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Seymour Duncan wiring

Three Strat Stack Plus pickups, 5-way blade and a push/pull split volume

Three Strat Stack Plus · 5-way blade · Push/pull volume (3 coil split) · No tone

Seymour Duncan sheet: three Strat Stack Plus pickups on a 5-way blade with a push/pull volume titled '3 coil split' and no tone. The sheet prints no pot value. Pull the knob and each selected stack drops to one coil: the middle red is grounded directly, the bridge and neck reds through the blade's second pole.

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Three Strat Stack Plus pickups, 5-way blade and a push/pull split volumeThree Strat Stack Plus pickups, 5-way blade and a push/pull split volume: Three Strat Stack Plus · 5-way blade · Push/pull volume (3 coil split) · No tone. Original Tinkercaster drawing with labelled terminals.Neck Strat Stack PlusNeck Strat Stack PlusMiddle Strat Stack PlusMiddle Strat Stack PlusBridge Strat Stack PlusBridge Strat Stack Plus5-way bladeVolume (push/pull) · 250k250kOutput jackGround wire to bridgewhiteredblackbarewhiteredblackbarewhiteredblackbareT1T2T3T4T5T6T7T8lug1lug2lug3sw1sw2sw3sw4sw5sw6tipsleeveground

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 Strat Stack Plus—Strat Stack PlusExample part
Middle Strat Stack Plus—Strat Stack PlusExample part
Bridge Strat Stack Plus—Strat Stack PlusExample part
5-way blade—Oak Grigsby 5-WayExample part
Volume (push/pull)Source: Volume push/pull (3 coil split)250k250k Push-Pull DPDTExample 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: 3 STACK PLUS | 1 VOLUME push/pull 3 coil split | 5 WAY BLADE.
  • Legend box as printed: 'With this diagram, one push/pull pot switches all three stacks into single-coil mode. When push/pull is UP all pickups are true single coils. When push/pull is DOWN all pickups are hum-cancelling.'
  • Switch lead labels as printed: neck white, middle white, bridge white.
  • All black & bare wires get soldered here: the upper Solder spot on the volume casing, which also takes the ground wire to the bridge and the wire to the jack sleeve.
  • The bridge red and the neck red go to two lugs on the blade's second row, and a third lug on that row is wired to the push/pull's left middle lug. The middle red goes to the push/pull's right middle lug.
  • Near the push/pull the middle red and the bridge red cross without a hop and with no solder dot: the middle red bends down to the push/pull, the bridge red carries on to the blade. Elsewhere the neck red hops over the bridge red.
  • The two push/pull lugs nearest the pot are jumpered together and wired to the upper Solder spot; the two lugs furthest from the pot are empty.
  • The volume's outer lug is bent onto the casing under the lower Solder spot.
  • 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 pole's lugs are mapped so that the legend 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.

Understand this wiring

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Connections

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

#FromToHow
1Push/pull left lug nearest the potVolume casing (upper Solder spot)To a pot casingblack
2Neck blackVolume casing (upper Solder spot)To a pot casingblack
3Neck drainVolume casing (upper Solder spot)Drawn gold.Shield or groundbare
4Middle blackVolume casing (upper Solder spot)To a pot casingblack
5Middle drainVolume casing (upper Solder spot)Drawn gold.Shield or groundbare
6Bridge blackVolume casing (upper Solder spot)To a pot casingblack
7Bridge drainVolume casing (upper Solder spot)Drawn gold.Shield or groundbare
8Ground wire to bridgeVolume casing (upper Solder spot)To a pot casingblack
9Volume third lugVolume casingLug bent onto the casing under the lower Solder spot.To a pot casing
10Volume casing (upper Solder spot)Jack sleeveThis wire carries the hop where it crosses the tip wire.Wireblack
11Bridge whiteBlade upper-left row, first lugLabelled 'bridge white'; the innermost white loop.Wirewhite
12Middle whiteBlade upper-left row, second lugLabelled 'middle white'.Wirewhite
13Neck whiteBlade upper-left row, third lugLabelled 'neck white'; the outer white loop.Wirewhite
14Blade upper-left row, fourth lugVolume first lugLoops under the blade.Wireblack
15Bridge redBlade lower-right row, second lugCrosses the middle red near the push/pull without a hop; the neck red hops over it further on.Wirered
16Neck redBlade lower-right row, fourth lugArcs over the other leads; this wire carries the hop where it crosses the bridge red.Wirered
17Blade lower-right row, first lugPush/pull left middle lugThe black wire carries the hops where it crosses the pickup leads.Wireblack
18Middle redPush/pull right middle lugBends down to the lug where it crosses the bridge red.Wirered
19Push/pull left lug nearest the potPush/pull right lug nearest the potShort jumper.Wireblack
20Volume middle lugJack tipWireblack

