# Everything Axe set with a five-way blade, one volume and two tones Canonical page: https://guitarwiring.app/wiring-diagrams/seymour-duncan/everything-axe-five-way-volume-two-tones Three four-conductor single-coil-sized pickups · Five-way blade · One volume · Two tones Seymour Duncan Everything Axe set: neck, middle and bridge four-conductor pickups on a five-way blade with one 250k volume and two 250k tones sharing one .047 cap through the switch's second pole. Neck and bridge run with red and white joined and taped; the middle pickup's black and red go to the switch together and its white is grounded with the green and bare. Drawing: https://guitarwiring.app/wiring-diagrams/seymour-duncan/everything-axe-five-way-volume-two-tones.svg (back of controls) ## Parts and values - Neck pickup: Everything Axe neck pickup; generic (Humbucker (four-conductor, Seymour Duncan colours)) - Middle pickup: Everything Axe middle pickup; generic (Humbucker (four-conductor, Seymour Duncan colours)) - Bridge pickup: Everything Axe bridge pickup; generic (Humbucker (four-conductor, Seymour Duncan colours)) - 5-Way Switch: 5-way switch; compatible example (Oak Grigsby 5-Way) - Volume 250k: Volume 250k; 250k; compatible example (CTS 250k Audio Pot) - Output Jack: Output Jack; compatible example (Switchcraft \#11) - Ground wire to bridge: Ground wire to bridge; generic (Bridge ground wire) - Tone 250k (A): Tone 250k (upper, labelled A here); 250k; compatible example (CTS 250k Audio Pot) - Tone 250k (B): Tone 250k (lower, labelled B here); 250k; compatible example (CTS 250k Audio Pot) - .047 µF tone cap: .047 cap; 47nF; compatible example (Orange Drop .047µF) ## Specific to this wiring - Neck and bridge pickups: red & white soldered together and taped off. - Green & bare wires from all pickups get soldered here: the upper solder spot on the volume casing, which also takes the ground wire to the bridge. - For middle pickup, green, bare and WHITE must be soldered here (the same upper solder spot). The middle pickup's black and red ('middle black & red') both go to the switch. - The bridge black, middle black & red and neck black go to three lugs in one row of the switch; that row's common runs across to a lug on the other row, where it is soldered, and on to the volume's input lug. - Two more lugs on the switch's other row are wired to the tones: the third lug to tone A's middle lug, the bottom lug to tone B's first lug (with the lug mapping used, tone A works in positions 2 to 4 and tone B in positions 4 and 5). Tone B's middle lug is wired to tone A's lug that carries the .047 cap; the cap's other leg goes to the solder spot on tone A's casing. - The two tone casings are wired together, and tone A's solder spot is wired to the volume's lower solder spot. - The source does not number the switch tags or positions; the lugs are mapped by what they do (bridge, bridge + middle, middle, middle + neck, neck). - The volume's outer lug is bent onto the casing under the lower solder spot, which is wired to the jack sleeve. - Legend: the grey Solder spot marks the location for ground (earth) connections. Jack: Tip (hot output); Sleeve (ground), the inner, circular portion of the jack. ## Connections 1. Neck green → Volume casing (case, green) 2. Neck bare → Volume casing (case, bare) 3. Middle green → Volume casing (case, green) 4. Middle bare → Volume casing (case, bare) 5. Bridge green → Volume casing (case, green) 6. Bridge bare → Volume casing (case, bare) 7. Ground wire to bridge → Volume casing (case, black) 8. Volume bottom lug → Volume casing (case): Lug bent onto the lower solder spot. 9. Volume casing → Jack sleeve (wire, black) 10. Middle white → Volume casing (case, white): Drawn with the middle green and bare into the upper solder spot. 11. .047 cap → Tone A casing (case) 12. Tone A casing → Tone B casing (case, black) 13. Tone A casing → Volume casing (lower solder spot) (case, black) 14. Bridge black → Switch wired row, top lug (wire, black) 15. Middle black → Switch wired row, second lug (wire, black): Runs beside the middle red ('middle black & red'). 16. Neck black → Switch wired row, third lug (wire, black) 17. Switch common (wired row, bottom lug) → Switch opposite row, top lug (wire, black): Soldered at that lug on its way to the volume. 18. Switch opposite row, top lug → Volume input lug (wire, black) 19. Middle red → Switch wired row, second lug (wire, red): Runs beside the middle black ('middle black & red'). 20. Switch opposite row, third lug → Tone A middle lug (wire, black): Hops over the tone B wire. 21. Switch opposite row, bottom lug → Tone B first lug (wire, black) 22. Neck red → Neck white (insulated, red): Soldered together and taped off. 23. Bridge red → Bridge white (insulated, red): Soldered together and taped off. 24. Volume middle lug → Jack tip (wire, black): Hops over the tone-ground and sleeve wires. 25. Tone B middle lug → Tone A cap lug (wire, black) 26. Tone A cap lug → .047 cap (wire, black): Drawn as one line with the tone B wire; hops over the tone-casing link. ## What each position does - Bridge: Bridge pickup (both coils). Source: No tone (neither tone lug is connected). - Bridge + middle: Middle pickup (coils in parallel) and Bridge pickup (both coils) in parallel. Source: Tone A. - Middle: Middle pickup (coils in parallel). Source: Tone A. - Middle + neck: Neck pickup (both coils) and Middle pickup (coils in parallel) in parallel. Source: Tone A and tone B. - Neck: Neck pickup (both coils). Source: Tone B. - Tone reading is topology-only: with the mapping used, tone A should load positions 2 to 4 and tone B positions 4 and 5, with no tone in position 1; the engine does not report tone B in position 5 (it names only tone A in positions 2 to 4). - Hum cancelling and phase describe the generic pickup models, not a measurement of the Everything Axe pickups. - Pickup resistance is not specified, so no numeric meter readings are given. ## Check before plugging in - In each switch position, the meter across the jack should read the selected pickup, or two in parallel in positions 2 and 4. - With the volume at zero, tip and sleeve should read as a short. - The neck and bridge taped red–white joints should read open to ground. - In position 1 neither tone should affect the output; if one does, check which lugs of the switch's second row carry the tone wires. ## Source Tinkercaster's own drawing of the Seymour Duncan diagram EAX\_1V\_2T, revision 2. Not the manufacturer's artwork and not endorsed by Seymour Duncan. See also [all wiring diagrams]().