TinkercasterParts and values
| In the drawing | Value | Part |
|---|---|---|
| Neck single coil | — | Single-coil pickup (two-conductor)Generic |
| Middle single coil | — | Single-coil pickup (two-conductor)Generic |
| Bridge single coil sized humbucker | — | Humbucker (four-conductor, Seymour Duncan colours)Generic |
| 5-way bladeSource: 5 way blade | — | Oak Grigsby 5-WayExample part |
| Volume (value not printed)Source: Volume | 250k | CTS 250k Audio PotExample part |
| Tone (value not printed)Source: Tone | 250k | CTS 250k Audio PotExample part |
| .047 cap | 47nF | Orange Drop .047µFExample part |
| Output jackSource: Output Jack | — | Switchcraft #11Example part |
| Ground wire to bridge | — | Bridge ground wireGeneric |
“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 | 2 SINGLE COILS | 1 VOLUME | 1 TONE | 5 WAY BLADE Auto-Split.
- The bridge pickup is drawn as a Seymour Duncan Research board (pads Finish, R, W, Gnd, B, G, Start); its cable leaves from under the board and fans out beside the volume into black, red, white, green and bare.
- Neck white, middle white and the 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 the outside of the blade to the volume's first lug.
- On the blade's other row both end lugs are empty. The bridge red and white run together to the lug next to the top end lug, and a black runs from the lug below it to the volume's Solder spot.
- Bridge green and bare, and the neck and middle blacks, go to the Solder spot on the volume casing, which also takes the Ground wire to bridge and the wire to the jack sleeve.
- The volume's third lug is bent onto the casing under the Solder spot.
- The volume's first lug is wired to the tone's first lug; the tone's middle lug carries the .047 cap to the tone's Solder spot, and the tone Solder spot is wired to the volume's. The tone's third lug is drawn with an empty eyelet.
- 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 read from its common, the lug diagonally opposite the first row's common (see the terminal mapping).
- Legend: Solder = location for ground (earth) connections. Jack: Tip (hot output); Sleeve (ground). The inner, circular portion of the jack.
- The only value printed is '.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 | Blade opposite row, third lug | Volume casing (Solder spot)Black from the opposite row, third lug, crosses the red & white beside the blade and runs down across the volume to the Solder spot. | To a pot casingblack |
| 2 | Bridge green | Volume casing (Solder spot)Bridge green to the Solder spot on the volume casing. | To a pot casinggreen |
| 3 | Bridge bare | Volume casing (Solder spot)Bridge bare (drawn grey) to the Solder spot on the volume casing. | Shield or groundbare |
| 4 | Neck black | Volume casing (Solder spot)Neck black runs down to the right of the bridge pickup and back to the volume Solder spot. | To a pot casingblack |
| 5 | Middle black | Volume casing (Solder spot)Middle black runs down beside the neck black and back to the volume Solder spot. | To a pot casingblack |
| 6 | Ground wire to bridge | Volume casing (Solder spot)Ground wire to bridge from the volume Solder spot. | To a pot casingblack |
| 7 | Volume third lug | Volume casing (Solder spot)Volume third 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 | .047 cap | Tone casing (Solder spot)Other cap leg to the tone Solder spot. | To a pot casingblack |
| 10 | Tone casing (Solder spot) | Volume casing (Solder spot)Black from the tone Solder spot to the volume Solder spot. | To a pot casingblack |
| 11 | Neck white | Blade wired row, second lugNeck white runs down past the middle pickup and over the bridge board, then loops over the top of the blade to the wired row, second lug from the common. | Wirewhite |
| 12 | Middle white | Blade wired row, third lugMiddle white runs beside the neck white and loops over the blade to the wired row, third lug from the common. | Wirewhite |
| 13 | Bridge black | Blade wired row, top lugBridge black leaves the bridge cable beside the volume and runs up to the wired row, lug furthest from the common. | Wireblack |
| 14 | Bridge red | Blade opposite row, second lugBridge red runs from the bridge cable across the volume to the opposite row, lug next to that row's empty top lug. | Wirered |
| 15 | Bridge white | Blade opposite row, second lugBridge white, drawn running beside the red from the cable, to the same opposite-row lug. | Wirewhite |
| 16 | Blade wired row, bottom lug (common) | Volume first lug (input)White from the wired row common loops round the outside of the blade to the volume's first lug. | Wirewhite |
| 17 | Volume middle lug | Jack TipWhite from the volume middle lug down to the jack Tip (hot output). | Wirewhite |
| 18 | Volume first lug (input) | Tone first lugWhite from the volume's first lug to the tone's first lug. | Wirewhite |
| 19 | Tone middle lug | .047 capTone middle 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 floating second common touches only the red & white lug, so nothing is grounded. | Bridge single coil sized humbucker (both coils). |
| Position 2: bridge split + middle | The floating second-pole common joins the 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. | Middle single coil. |
| Position 4: middle + neck | Neck and middle whites together. | Neck single coil and Middle single coil in parallel. |
| Position 5: neck | Neck white only. | Neck single coil. |
Not simulated: this circuit is drawn for reference only.
- The sheet prints no pot values; 250k stand-ins are used.
- The blade's lugs are unlabelled and mapped by function. The second row is read from its common, the empty lug diagonally opposite the first row's common: T8, then T7 (positions 1-2), T5 (2-4), T6 (4-5).
- The second pole's common is drawn empty: it floats and only bridges its own throws, so in position 2 it joins the bridge red & white to the grounded lug.
- The single-coil-sized humbucker is modelled by a generic four-conductor humbucker; hum cancelling and phase describe the generic model.
- 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.
- Positions 3 to 5: the bridge humbucker is out of circuit.
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.