Tinkercaster
Seymour Duncan wiring

Tele with a bridge humbucker, neck single coil and push/pull tone coil split

One single coil · One humbucker · Three-way blade · One volume · One push/pull tone (coil split)

A Tele harness with a neck single coil and a bridge Seymour Duncan humbucker on a three-way blade, one 250k volume and one 250k push/pull tone with a .047 µF capacitor. Pulling the tone grounds the humbucker series link to split the bridge pickup.

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Tele with a bridge humbucker, neck single coil and push/pull tone coil splitTele with a bridge humbucker, neck single coil and push/pull tone coil split: One single coil · One humbucker · Three-way blade · One volume · One push/pull tone (coil split). Original Tinkercaster drawing with labelled terminals.Neck single coilNeck single coilBridge humbuckerBridge humbucker3-Way SwitchVolume 250k · 250k250kTone 250k push/pull · 250k250k.047 cap · 47nF47nFOutput JackBridge ground wirewhiteblackblackgreenwhiteredbareT1T2T3T4T5T6T7T8lug1lug2lug3lug1lug2lug3sw1sw2sw3sw4sw5sw6abtipsleeveground

Viewed from the back of the controls, as you solder them. Open the interactive diagram to zoom, move components and try the switches.

Parts and values

In the drawingValuePart
Neck single coilSource: Seymour Duncan neck single coil—Single-coil pickup (two-conductor)Generic
Bridge humbuckerSource: Seymour Duncan Bridge Pickup (humbucker)—Humbucker (four-conductor, Seymour Duncan colours)Generic
3-Way Switch—CRL 3-Way BladeExample part
Volume 250k250kCTS 250k Audio PotExample part
Tone 250k push/pull250k250k Push-Pull DPDTExample part
.047 cap47nFOrange Drop .047µFExample part
Output Jack—Switchcraft #11Example part
Bridge ground wireSource: bridge ground wire—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

  • The bridge humbucker red and white leads are soldered together onto a middle lug of the tone push/pull, not taped off.
  • The push/pull lug nearest the pot goes to the tone casing so pulling the knob grounds the coil link.
  • Only one side of the push/pull switch is used; the other three lugs stay empty.
  • The source does not number the switch positions; the lugs are mapped by what they do (neck, both, bridge).
  • Jack legend: Tip (hot output); Sleeve (ground), the inner, circular portion of the jack.

Understand this wiring

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Connections

In soldering order: grounds first, then the switch, the pickups and the signal path.

#FromToHow
1Neck single coil blackVolume 250k casingTo a pot casingblack
2Bridge humbucker greenVolume 250k casingTo a pot casinggreen
3Bridge ground wireVolume 250k casingTo a pot casingblack
4Volume 250k lug1Volume 250k casingTo a pot casing
5.047 cap bTone 250k push/pull casingTo a pot casingblack
6Tone 250k push/pull casingOutput Jack sleeveTo a pot casingblack
7Volume 250k casingTone 250k push/pull casingTo a pot casingblack
8Bridge humbucker bareVolume 250k casingTo a pot casingbare
9Tone 250k push/pull sw4Tone 250k push/pull casingTo a pot casingblack
10Neck single coil white3-Way Switch T8Wirewhite
11Bridge humbucker black3-Way Switch T4Wireblack
123-Way Switch T33-Way Switch T2Jumperblack
133-Way Switch T23-Way Switch T6Jumperblack
143-Way Switch T63-Way Switch T5Jumperblack
153-Way Switch T5Volume 250k lug3Wireblack
16Bridge humbucker whiteTone 250k push/pull sw5Wirewhite
17Bridge humbucker redTone 250k push/pull sw5Wirered
18Volume 250k lug2Output Jack tipWireblack
19Volume 250k lug3Tone 250k push/pull lug1Wireblack
20Tone 250k push/pull lug2.047 cap aWireblack

What each position does

SettingThe sourceEngine result
Neck, knob down—Neck single coil.
Neck + bridge, knob down—Neck single coil and Bridge humbucker (both coils) in parallel.
Bridge, knob down—Bridge humbucker (both coils).
Neck, knob pulled—Neck single coil.
Neck + bridge, knob pulled—Neck single coil and Bridge humbucker (split to one coil) in parallel.
Bridge, knob pulled—Bridge humbucker (split to one coil).

Checked with the Tinkercaster wiring engine against the switching the source describes.

  • Hum cancelling and phase describe the generic pickup models, not a measurement of any specific Seymour Duncan model.
  • The source does not say which knob position splits; this follows the usual push/pull behaviour (pulled joins the middle lugs to the lugs nearest the pot).

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

  • Knob down: each blade position reads the selected full pickup(s).
  • Knob up: the humbucker(s) on the push/pull drop to roughly one coil.
  • With the volume at zero, tip and sleeve should read as a short in every position.

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.