Tinkercaster
Parts and values
| In the drawing | Value | Part |
|---|---|---|
| Neck PickupSource: Seymour Duncan Neck Pickup | — | Humbucker (four-conductor, Seymour Duncan colours)Generic |
| Bridge PickupSource: Seymour Duncan Bridge Pickup | — | Humbucker (four-conductor, Seymour Duncan colours)Generic |
| 3-Way ToggleSource: 3-Way Toggle Switch (unlabelled tags) | — | Switchcraft 3-Way ToggleExample part |
| Volume 500k | 500k | CTS 500k Audio PotExample part |
| Neck Tone 500k | 500k | CTS 500k Audio PotExample part |
| Output Jack | — | Switchcraft #11Example part |
| Bridge Tone 500k | 500k | CTS 500k Audio PotExample part |
| Bridge groundSource: Bridge ground wire | — | Bridge ground wireGeneric |
| Neck .047 capSource: .047 cap on the neck tone (drawn green) | 47nF | Orange Drop .047µFExample part |
| Bridge .047 capSource: .047 cap on the bridge tone (drawn green) | 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
- On each pickup, solder the red and white leads together and tape them off.
- Each pickup's black lead goes to the top lug of its own tone pot, and that lug continues to the toggle.
- The neck green and bare end on the neck tone casing; the bridge green and bare end on the bridge tone casing.
- The toggle's frame lug and the bridge ground wire end on the volume casing; the jack sleeve ends on the bridge tone casing.
- The pot casings are linked: neck tone to volume, and neck tone to bridge tone.
- The Solder spots mark the locations for ground (earth) connections.
- The toggle tags are not labelled in the source, so they are mapped by what each does.
Understand this wiring
- Seymour Duncan humbucker wire colors
See the pickup, recognise its two halves, and learn where each coloured wire goes.
Connections
In soldering order: grounds first, then the switch, the pickups and the signal path. Choose Show to highlight a connection in the drawing.
| # | From | To | How | Drawing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neck green | Neck tone casing | To a pot casinggreen | |
| 2 | Neck bare shield | Neck tone casingDrawn grey beside the green. | Shield or groundbare | |
| 3 | Neck .047 cap | Neck tone casing | To a pot casing | |
| 4 | Bridge green | Bridge tone casing | To a pot casinggreen | |
| 5 | Bridge bare shield | Bridge tone casingDrawn grey beside the green. | Shield or groundbare | |
| 6 | Bridge .047 cap | Bridge tone casing | To a pot casing | |
| 7 | Volume right lug | Volume casingLug bent onto the casing. | To a pot casing | |
| 8 | Toggle frame lug | Volume casing | To a pot casingblack | |
| 9 | Neck tone casing | Volume casing | To a pot casingblack | |
| 10 | Neck tone casing | Bridge tone casing | To a pot casingblack | |
| 11 | Bridge ground wire | Volume casing | Shield or groundblack | |
| 12 | Bridge tone casing | Jack sleeve | Wireblack | |
| 13 | Neck tone top lug | Toggle neck lug | Wireblack | |
| 14 | Bridge tone top lug | Toggle bridge lug | Wireblack | |
| 15 | Toggle middle lug | Volume left lug (input) | Wireblack | |
| 16 | Neck red | Neck whiteSoldered together and taped off. | Joined and insulatedred | |
| 17 | Neck black | Neck tone top lug | Wireblack | |
| 18 | Bridge red | Bridge whiteSoldered together and taped off. | Joined and insulatedred | |
| 19 | Bridge black | Bridge tone top lug | Wireblack | |
| 20 | Neck tone middle lug | Neck .047 cap | Wire | |
| 21 | Bridge tone middle lug | Bridge .047 cap | Wire | |
| 22 | Volume middle lug | Jack tip | Wireblack |
What each position does
| Setting | The source | Engine result |
|---|---|---|
| Rhythm (neck) | Neck pickup through the neck tone. | Neck Pickup (both coils). |
| Both | Neck and bridge together, each through its own tone. | Neck Pickup (both coils) and Bridge Pickup (both coils) in parallel. |
| Treble (bridge) | Bridge pickup through the bridge tone. | Bridge Pickup (both coils). |
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.
- Pickup resistance is not specified, so no numeric meter readings are given.
- The simulator's position summary names one tone control only; each tone sits on its own pickup's lead ahead of the toggle, so in the middle position both tones act on the combined signal.
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
- In each toggle position, the meter across the jack should read the selected pickup, or both in parallel in the middle.
- Each taped red–white joint should read open to ground.
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.