What each position does

SettingThe sourceEngine result
Position 1 · push: bridgeLegend: when push/pull is DOWN all pickups are hum-cancelling.Bridge Strat Stack Plus (both coils).
Position 1 · pull: bridge splitLegend: when push/pull is UP all pickups are true single coils.Bridge Strat Stack Plus (split to one coil).
Position 2 · push: bridge + middleLegend: when push/pull is DOWN all pickups are hum-cancelling.Middle Strat Stack Plus (both coils) and Bridge Strat Stack Plus (both coils) in parallel.
Position 2 · pull: bridge split + middle splitLegend: when push/pull is UP all pickups are true single coils.Middle Strat Stack Plus (split to one coil) and Bridge Strat Stack Plus (split to one coil) in parallel.
Position 3 · push: middleLegend: when push/pull is DOWN all pickups are hum-cancelling.Middle Strat Stack Plus (both coils).
Position 3 · pull: middle splitLegend: when push/pull is UP all pickups are true single coils.Middle Strat Stack Plus (split to one coil).
Position 4 · push: middle + neckLegend: when push/pull is DOWN all pickups are hum-cancelling.Neck Strat Stack Plus (both coils) and Middle Strat Stack Plus (both coils) in parallel.
Position 4 · pull: middle split + neck splitLegend: when push/pull is UP all pickups are true single coils.Neck Strat Stack Plus (split to one coil) and Middle Strat Stack Plus (split to one coil) in parallel.
Position 5 · push: neckLegend: when push/pull is DOWN all pickups are hum-cancelling.Neck Strat Stack Plus (both coils).
Position 5 · pull: neck splitLegend: when push/pull is UP all pickups are true single coils.Neck Strat Stack Plus (split to one coil).

Not simulated: this circuit is drawn for reference only.

  • The sheet prints no pot values; 250k stand-ins are used.
  • There is no three-throw push/pull: the '3 coil split' is one DPDT push/pull whose right pole grounds the middle red directly and whose left pole grounds the blade's second-pole common, which reaches the bridge red in positions 1-2 and the neck red in positions 4-5.
  • The blade's second-pole lugs are unlabelled and mapped by function: the reading that reproduces the legend (the lug next to that pole's common is live in positions 1-2, the last lug in positions 4-5). The published Everything Axe references read the same blade drawing's second pole the other way round; under that reading this sheet would ground the bridge and neck reds only in positions where those pickups are off, contradicting the legend.
  • The middle red and bridge red cross near the push/pull without a hop or solder dot; they are read as a crossing (the middle red bends down to the push/pull, the bridge red runs on to the blade). Read as a joint, both taps would be tied together and the legend's hum-cancelling DOWN setting would not hold.
  • The on-board component drawn across the bottom-coil pads of each Strat Stack Plus (no value printed) is not modelled.
  • Which shaft position grounds the push/pull's commons follows the usual push/pull behaviour (pulled joins the middle lugs to the lugs nearest the pot); the legend agrees that UP is the split setting.
  • 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

  • Knob down: in each blade position the meter across the jack reads the full stack or stack pair selected (volume full up).
  • Knob up: the middle red reads ground in every blade position.
  • Knob up, blade in position 1 or 2: the bridge red reads ground and the neck red reads open; in positions 4 and 5 it is the other way round.
  • With the knob down, the middle red and the bridge red must read open to each other.

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.