TinkercasterParts and values
| In the drawing | Value | Part |
|---|---|---|
| Neck single-coil-sized humbuckerSource: Neck single coil sized humbucker | — | Humbucker (four-conductor, Seymour Duncan colours)Generic |
| Middle single coil | — | Single-coil pickup (two-conductor)Generic |
| Bridge single-coil-sized humbuckerSource: Bridge single coil sized humbucker | — | Humbucker (four-conductor, Seymour Duncan colours)Generic |
| 5-way bladeSource: 5 way blade | — | Oak Grigsby 5-WayExample part |
| Volume | 250k | CTS 250k Audio PotExample part |
| Output jackSource: Output Jack | — | Switchcraft #11Example part |
| Bridge groundSource: Bridge Ground | — | Bridge ground wireGeneric |
| Tone (upper)Source: Tone (upper, nearer the volume) | 250k | CTS 250k Audio PotExample part |
| Tone (lower) | 250k | CTS 250k Audio PotExample part |
| .047 cap | 47nF | Orange Drop .047µFExample part |
“Example part” means any part with the same value and lugs will do; the source does not name a brand. “Generic” stands in for an unspecified pickup: check your own pickup's lead colours before you solder.
Specific to this wiring
- Title: 1 SINGLE COIL SIZED HUMBUCKER | 1 SINGLE COIL 1 SINGLE COIL SIZED HUMBUCKER | 1 VOLUME | 2 TONE | 5 WAY BLADE Auto-Split.
- The neck and bridge pickups are drawn as Seymour Duncan Research boards (pads Finish, R, W, Gnd, B, G, Start); their leads leave in a cable of black, red, white, green and bare.
- Neck, middle and bridge hot leads (neck black, middle white, bridge black) go to three lugs in one row of the blade; that row's bottom lug is the common and its white loops round under the blade to the volume's first lug.
- On the blade's other row the top lug is empty. The bridge red & white go together to the lug next to it, a black runs from the third lug to the volume's Solder spot, and the neck red & white go together to the bottom lug; the neck pair carries the hop where the two pairs cross.
- Neck and bridge green and bare, and the middle black, go to the Solder spot on the volume casing, which also takes the ground wire to the bridge and the wire to the jack sleeve.
- The volume's outer lug is bent onto the casing under the Solder spot.
- A second black from the neck lug runs to the upper tone's middle lug; a black from the middle lug runs to the lower tone's outer lug. The lower tone's middle lug is jumpered to the upper tone's outer lug, which carries the .047 cap to the upper tone casing.
- The two tone Solder spots are wired together, and the upper tone's Solder spot is wired to the volume's.
- 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). The second row is mapped so that the title's auto-split holds (see the terminal mapping and limits).
- 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.
- The tone cap is printed '.047 cap'; no pot values are printed.
Understand this wiring
- Seymour Duncan humbucker wire colors
See the pickup, recognise its two halves, and learn where each coloured wire goes.
- Seymour Duncan coil splitting explained
A humbucker has two coils. See how a switch lets you use just one of them.
Connections
In soldering order: grounds first, then the switch, the pickups and the signal path.
| # | From | To | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neck green | Volume casing (Solder spot)Neck green to the Solder spot on the volume casing. | To a pot casinggreen |
| 2 | Neck bare | Volume casing (Solder spot)Neck bare (drawn grey beside the green) to the Solder spot on the volume casing. | Shield or groundbare |
| 3 | Middle black | Volume casing (Solder spot)Middle black runs down beside the bridge pickup and back to the Solder spot on the volume casing. | To a pot casingblack |
| 4 | Bridge green | Volume casing (Solder spot)Bridge green to the Solder spot on the volume casing. | To a pot casinggreen |
| 5 | Bridge bare | Volume casing (Solder spot)Bridge bare (drawn grey) to the Solder spot on the volume casing. | Shield or groundbare |
| 6 | Blade opposite row, third lug | Volume casing (Solder spot)Black from the opposite row, third lug (between the two red/white lugs), round to the Solder spot on the volume casing; it carries a hop over the red/white pair. | To a pot casingblack |
| 7 | Volume third lug | Volume casing (Solder spot)Volume outer lug bent onto the casing under the Solder spot. | To a pot casing |
| 8 | Volume casing (Solder spot) | Jack SleeveBlack from the volume Solder spot to the jack Sleeve (ground). | To a pot casingblack |
| 9 | Bridge Ground wire | Volume casing (Solder spot)Bridge Ground wire to the volume Solder spot. | To a pot casingblack |
| 10 | .047 cap | Upper tone casing (Solder spot)Other cap leg to the upper tone casing (cap drawn on the casing beside its Solder spot). | To a pot casing |
| 11 | Upper tone casing (Solder spot) | Lower tone casing (Solder spot)Black from the upper tone Solder spot down to the lower tone Solder spot. | To a pot casingblack |
| 12 | Upper tone casing (Solder spot) | Volume casing (Solder spot)Black from the upper tone Solder spot to the volume Solder spot; it carries a hop over the white wire to the jack. | To a pot casingblack |
