# Seymour W. Duncan Signature Fender Esquire with tapped outputs Canonical page: https://guitarwiring.app/wiring-diagrams/seymour-duncan/esquire-signature-tapped-three-way Tapped Esquire single coil · Three-way blade · One volume · One tone · .022 µF bass cap A one-pickup Esquire whose three-way blade picks the full output, the tapped output, or the tapped output with a .022 µF capacitor to ground for a bassier tone. Every position goes through the 250k volume and the 250k tone with a .047 µF capacitor. Drawing: https://guitarwiring.app/wiring-diagrams/seymour-duncan/esquire-signature-tapped-three-way.svg (back of controls) ## Parts and values - Esquire bridge pickup: Seymour Duncan Esquire bridge pickup (Black, White and Yellow leads); generic (Tapped single-coil (three-conductor)) - 3-Way switch: 3-Way switch; compatible example (CRL 3-Way Blade) - Volume 250k: Volume 250k; 250k; compatible example (CTS 250k Audio Pot) - Tone 250k: Tone 250k; 250k; compatible example (CTS 250k Audio Pot) - .022 cap: .022 cap (drawn green); 22nF; compatible example (Orange Drop .022µF) - .047 cap: .047 cap (drawn green); 47nF; compatible example (Orange Drop .047µF) - Output jack: Output jack; compatible example (Switchcraft \#11) - Ground wire from bridge: ground wire from bridge; generic (Bridge ground wire) ## Specific to this wiring - Source legend: All Positions route through volume and tone controls. 1. Full output; 2 Tapped output; 3. Tapped output with .022uf cap for bassier tone. - The pickup's lead roles are not printed. White is taken as the full-coil hot and Yellow as the tap: White is on the lug the legend's full-output setting uses, Yellow on the lugs the tapped settings use. Black goes to the volume Solder spot. - The blade lugs are not numbered on the sheet, and the legend does not say which blade position is setting 1. The lugs are mapped by what they do: the right-row common feeds the volume, and the left-row common goes through the .022 cap to ground in the setting where it is jumpered to the tap. - The pickup's Black lead hops over the switch-to-volume wire on its way to the Solder spot; the two are not joined. - Source legend: the grey 'Solder' spot = location for ground (earth) connections. The volume has two Solder spots; the right lug is drawn bent onto the lower one. - The volume and tone Solder spots are joined by a line drawn dashed. - Tip (hot output). Sleeve (ground): the inner, circular portion of the jack. ## Connections 1. Esquire bridge pickup Black (ground) → Volume 250k casing (wire, black) 2. .022 cap leg B → Volume 250k casing (wire, black) 3. Ground wire from bridge → Volume 250k casing (wire, black) 4. Volume 250k right lug → Volume 250k casing (wire, ground) 5. .047 cap leg B → Tone 250k casing (wire, black) 6. Tone 250k casing → Output jack sleeve (wire, black) 7. Tone 250k casing → Volume 250k casing (wire, black) 8. Esquire bridge pickup White (full hot) → 3-Way switch T7 (right row, second lug) (wire, white) 9. Esquire bridge pickup Yellow (tap) → 3-Way switch T6 (right row, third lug) (wire, yellow) 10. 3-Way switch T1 (left row, third lug) → 3-Way switch T6 (right row, third lug) (wire, black) 11. 3-Way switch T6 (right row, third lug) → 3-Way switch T5 (right row, bottom lug) (wire, black) 12. 3-Way switch T8 common (right row, top lug) → Volume 250k left lug (wire, black) 13. 3-Way switch T4 common (left row, bottom lug) → .022 cap leg A (wire, black) 14. Volume 250k left lug → Tone 250k left lug (wire, black) 15. Volume 250k middle lug (wiper) → Output jack tip (wire, black) 16. Tone 250k middle lug (wiper) → .047 cap leg A (wire, black) ## What each position does - Tapped output with .022 µF cap: Esquire bridge pickup (split to one coil). Source: 3. Tapped output with .022uf cap for bassier tone. - Tapped output: Esquire bridge pickup (split to one coil). Source: 2 Tapped output - Full output: Esquire bridge pickup (both coils). Source: 1. Full output - Engine rule selectionReachesTip fails: the three-way blade's built-in slot expectations assume a neck pickup in position 1, while this Esquire has only the bridge pickup. The engine's per-position coil selection (tap, tap, full) matches the source legend, but the board is published topology-only. - The engine does not describe the .022 µF capacitor to ground in the tapped-with-cap setting; its tonal effect is not simulated. - The tapped single coil is modelled as two coil sections; the tap point's turns ratio and output level are not specified. - Pickup resistance and magnet polarity are not specified, so no numeric meter readings or hum-cancelling claims are given. ## Check before plugging in - In the full-output setting the meter across the jack should read higher than in either tapped setting. - In the tapped-with-cap setting, the tap should also read through the .022 cap to ground (open on a DC meter). - With the volume at zero, tip and sleeve should read as a short. ## Source Tinkercaster's own drawing of the Seymour Duncan diagram SWD\_signature\_esquire, revision 1. Not the manufacturer's artwork and not endorsed by Seymour Duncan. 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