# Two singles and a humbucker, five-way, volume and tone

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HSS · Five-way · One volume · One tone

Two singles and a humbucker, five-way, volume and tone. Transcribed from the manufacturer wiring sheet and checked against the engine.

Drawing: https://guitarwiring.app/wiring-diagrams/seymour-duncan/hss-five-way-volume-tone.svg (back of controls)

## Parts and values

- Neck pickup: Neck pickup; generic (Single-coil pickup (two-conductor))
- Middle pickup: Middle pickup; generic (Single-coil pickup (two-conductor))
- Bridge humbucker: Bridge humbucker; generic (Humbucker (four-conductor, Seymour Duncan colours))
- 5-Way Blade Switch: 5-Way Blade Switch; compatible example (Oak Grigsby 5-Way)
- Volume 250k (or 500k): Volume 250k (or 500k); 250k; compatible example (CTS 250k Audio Pot)
- Tone 250k: Tone 250k; 250k; compatible example (CTS 250k Audio Pot)
- .047 cap: .047 cap; 47nF; compatible example (Orange Drop .047µF)
- Output jack: Output jack; compatible example (Switchcraft \#11)
- Bridge ground: Bridge ground; generic (Bridge ground wire)

## Specific to this wiring

- Volume printed as 250k (or 500k); tone value is not printed so a 250k audio stand-in is used (common Strat practice) and disclosed in simulationScope.
- On the humbucker, red and white wires get soldered together and taped off.
- Solder = location for ground (earth) connections.
- Switch tags mapped by function where unlabelled.

## Connections

1. w2 as drawn → w2 as drawn (wire, green)
2. w3 as drawn → w3 as drawn (wire, bare)
3. w7 as drawn → w7 as drawn (wire, black)
4. w8 as drawn → w8 as drawn (wire, black)
5. w10 as drawn → w10 as drawn (wire, ground)
6. w12 as drawn → w12 as drawn (wire, black)
7. w13 as drawn → w13 as drawn (wire, black)
8. w16 as drawn → w16 as drawn (wire, black)
9. w17 as drawn → w17 as drawn (wire, black)
10. w4 as drawn → w4 as drawn (wire, black)
11. w5 as drawn → w5 as drawn (wire, white)
12. w6 as drawn → w6 as drawn (wire, white)
13. w9 as drawn → w9 as drawn (wire, black)
14. w1 as drawn → w1 as drawn (wire, red)
15. w11 as drawn → w11 as drawn (wire, black)
16. w14 as drawn → w14 as drawn (wire, black)
17. w15 as drawn → w15 as drawn (wire, black)

## What each position does

- Bridge: Bridge humbucker (both coils). Source: Engine reading of the transcribed board; matches the source legend.
- Bridge + middle: Middle pickup and Bridge humbucker (both coils) in parallel. Source: Engine reading of the transcribed board; matches the source legend.
- Middle: Middle pickup. Source: Engine reading of the transcribed board; matches the source legend.
- Middle + neck: Neck pickup and Middle pickup in parallel. Source: Engine reading of the transcribed board; matches the source legend.
- Neck: Neck pickup. Source: Engine reading of the transcribed board; matches the source legend.

- Tone pot value is not printed on the source; a 250k audio-taper stand-in matching common Strat practice is used and treated as linear by the simulator.

## Check before plugging in



## Source

Tinkercaster's own drawing of the Seymour Duncan diagram 2S\_1H\_5W\_1V\_1T, revision 1. Not the manufacturer's artwork and not endorsed by Seymour Duncan.

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