# One humbucker with one volume and a push/pull series/parallel tone Canonical page: https://guitarwiring.app/wiring-diagrams/seymour-duncan/one-humbucker-volume-push-pull-series-parallel-tone One humbucker · One volume · Push/pull series/parallel tone A single humbucker with a volume and a tone whose push/pull switch swaps the two coils between series and parallel. It needs a 500k volume, a 500k push/pull pot for the tone, a .047 µF capacitor and a mono jack. Drawing: https://guitarwiring.app/wiring-diagrams/seymour-duncan/one-humbucker-volume-push-pull-series-parallel-tone.svg (back of controls) ## Parts and values - Bridge pickup: Bridge Pickup; generic (Humbucker (four-conductor, Seymour Duncan colours)) - Volume 500k: Volume 500k; 500k; compatible example (CTS 500k Audio Pot) - Tone 500k push/pull: Tone 500k push/pull; 500k; compatible example (500k Push-Pull DPDT) - .047 cap: .047 cap; 47nF; compatible example (Orange Drop .047µF) - Output jack: Output Jack; compatible example (Switchcraft \#11) - Bridge ground: Bridge ground wire; generic (Bridge ground wire) ## Specific to this wiring - The humbucker's red and white leads are not joined: red goes to the middle lug of the left switch column and white to the middle lug of the right column. - A short jumper joins the middle lug of the right column to the bottom lug of the left column. The bottom lug of the right column stays empty. - The pickup black shares the top lug of the left column (nearest the pot) with the wire up to the volume's input lug. Green and bare share the top lug of the right column, which is wired to the tone casing. - The bridge ground wire goes to the volume casing; the jack sleeve goes to the tone casing, which is linked to the volume casing. - The source's legend: the grey Solder mark is the location for ground (earth) connections. ## Connections 1. Pickup green → Push/pull right top lug (wire, green) 2. Pickup bare → Push/pull right top lug (shield, bare): Drawn grey; shares the lug with the green lead. 3. Push/pull right top lug → Tone casing (case, black) 4. .047 cap → Tone casing (case) 5. Volume right lug → Volume casing (case): Lug bent onto the casing. 6. Volume casing → Tone casing (case, black) 7. Tone casing → Jack sleeve (wire, black) 8. Bridge ground wire → Volume casing (wire, black) 9. Pickup black → Push/pull left top lug (wire, black) 10. Pickup red → Push/pull left middle lug (wire, red) 11. Pickup white → Push/pull right middle lug (wire, white) 12. Push/pull right middle lug → Push/pull left bottom lug (wire, black): Short diagonal jumper across the switch. 13. Push/pull left top lug → Volume left lug (input) (wire, black) 14. Volume left lug → Tone left lug (wire, black) 15. Tone middle lug → .047 cap (wire) 16. Volume middle lug → Jack tip (wire, black): Hops over the casing link without joining it. ## What each position does - Knob pushed down: series (full humbucker): Bridge pickup (both coils). Source: Red reaches white through the jumper; black is hot and green is ground, so the coils are in series. - Knob pulled up: parallel: Bridge pickup (coils in parallel). Source: White joins green on ground and red joins black on the hot, so the coils are in parallel. - Pickup resistance is not specified, so no numeric meter readings are given. - The source does not say which knob position is series; this follows the usual push/pull behaviour (pulled joins the middle lugs to the lugs nearest the pot). - In the parallel state the engine's series-link check flags the red and white leads as not joined; that is what a series/parallel switch does, and the engine still reads the pickup as parallel. ## Check before plugging in - Knob down: tip to sleeve reads the full humbucker's resistance. - Knob up: the reading drops to roughly a quarter of the series reading. - With the volume at zero, tip and sleeve should read as a short in both knob positions. ## Source Tinkercaster's own drawing of the Seymour Duncan diagram 1H\_1V\_1TppSP, revision 1. Not the manufacturer's artwork and not endorsed by Seymour Duncan. See also [all wiring diagrams]().