Tinkercaster
Seymour Duncan wiring

Two humbuckers, three-way blade, two push/pull series/parallel volumes

Two humbuckers · Three-way blade · Two push/pull volumes (series/parallel each)

Neck and bridge Seymour Duncan humbuckers, each with a 500k push/pull volume that switches that pickup between series and parallel coils, before a three-way blade. No tone control.

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Two humbuckers, three-way blade, two push/pull series/parallel volumesTwo humbuckers, three-way blade, two push/pull series/parallel volumes: Two humbuckers · Three-way blade · Two push/pull volumes (series/parallel each). Original Tinkercaster drawing with labelled terminals.Neck PickupNeck PickupBridge PickupBridge Pickup3-Way Blade SwitchNeck Volume 500k push/pull series/parallel · 500k500kBridge Volume 500k push/pull series/parallel · 500k500kOutput JackBridge groundblackgreenwhiteredbareblackgreenwhiteredbareT1T2T3T4T5T6T7T8lug1lug2lug3sw1sw2sw3sw4sw5sw6lug1lug2lug3sw1sw2sw3sw4sw5sw6tipsleeveground

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 Pickup—Humbucker (four-conductor, Seymour Duncan colours)Generic
Bridge Pickup—Humbucker (four-conductor, Seymour Duncan colours)Generic
3-Way Blade SwitchSource: 3-way blade—CRL 3-Way BladeExample part
Neck Volume 500k push/pull series/parallelSource: Neck Volume 500k push/pull500k500k Push-Pull DPDTExample part
Bridge Volume 500k push/pull series/parallelSource: Bridge Volume 500k push/pull500k500k Push-Pull DPDTExample part
Output Jack—Switchcraft #11Example part
Bridge groundSource: 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

  • Each volume push/pull uses the Seymour Duncan series/parallel DPDT pattern: white and red go to the middle row, green/bare and black to the row nearest the pot, with a jumper from the left middle lug to the right top lug.
  • Down is series; pulled is parallel for that pickup.
  • Blade tags are unlabelled in the source; mapped by function to the catalog CRL 3-way blade.
  • Solder = location for ground (earth) connections.

Understand this wiring

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Connections

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

#FromToHow
1Neck Pickup gndNeck Volume 500k push/pull series/parallel sw1Wiregreen
2Neck Pickup bareNeck Volume 500k push/pull series/parallel sw1Wirebare
3Neck Volume 500k push/pull series/parallel sw1Neck Volume 500k push/pull series/parallel casingWireground
4Neck Volume 500k push/pull series/parallel lug1Neck Volume 500k push/pull series/parallel casingWireground
5Bridge Pickup gndBridge Volume 500k push/pull series/parallel sw1Wiregreen
6Bridge Pickup bareBridge Volume 500k push/pull series/parallel sw1Wirebare
7Bridge Volume 500k push/pull series/parallel sw1Bridge Volume 500k push/pull series/parallel casingWireground
8Bridge Volume 500k push/pull series/parallel lug1Bridge Volume 500k push/pull series/parallel casingWireground
9Neck Volume 500k push/pull series/parallel casingBridge Volume 500k push/pull series/parallel casingWireblack
10Bridge ground groundBridge Volume 500k push/pull series/parallel casingWireblack
11Bridge Volume 500k push/pull series/parallel casingOutput Jack sleeveWireblack
12Neck Volume 500k push/pull series/parallel lug23-Way Blade Switch T8Wireblack
13Bridge Volume 500k push/pull series/parallel lug23-Way Blade Switch T4Wireblack
143-Way Blade Switch T33-Way Blade Switch T2Wireblack
153-Way Blade Switch T23-Way Blade Switch T6Wireblack
163-Way Blade Switch T63-Way Blade Switch T5Wireblack
173-Way Blade Switch T5Output Jack tipWireblack
18Neck Pickup blackNeck Volume 500k push/pull series/parallel sw2Wirewhite
19Neck Pickup whiteNeck Volume 500k push/pull series/parallel sw5Wirered
20Neck Pickup hotNeck Volume 500k push/pull series/parallel sw4Wireblack
21Bridge Pickup blackBridge Volume 500k push/pull series/parallel sw2Wirewhite
22Bridge Pickup whiteBridge Volume 500k push/pull series/parallel sw5Wirered
23Bridge Pickup hotBridge Volume 500k push/pull series/parallel sw4Wireblack
24Neck Volume 500k push/pull series/parallel sw2Neck Volume 500k push/pull series/parallel sw6Wireblack
25Neck Volume 500k push/pull series/parallel sw4Neck Volume 500k push/pull series/parallel lug3Wireblack
26Bridge Volume 500k push/pull series/parallel sw2Bridge Volume 500k push/pull series/parallel sw6Wireblack
27Bridge Volume 500k push/pull series/parallel sw4Bridge Volume 500k push/pull series/parallel lug3Wireblack

What each position does

SettingThe sourceEngine result
Neck; neck PP down; bridge PP downPulling a volume puts that pickup's coils in parallel; down is series.Neck Pickup (both coils).
Neck; neck PP down; bridge PP upPulling a volume puts that pickup's coils in parallel; down is series.Neck Pickup (both coils) and Bridge Pickup (both coils).
Neck; neck PP up; bridge PP downPulling a volume puts that pickup's coils in parallel; down is series.Neck Pickup (coils in parallel).
Neck; neck PP up; bridge PP upPulling a volume puts that pickup's coils in parallel; down is series.Neck Pickup (coils in parallel) and Bridge Pickup (both coils).
Neck+Bridge; neck PP down; bridge PP downPulling a volume puts that pickup's coils in parallel; down is series.Neck Pickup (both coils) and Bridge Pickup (both coils) in parallel.
Neck+Bridge; neck PP down; bridge PP upPulling a volume puts that pickup's coils in parallel; down is series.Neck Pickup (both coils) and Bridge Pickup (coils in parallel) in parallel.
Neck+Bridge; neck PP up; bridge PP downPulling a volume puts that pickup's coils in parallel; down is series.Neck Pickup (coils in parallel) and Bridge Pickup (both coils) in parallel.
Neck+Bridge; neck PP up; bridge PP upPulling a volume puts that pickup's coils in parallel; down is series.Neck Pickup (coils in parallel) and Bridge Pickup (coils in parallel) in parallel.
Bridge; neck PP down; bridge PP downPulling a volume puts that pickup's coils in parallel; down is series.Bridge Pickup (both coils).
Bridge; neck PP down; bridge PP upPulling a volume puts that pickup's coils in parallel; down is series.Bridge Pickup (coils in parallel).
Bridge; neck PP up; bridge PP downPulling a volume puts that pickup's coils in parallel; down is series.Neck Pickup (both coils) and Bridge Pickup (both coils).
Bridge; neck PP up; bridge PP upPulling a volume puts that pickup's coils in parallel; down is series.Neck Pickup (both coils) and Bridge Pickup (coils in parallel).

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

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

    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.