# PAF 36th Anniversary wiring with right-angle toggle

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Two humbuckers · Right-angle toggle · Two volumes · Two tones

PAF 36th Anniversary wiring with right-angle toggle. Transcribed from the manufacturer wiring sheet and checked against the engine.

Drawing: https://guitarwiring.app/wiring-diagrams/dimarzio/paf-36th-anniversary-right-angle-toggle.svg (back of controls)

## Parts and values

- Neck pickup: Neck pickup; generic (Humbucker (four-conductor, DiMarzio colours))
- Bridge pickup: Bridge pickup; generic (Humbucker (four-conductor, DiMarzio colours))
- Toggle (right angle): Toggle (right angle); compatible example (Switchcraft 3-Way Toggle (two output tags))
- Neck volume 500K custom taper: Neck volume 500K custom taper; 500k; compatible example (CTS 500k Audio Pot)
- Neck tone 500K custom taper: Neck tone 500K custom taper; 500k; compatible example (CTS 500k Audio Pot)
- Bridge volume 500K custom taper: Bridge volume 500K custom taper; 500k; compatible example (CTS 500k Audio Pot)
- Bridge tone 500K custom taper: Bridge tone 500K custom taper; 500k; compatible example (CTS 500k Audio Pot)
- .022µF (neck): .022µF (neck); 22nF; compatible example (Orange Drop .022µF)
- .022µF (bridge): .022µF (bridge); 22nF; compatible example (Orange Drop .022µF)
- Output jack: Output jack; compatible example (Switchcraft \#11)
- Bridge ground: Bridge ground; generic (Bridge ground wire)

## Specific to this wiring

- Capacitor-before-pot tones: each .022 µF runs from the volume input lug to the tone wiper; the tone end lug is grounded to the casing.
- Toggle tags are not labelled in the source; mapped by function.

## Connections

1. Neck pickup gnd → Neck volume 500K custom taper casing (wire, green)
2. Neck pickup bare → Neck volume 500K custom taper casing (wire, bare)
3. Bridge pickup gnd → Bridge volume 500K custom taper casing (wire, green)
4. Bridge pickup bare → Bridge volume 500K custom taper casing (wire, bare)
5. Neck volume 500K custom taper lug1 → Neck volume 500K custom taper casing (wire, black)
6. Neck volume 500K custom taper lug1 → Neck tone 500K custom taper casing (wire, black)
7. Neck tone 500K custom taper lug1 → Neck tone 500K custom taper casing (wire, black)
8. Bridge volume 500K custom taper lug1 → Bridge volume 500K custom taper casing (wire, black)
9. Bridge volume 500K custom taper lug1 → Bridge tone 500K custom taper casing (wire, black)
10. Bridge tone 500K custom taper lug1 → Bridge tone 500K custom taper casing (wire, black)
11. Neck tone 500K custom taper casing → Bridge tone 500K custom taper casing (wire, black)
12. Toggle (right angle) T5 → Output jack sleeve (wire, black)
13. Bridge tone 500K custom taper casing → Output jack sleeve (wire, black)
14. Bridge ground ground → Output jack sleeve (wire, black)
15. Neck volume 500K custom taper lug3 → Toggle (right angle) T1 (wire, white)
16. Bridge volume 500K custom taper lug3 → Toggle (right angle) T2 (wire, white)
17. Toggle (right angle) T3 → Toggle (right angle) T4 (wire, white)
18. Toggle (right angle) T3 → Output jack tip (wire, white)
19. Neck pickup black → Neck pickup white (wire, black)
20. Neck pickup hot → Neck volume 500K custom taper lug2 (wire, red)
21. Bridge pickup black → Bridge pickup white (wire, black)
22. Bridge pickup hot → Bridge volume 500K custom taper lug2 (wire, red)
23. Neck volume 500K custom taper lug3 → .022µF (neck) a (wire, white)
24. .022µF (neck) b → Neck tone 500K custom taper lug2 (wire, white)
25. Bridge volume 500K custom taper lug3 → .022µF (bridge) a (wire, white)
26. .022µF (bridge) b → Bridge tone 500K custom taper lug2 (wire, white)

## What each position does

- Position 1: Neck pickup (both coils). Source: Engine reading of the transcribed board; matches the source legend.
- Position 2: Neck pickup (both coils) and Bridge pickup (both coils) in parallel. Source: Engine reading of the transcribed board; matches the source legend.
- Position 3: Bridge pickup (both coils). Source: Engine reading of the transcribed board; matches the source legend.

- Custom-taper pots are treated as linear by the simulator.

## Check before plugging in



## Source

Tinkercaster's own drawing of the DiMarzio diagram PAF® 36th Anniversary Wiring with Right Angle Toggle Switch, revision 1. Not the manufacturer's artwork and not endorsed by DiMarzio.

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