# HSH, 5-way blade, push/pull split volume and tone Canonical page: https://guitarwiring.app/wiring-diagrams/seymour-duncan/hsh-five-way-push-pull-split-volume-tone Humbucker · Single coil · Humbucker · 5-way blade · Push/pull volume (coil split) · One tone Seymour Duncan sheet: humbuckers in the neck and bridge and a single coil in the middle on a 5-way blade, with a 250k (or 500k) push/pull volume that splits both humbuckers, a 250k tone and a .047 cap. The neck humbucker's green and bare are not drawn on the current sheet and are added from Seymour Duncan's 2006 original of it. Drawing: https://guitarwiring.app/wiring-diagrams/seymour-duncan/hsh-five-way-push-pull-split-volume-tone.svg (back of controls) ## Parts and values - Neck humbucker: Neck humbucker; generic (Humbucker (four-conductor, Seymour Duncan colours)) - Middle single coil: Middle single coil; generic (Single-coil pickup (two-conductor)) - Bridge humbucker: Bridge humbucker; generic (Humbucker (four-conductor, Seymour Duncan colours)) - 5-way blade: 5-way blade switch; compatible example (Oak Grigsby 5-Way) - Volume 250k (push/pull): Volume 250k (or 500k), push/pull coil split; 250k; compatible example (250k Push-Pull DPDT) - Output jack: Output Jack; compatible example (Switchcraft \#11) - Bridge ground: Bridge ground; generic (Bridge ground wire) - Tone 250k: Tone 250k; 250k; compatible example (CTS 250k Audio Pot) - .047 cap: .047 cap; 47nF; compatible example (Orange Drop .047µF) ## Specific to this wiring - Title: 1 HUMBUCKER \| 1 SINGLE COIL\| 1 HUMBUCKER 1 VOLUME push/pull coil split \| 1 TONE \|5 WAY BLADE. - ADDED FROM ANOTHER SEYMOUR DUNCAN SOURCE: the current sheet does not draw the neck humbucker's green or bare lead. Seymour Duncan's own 2006 original of this sheet (Seymour Duncan, 'HSH, 1 Volume, 1 Tone, 5 Way Switch, Push/Pull' (Copyright 2006 Seymour Duncan/Basslines), http://www.seymourduncan.com/pdfs/support/schematics/hsh\_1v\_1t\_5w\_pushpull.pdf (Wayback 2012 copy), saved as docs/wiring-diagrams/handoff/online/seymour-duncan\_HSH\_5W\_1VppSPL\_1T/wayback-oldsite-hsh\_1v\_1t\_5w\_pushpull.pdf (crop oldsite-2006-neck-green-bare-crop.png)) runs the neck green and bare together to the volume pot Solder spot, alongside the bridge green and bare. Those two leads (w4, w5) are added from it; every other wire is as drawn on the current sheet. - The blade's wired row carries, from its bottom lug: the common (to the volume's first lug), neck black, middle white, bridge black (the leads are labelled 'neck black', 'middle white', 'bridge black'). The blade's other row is empty. - The neck red & white go together to the middle lug of one push/pull column and the bridge red & white to the middle lug of the other. The two lugs nearest the pot are jumpered together and wired to the volume Solder spot; the two lugs at the other end are empty. - Bridge green and bare, the middle black, the push/pull ground and the volume's bent third lug meet at the volume Solder spot; the volume casing is wired to the tone Solder spot, which also takes the wire labelled 'Bridge ground'. - The volume's first lug also feeds the tone's outer lug (tone drawn lugs up); the tone's middle lug carries the .047 cap to the tone Solder spot. - The source does not number the blade's lugs or positions; the lugs are mapped by what they do (bridge, bridge + middle, middle, middle + neck, neck). - NOTE printed on the sheet: If your neck & middle pickups are Fender pickups, then you will need to reverse the GREEN &BLACK wires on the Duncan. - Legend: Solder = location for ground (earth) connections. Jack: Tip (hot output); Sleeve (ground). The inner, circular portion of the jack. - Values printed: Volume 250k (or 500k); Tone 250k; .047 cap. ## Connections 1. Neck green (added, not drawn on this sheet) → Volume Solder spot (case, green): Neck green to the volume Solder spot. Not drawn on the current sheet. Added from Seymour Duncan's 2006 original of this sheet (hsh\_1v\_1t\_5w\_pushpull.pdf), which runs the neck green and bare to the volume Solder spot. 2. Neck bare (added, not drawn on this sheet) → Volume Solder spot (shield, bare): Neck bare to the volume Solder spot. Not drawn on the current sheet. Added from Seymour Duncan's 2006 original of this sheet (hsh\_1v\_1t\_5w\_pushpull.pdf), which runs the neck green and bare to the volume Solder spot. 3. Middle black → Volume Solder spot (case, black): Middle black runs straight down past the bridge pickup and left to the volume Solder spot. 4. Bridge green → Volume Solder spot (case, green): Bridge green to the volume Solder spot. 5. Bridge bare → Volume Solder spot (shield, bare): Bridge bare (drawn grey beside the green) to the volume Solder spot. 6. Push/pull neck-pair column, lug nearest the pot → Volume Solder spot (case, black): Black from the neck-pair column's lug nearest the pot, curving down across the casing to the volume Solder spot. 7. Volume third lug → Volume Solder spot (case): The volume's third lug is drawn bent onto the casing under the Solder spot. 8. Volume Solder spot → Jack Sleeve (case, black): From the volume Solder spot down to the jack Sleeve (ground). 