TinkercasterParts 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 | — | Switchcraft 3-Way ToggleExample part |
| Neck Volume 500k push/pull splitSource: Neck Volume 500k with Split Switch | 500k | 500k Push-Pull DPDTExample part |
| Bridge Volume 500k push/pull splitSource: Bridge Volume 500k with Split Switch | 500k | 500k Push-Pull DPDTExample part |
| Master Tone 500k push/pull phaseSource: Master Tone 500k with Phase Switch | 500k | 500k Push-Pull DPDTExample part |
| .047 cap | 47nF | Orange Drop .047µFExample 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
- The source titles each volume's push/pull as coil split and the master tone's push/pull as phase.
- Each volume uses one push/pull pole: that pickup's red and white on the middle lug, the nearest-pot lug to the casing.
- The neck black and green leads go through the tone's push/pull with an X cross-wire; the phase hot out feeds the neck volume input; the neck bare ends on the tone casing.
- Volume middle lugs feed the toggle neck and bridge lugs; the toggle common feeds the master tone signal lug and the jack tip.
- The .047 cap sits between the master tone's middle lug and the tone casing.
- 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.
- Seymour Duncan coil splitting explained
A humbucker has two coils. See how a switch lets you use just one of them.
- Seymour Duncan phase reversal explained
See what swapping two pickup wires changes when you play two pickups together.
- Reading Seymour Duncan push/pull switch diagrams
Turning the knob and pulling it do different jobs. See the actual part, then try its switch connections.
- Seymour Duncan phase switching with coil split or parallel
Two switches interact. See what changes when coil selection and phase reversal share a pickup.
Connections
In soldering order: grounds first, then the switch, the pickups and the signal path.
| # | From | To | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neck bare | Master tone casing | Shield or groundbare |
| 2 | Neck green | Tone push/pull middle right | Wiregreen |
| 3 | Tone push/pull bottom left | Master tone casing | To a pot casingblack |
| 4 | Neck volume push/pull nearest pot | Neck volume casing | To a pot casingblack |
| 5 | Neck volume right lug | Neck volume casingLug bent onto the casing. | To a pot casing |
| 6 | Bridge green | Bridge volume casing | To a pot casinggreen |
| 7 | Bridge bare | Bridge volume casing | Shield or groundbare |
| 8 | Bridge volume push/pull nearest pot | Bridge volume casing | To a pot casingblack |
| 9 | Bridge volume right lug | Bridge volume casingLug bent onto the casing. | To a pot casing |
| 10 | Toggle frame | Neck volume casing | To a pot casingblack |
| 11 | .047 cap | Master tone casing | To a pot casingblack |
| 12 | Neck volume casing | Bridge volume casing | To a pot casingblack |
| 13 | Bridge volume casing | Master tone casing | To a pot casingblack |
| 14 | Bridge ground wire | Bridge volume casing | Wireblack |
| 15 | Bridge volume casing | Jack sleeve | To a pot casingblack |
| 16 | Neck volume middle lug | Toggle neck lug | Wireblack |
| 17 | Bridge volume middle lug | Toggle bridge lug | Wireblack |
| 18 | Toggle common | Master tone left lug | Wireblack |
| 19 | Neck white | Neck volume push/pull middle | Wirewhite |
| 20 | Neck red | Neck volume push/pull middleShares the lug with the neck white. | Wirered |
| 21 | Neck black | Tone push/pull middle left | Wireblack |
| 22 | Bridge white | Bridge volume push/pull middle | Wirewhite |
| 23 | Bridge red | Bridge volume push/pull middleShares the lug with the bridge white. | Wirered |
| 24 | Bridge black | Bridge volume left lug (input) | Wireblack |
| 25 | Tone push/pull top left | Neck volume left lug (input) | Wireblack |
| 26 | Tone push/pull top left | Tone push/pull bottom rightOne leg of the X. | Wireblack |
| 27 | Tone push/pull top right | Tone push/pull bottom leftThe other leg of the X. | Wireblack |
| 28 | Master tone left lug | Jack tip | Wireblack |
| 29 | Master tone middle lug | .047 cap | Wireblack |
What each position does
| Setting | The source | Engine result |
|---|---|---|
| Neck, all knobs down | — | Neck Pickup (both coils). |
| Both, all knobs down | — | Neck Pickup (both coils) and Bridge Pickup (both coils) in parallel. |
| Bridge, all knobs down | — | Bridge Pickup (both coils). |
| Neck, neck split | Pulling a volume splits that pickup. | Neck Pickup (split to one coil). |
| Both, neck split | Pulling a volume splits that pickup. | Neck Pickup (split to one coil) and Bridge Pickup (both coils) in parallel. |
| Bridge, neck split | Pulling a volume splits that pickup. | Bridge Pickup (both coils). |
| Neck, bridge split | Pulling a volume splits that pickup. | Neck Pickup (both coils). |
| Both, bridge split | Pulling a volume splits that pickup. | Neck Pickup (both coils) and Bridge Pickup (split to one coil) in parallel. |
| Bridge, bridge split | Pulling a volume splits that pickup. | Bridge Pickup (split to one coil). |
| Neck, phase pulled | — | Neck Pickup (both coils). |
| Both, phase pulled | Neck reversed against the bridge. | Neck Pickup (both coils) and Bridge Pickup (both coils) in parallel. |
| Bridge, phase pulled | — | Bridge Pickup (both coils). |
| Neck, both volumes pulled | Pulling a volume splits that pickup. | Neck Pickup (split to one coil). |
| Both, both volumes pulled | Pulling a volume splits that pickup. | Neck Pickup (split to one coil) and Bridge Pickup (split to one coil) in parallel. |
| Bridge, both volumes pulled | Pulling a volume splits that pickup. | Bridge Pickup (split to one coil). |
| Neck, neck split and phase pulled | Pulling a volume splits that pickup. | Neck Pickup (split to one coil). |
| Both, neck split and phase pulled | Neck reversed against the bridge. | Neck Pickup (split to one coil) and Bridge Pickup (both coils) in parallel. |
| Bridge, neck split and phase pulled | — | Bridge Pickup (both coils). |
| Neck, bridge split and phase pulled | — | Neck Pickup (both coils). |
| Both, bridge split and phase pulled | Neck reversed against the bridge. | Neck Pickup (both coils) and Bridge Pickup (split to one coil) in parallel. |
| Bridge, bridge split and phase pulled | Pulling a volume splits that pickup. | Bridge Pickup (split to one coil). |
| Neck, all pulled | Pulling a volume splits that pickup. | Neck Pickup (split to one coil). |
| Both, all pulled | Neck reversed against the bridge. | Neck Pickup (split to one coil) and Bridge Pickup (split to one coil) in parallel. |
| Bridge, all pulled | Pulling a volume splits that pickup. | Bridge Pickup (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.
- 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
- In each toggle position the jack reads the selected pickup, or both in parallel in the middle.
- Pulling a volume splits that pickup; pulling the tone in the middle position puts the pickups out of phase.
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.