Tinkercaster
DiMarzio wiring

Stacked Hum-Canceling Tele with two stacked pickups

Two stacked four-conductor pickups · Three-way Tele switch · One volume · One tone

DiMarzio's Stacked Hum-Canceling Tele harness with an Area T neck and an Area T bridge, both drawn as four-conductor stacked pickups on a three-way Tele switch. It uses 250K custom-taper volume and tone pots, a .022 µF capacitor and a Switchcraft two-conductor jack.

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Stacked Hum-Canceling Tele with two stacked pickupsStacked Hum-Canceling Tele with two stacked pickups: Two stacked four-conductor pickups · Three-way Tele switch · One volume · One tone. Original Tinkercaster drawing with labelled terminals.Area T neckArea T neckArea T bridgeArea T bridgeThree-way switchVolume 250K custom taper · 250k250kTone 250K custom taper · 250k250k.022µF · 22nF22nFOutput jackBridge groundredgreenblackwhitebareredgreenblackwhitebareT1T2T3T4T5T6T7T8lug1lug2lug3lug1lug2lug3abtipsleeveground

Viewed from the back of the controls, as you solder them. Open the interactive diagram to zoom, move components and try the switches.

Parts and values

In the drawingValuePart
Area T neckSource: Area T™ neck DP417 (RED, WHITE, BLACK, GREEN, GRAY)—Humbucker (four-conductor, DiMarzio colours)Generic
Area T bridgeSource: Area T™ bridge DP418 (RED, WHITE, BLACK, GREEN, GRAY)—Humbucker (four-conductor, DiMarzio colours)Generic
Three-way switchSource: Three-way switch for Tele® (EP1105)—CRL 3-Way BladeExample part
Volume 250K custom taperSource: Volume 250K custom taper pot (EP1200)250kCTS 250k Audio PotExample part
Tone 250K custom taperSource: Tone 250K custom taper pot (EP1200)250kCTS 250k Audio PotExample part
.022µFSource: .022µF capacitor (EP1022)22nFOrange 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

  • This wiring is appropriate for all DiMarzio Stacked Hum-Canceling Tele® Pickups, including Area T™ Neck; Area T™ Bridge; Area T™ 615; and Area Hot T™ Bridge.
  • On both pickups, the black and white leads are joined; the green and gray leads go to the volume casing; the red lead goes to the switch.
  • The tone signal enters at the tone pot's middle lug (wiper) from the volume wiper; the capacitor sits on an end lug.
  • The switch tags are not labelled, so they are mapped by what each does.
  • The source specifies custom-taper pots. The simulator treats them as linear, so settings between the knob ends are approximate.

Connections

In soldering order: grounds first, then the switch, the pickups and the signal path.

#FromToHow
1Neck greenVolume casingTo a pot casinggreen
2Neck grayVolume casingDrawn thin grey beside the green; mapped to the stand-in bare pad.Shield or groundbare
3Bridge greenVolume casingTo a pot casinggreen
4Bridge grayVolume casingDrawn thin grey beside the green; mapped to the stand-in bare pad.Shield or groundbare
5Volume casingVolume top lugTo a pot casingblack
6Volume top lugTone casingTo a pot casingblack
7.022 µF capacitorTone casingTo a pot casing
8Tone casingJack sleeveWireblack
9Bridge ground wireJack sleeveLabelled TO BRIDGE GROUND.Wireblack
10Neck redSwitch top-row first lugWirered
11Bridge redSwitch bottom-row fourth lugWirered
12Switch bottom-row first lugSwitch bottom-row second lugJumpergrey
13Switch bottom-row second lugSwitch top-row third lugJumpergrey
14Switch top-row third lugSwitch top-row fourth lugJumpergrey
15Switch top-row fourth lugVolume bottom lug (input)Wiregrey
16Neck blackNeck whiteJoined at one solder dot with nothing else on it.Joined and insulatedblack
17Bridge blackBridge whiteJoined at one solder dot with nothing else on it.Joined and insulatedblack
18Volume middle lugJack tipWiredark grey
19Volume middle lugTone middle lugWirelavender
20Tone bottom lug.022 µF capacitorWire

What each position does

SettingThe sourceEngine result
Neck—Area T neck (both coils).
Neck and bridge—Area T neck (both coils) and Area T bridge (both coils) in parallel.
Bridge—Area T bridge (both coils).

Checked with the Tinkercaster wiring engine against the switching the source describes.

  • The source's custom-taper pots are not reproduced: both pots are simulated with a linear track, so settings between the knob ends are approximate.
  • Both stacked pickups are simulated as generic side-by-side four-conductor humbuckers; hum cancelling and phase describe the generic pickup models, not measured DiMarzio pickups.
  • 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 neck pickup only.
  • Position 3: continuity through the bridge pickup only.
  • The taped series joints on both pickups should read open to ground.

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.