9. Volume casing → Tone Solder spot (case, black): From the bottom of the volume casing straight down and left to the tone Solder spot. 10. .047 cap → Tone Solder spot (case): Other cap leg to the tone Solder spot. 11. Bridge ground wire → Tone Solder spot (shield, black): Wire from the tone Solder spot leaving the page, labelled 'Bridge ground'. 12. Neck black → Blade wired row, second lug from the common (wire, black): Neck black leaves the neck cable on the right, runs left under the middle pickup and arcs over the blade to the wired row, second lug from the common. 13. Middle white → Blade wired row, third lug from the common (wire, white): Middle white (drawn as a white lead) loops over the blade to the wired row, third lug from the common. 14. Bridge black → Blade wired row, lug furthest from the common (wire, black): Bridge black leaves the bridge cable, runs up and over to the wired row, lug furthest from the common. 15. Blade wired row, bottom lug (common) → Volume first lug (input) (wire, black): From the wired row's bottom lug (common) down round the left of the blade to the volume's first lug. 16. Neck red → Push/pull neck-pair column, middle lug (wire, red): Neck red runs with its white down the right side and back to the middle lug of one push/pull column. 17. Neck white → Push/pull neck-pair column, middle lug (wire, white): Neck white with its red to the same push/pull middle lug. 18. Bridge red → Push/pull bridge-pair column, middle lug (wire, red): Bridge red runs with its white from the bridge cable to the middle lug of the other push/pull column. 19. Bridge white → Push/pull bridge-pair column, middle lug (wire, white): Bridge white with its red to the same push/pull middle lug. 20. Push/pull neck-pair column, lug nearest the pot → Push/pull bridge-pair column, lug nearest the pot (wire, black): Short black jumper between the two push/pull lugs nearest the pot. 21. Volume middle lug → Jack Tip (wire, black): From the volume's middle lug down and right to the jack Tip (hot output); it hops the ground wires it crosses. 22. Volume first lug (input) → Tone outer lug nearest the volume (wire, black): From the volume's first lug to the tone's outer lug nearest the volume (tone drawn lugs up). 23. Tone middle lug → .047 cap (wire, black): Tone middle lug to one leg of the .047 cap. ## What each position does - Position 1 · push: bridge: Bridge humbucker (both coils). Source: Knob down: both humbuckers' red & white pairs sit on the empty push/pull lugs, so each humbucker is full. - Position 1 · pull: bridge split: Bridge humbucker (split to one coil). Source: Knob up: both red & white pairs join the jumpered, grounded push/pull lugs, splitting whichever humbucker is selected. - Position 2 · push: bridge + middle: Middle single coil and Bridge humbucker (both coils) in parallel. Source: Knob down: both humbuckers' red & white pairs sit on the empty push/pull lugs, so each humbucker is full. - Position 2 · pull: bridge split + middle: Middle single coil and Bridge humbucker (split to one coil) in parallel. Source: Knob up: both red & white pairs join the jumpered, grounded push/pull lugs, splitting whichever humbucker is selected. - Position 3 · push: middle: Middle single coil. Source: Knob down: both humbuckers' red & white pairs sit on the empty push/pull lugs, so each humbucker is full. - Position 3 · pull: middle: Middle single coil. Source: Knob up: both red & white pairs join the jumpered, grounded push/pull lugs, splitting whichever humbucker is selected. - Position 4 · push: middle + neck: Neck humbucker (both coils) and Middle single coil in parallel. Source: Knob down: both humbuckers' red & white pairs sit on the empty push/pull lugs, so each humbucker is full. - Position 4 · pull: middle + neck split: Neck humbucker (split to one coil) and Middle single coil in parallel. Source: Knob up: both red & white pairs join the jumpered, grounded push/pull lugs, splitting whichever humbucker is selected. - Position 5 · push: neck: Neck humbucker (both coils). Source: Knob down: both humbuckers' red & white pairs sit on the empty push/pull lugs, so each humbucker is full. - Position 5 · pull: neck split: Neck humbucker (split to one coil). Source: Knob up: both red & white pairs join the jumpered, grounded push/pull lugs, splitting whichever humbucker is selected. - The neck humbucker's green and bare are not drawn on the current sheet; they are added from other Seymour Duncan sources (see notes). - Which shaft position grounds the red & white pairs follows the usual push/pull behaviour (pulled joins the middle lugs to the lugs nearest the pot); the sheet does not say which way splits. - The 250k value is used; the sheet also allows 500k. - Custom tapers are not reproduced; pots are simulated as linear. - Pickup resistance is not specified, so no numeric meter readings are given. ## Check before plugging in - Knob down: in each blade position the meter across the jack reads the full pickup or pickup pair selected. - Knob up: both humbuckers' red & white read ground; positions 1 and 5 drop to one coil's reading. - Neck green and bare read ground at the volume casing (the added leads). ## Source Tinkercaster's own drawing of the Seymour Duncan diagram HSH\_5W\_1VppSPL\_1T, revision 1. Not the manufacturer's artwork and not endorsed by Seymour Duncan. See also [all wiring diagrams]().