| 13 | Neck black | Blade wired row, second lugNeck black (from the neck cable) arcs over the top of the blade to the wired row, second lug from the common. | Wireblack |
| 14 | Neck red | Blade opposite row, bottom lugNeck red runs with its white from the neck cable, carries the hop over the bridge pair beside the volume, and lands on the opposite row, lug furthest from that row's empty end lug (bottom). | Wirered |
| 15 | Neck white | Blade opposite row, bottom lugNeck white runs with its red to the same opposite-row bottom lug. | Wirewhite |
| 16 | Middle white | Blade wired row, third lugMiddle white loops over the blade to the wired row, third lug from the common. | Wirewhite |
| 17 | Bridge black | Blade wired row, top lugBridge black (from the bridge cable) to the wired row, lug furthest from the common. | Wireblack |
| 18 | Bridge red | Blade opposite row, second lugBridge red runs with its white from the bridge cable, passes under the neck pair at the hop, and lands on the opposite row, lug next to that row's empty end lug. | Wirered |
| 19 | Bridge white | Blade opposite row, second lugBridge white runs with its red to the same opposite-row lug. | Wirewhite |
| 20 | Blade wired row, bottom lug (common) | Volume first lug (input)White from the wired row common (bottom lug) loops round under the blade to the volume input lug. | Wirewhite |
| 21 | Blade wired row, second lug | Upper tone middle lugSecond black from the neck lug (wired row, second lug) loops left round the blade and down to the upper tone's middle lug. | Wireblack |
| 22 | Blade wired row, third lug | Lower tone outer lugBlack from the middle lug (wired row, third lug) loops up and left round the blade (crossing over the neck black with no joint) and down to the lower tone's first lug. | Wireblack |
| 23 | Volume middle lug | Jack TipWhite from the volume middle lug to the jack Tip (hot output). | Wirewhite |
| 24 | Lower tone middle lug | Upper tone outer lugLower tone middle lug to the upper tone outer lug that carries the cap (shared cap). | Wireblack |
| 25 | Upper tone outer lug | .047 capUpper tone outer lug to one leg of the .047 cap. | Wireblack |
What each position does
| Setting | The source | Engine result |
|---|---|---|
| Position 1: bridge humbucker | Bridge black on the wired row's top lug; the bridge red & white lug is bridged to nothing that is grounded. | Bridge single-coil-sized humbucker (both coils). |
| Position 2: bridge split + middle | The floating second-pole common joins the bridge red & white lug to the grounded lug: the auto-split. | Middle single coil and Bridge single-coil-sized humbucker (split to one coil) in parallel. |
| Position 3: middle | Middle white only; the grounded lug touches neither red & white lug. | Middle single coil. |
| Position 4: middle + neck split | The floating second-pole common joins the neck red & white lug to the grounded lug: the auto-split. | Neck single-coil-sized humbucker (split to one coil) and Middle single coil in parallel. |
| Position 5: neck humbucker | Neck black only; the neck red & white lug is not grounded. | Neck single-coil-sized humbucker (both coils). |
Not simulated: this circuit is drawn for reference only.
- The sheet prints no pot values; 250k stand-ins are used.
- The blade's second-pole lugs are unlabelled and mapped by function: the reading that reproduces the 'Auto-Split' title (the lug next to that pole's empty common is live in positions 1-2, the bottom lug in positions 4-5), matching the published Strat Stack Plus/SCH five-way sheet and the lug order DiMarzio prints for its five-way (EP1104). Read the other way round (as in the blocked 1SCH_1S_1SCH_5W_1V_AS draft), the grounded lug would only meet the humbucker that is switched off, and nothing would split.
- The second pole's common is drawn empty: it floats and only bridges its own throws, so in positions 2 and 4 it joins one humbucker's red & white to the grounded lug.
- The lower tone reaches the .047 cap only through the upper tone's track (shared cap), so the engine names only the upper tone (positions 4-5); the lower tone on the middle throw (positions 2-4) is not reported.
- The single-coil-sized humbuckers are modelled by a generic four-conductor humbucker; hum cancelling and phase describe the generic models.
- Pickup resistance is not specified, so no numeric meter readings are given.
Before you solder
Ticks are kept in this browser only, as a reminder. They are not a check of your joints. New to soldering? Read the soldering cheat sheet.
Check before plugging in
- Position 1: tip to sleeve reads the full bridge humbucker.
- Position 2: the bridge red & white read ground, and the reading drops to one bridge coil in parallel with the middle.
- Position 4: the neck red & white read ground, and the reading drops to one neck coil in parallel with the middle.
- Position 5: tip to sleeve reads the full neck humbucker.
Measure across the output jack with a multimeter on its resistance range. No exact readings are given where the source does not specify the pickups.