUT JACK (2-CONDUCTOR) EP1301 | — | Switchcraft #11Example part |
| Bridge groundSource: TO BRIDGE GROUND | — | Bridge ground wireGeneric |
“Example part” means any part with the same value and lugs will do; the source does not name a brand. “Generic” stands in for an unspecified pickup: check your own pickup's lead colours before you solder.
Specific to this wiring
- Sheet legend: 'The standard Ibanez wiring for 2 humbuckers. The 5-way Ibanez HH OEM switch is wired Position 1 = Neck; Position 2 = Neck Parallel; Position 3 = Neck & Bridge; Position 4 = Inside Coils; Position 5 = Bridge.'
- The switch is labelled 'IBANEZ OEM SWITCH' and is drawn from the side with its 8 lugs in a row. The lugs are numbered 1-8 left to right as drawn; lug 4 (to the volume) and lug 8 are the commons.
- Ibanez publishes no contact chart for this switch. Its contacts come from Atheris Pickguards' measured trace map of the opened switch ('Ibanez 3PS1SC5 / COR-TEK 2502N'), which numbers its positions in reverse (its Pos1 = bridge humbucker, Pos5 = neck humbucker). Ibanez's RG2620E factory wiring diagram (RG2620E-CBK-00-02, 2006) wires the 8 lugs with the same roles as this sheet and the map: lug 1 bridge red, lug 2 a neck lead jumpered to lug 7, lug 3 neck red, lug 4 to the volume, lug 5 the bridge series link, lug 6 ground, lug 8 neck black.
- Lug orientation check: with lugs 1-8 read left to right as drawn, the engine reproduces the legend in all five positions. Read in the reverse order, the volume lug would not be a common and the legend fails in every position, so the drawn left-to-right order is the one used.
- The neck pickup is wired with its RED to lug 3, WHITE to lug 2, BLACK to lug 8, and GREEN and BARE to the volume casing. A white jumper joins lug 2 to lug 7.
- The bridge pickup is wired with its RED to lug 1, its BLACK and WHITE together to lug 5, and its GREEN and BARE to the volume casing. Lug 6 is wired to the volume casing.
- The volume's top lug is wired to the volume casing and on to the tone casing, which is drawn to a ground symbol. The tone's signal enters at its middle lug from the volume's bottom (input) lug; the capacitor sits between the tone's bottom lug and the tone casing. The tone's top lug is drawn unconnected.
- The output jack is a 'SWITCHCRAFT® OUTPUT JACK (2-CONDUCTOR) EP1301'. 'TO BRIDGE GROUND' ends on the jack sleeve, which also takes the wire from the tone casing.
- The sheet labels the pickups only 'NECK PICKUP' and 'BRIDGE PICKUP'; a generic DiMarzio-colour four-conductor humbucker stands in for each.
Connections
In soldering order: grounds first, then the switch, the pickups and the signal path.
| # | From | To | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neck BARE | Volume casing | To a pot casingbare |
| 2 | Neck GREEN | Volume casingDot beside the neck BARE. | To a pot casinggreen |
| 3 | Bridge BARE | Volume casing | To a pot casingbare |
| 4 | Bridge GREEN | Volume casingDot below the bridge BARE. | To a pot casinggreen |
| 5 | Switch lug 6 | Volume casing | To a pot casingblack |
| 6 | Volume casing | Volume top lug | To a pot casingblack |
| 7 | Volume top lug | Tone casingThe tone casing dot is also drawn to a ground symbol. | To a pot casingblack |
| 8 | .022µF capacitor | Tone casing | To a pot casing |
| 9 | Tone casing | Jack sleeve | Wireblack |
| 10 | TO BRIDGE GROUND | Jack sleeve | Wireblack |
| 11 | Neck WHITE | Switch lug 2Drawn broken where the bridge GREEN and bridge RED pass. | Wirewhite |
| 12 | Neck RED | Switch lug 3Drawn broken where the bridge GREEN and bridge RED pass. | Wirered |
| 13 | Neck BLACK | Switch lug 8Drawn broken where the bridge GREEN and bridge RED pass; runs below the switch and up into lug 8. | Wireblack |
| 14 | Bridge RED | Switch lug 1 | Wirered |
| 15 | Bridge WHITE | Switch lug 5Drawn broken where it passes the lug 2-7 jumper and the neck BLACK run. | Wirewhite |
| 16 | Bridge BLACK | Switch lug 5Runs beside the bridge WHITE; drawn broken at the same two places. | Wireblack |
| 17 | Switch lug 2 | Switch lug 7Jumper. | Wirewhite |
| 18 | Switch lug 4 | Volume bottom lugDrawn light gray. | Wiregray |
| 19 | Volume middle lug | Jack tipDrawn dark gray. | Wiregray |
| 20 | Volume bottom lug | Tone middle lugDrawn light gray. | Wiregray |
| 21 | Tone bottom lug | .022µF capacitor | Wire |
What each position does
| Setting | The source | Engine result |
|---|---|---|
| Position 1: neck | Position 1 = Neck | Neck humbucker (stand-in) (both coils). |
| Position 2: neck parallel | Position 2 = Neck Parallel | Neck humbucker (stand-in) (coils in parallel). |
| Position 3: neck & bridge | Position 3 = Neck & Bridge | Neck humbucker (stand-in) (both coils) and Bridge humbucker (stand-in) (both coils) in parallel. |
| Position 4: inside coils | Position 4 = Inside Coils | Neck humbucker (stand-in) (split to one coil) and Bridge humbucker (stand-in) (split to one coil) in parallel. |
| Position 5: bridge | Position 5 = Bridge | Bridge humbucker (stand-in) (both coils). |
Not simulated: this circuit is drawn for reference only.
- Topology only, because the switch contacts come from a third-party trace map rather than an Ibanez chart (see below). The selector carries the printed legend as selectorByPosition (1 neck, 2 neck parallel, 3 neck and bridge, 4 inside coils, 5 bridge), and the engine matches it in all five positions: 1 neck humbucker; 2 neck coils in parallel; 3 both humbuckers in parallel; 4 one neck coil and one bridge coil in parallel; 5 bridge humbucker.
- The switch contacts come from a third-party measured trace map (Atheris Pickguards, Ibanez 3PS1SC5 / COR-TEK 2502N), cross-checked against the lug roles on Ibanez's RG2620E factory diagram; Ibanez publishes no contact chart.
- Which coil is 'inside' is not modelled: in position 4 the engine keeps the neck's white/green coil and the bridge's red/black coil; the stand-ins do not record which coil sits nearer the other pickup.
- The source's custom-taper pots are not reproduced: both pots use the catalog pot's taper, so settings between the knob ends are approximate.
- Both pickups are generic four-conductor humbuckers; hum and tone describe the generic model, and pickup resistance is not specified, so no numeric meter readings are given.
Before you solder
Ticks are kept in this browser only, as a reminder. They are not a check of your joints. New to soldering? Read the soldering cheat sheet.
Check before plugging in
- Position 1: continuity from jack tip to sleeve through the whole neck humbucker only.
- Position 2: the neck's two coils in parallel between tip and sleeve (lower reading than position 1).
- Position 3: both humbuckers in parallel.
- Position 4: one coil of each pickup in parallel.
- Position 5: continuity through the whole bridge humbucker only.
- With the volume at zero, tip and sleeve read as a short in every position.
Measure across the output jack with a multimeter on its resistance range. No exact readings are given where the source does not specify the pickups.