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 |
| Bridge volume 500k push/pullSource: Bridge Volume 500k push/pull | 500k | 500k Push-Pull DPDTExample part |
| Neck volume 500k push/pullSource: Neck Volume 500k push/pull | 500k | 500k Push-Pull DPDTExample part |
| Output jackSource: Output Jack | — | Switchcraft #11Example part |
| Bridge groundSource: Bridge Ground Wire | — | Bridge ground wireGeneric |
| Bridge tone 500kSource: Bridge Tone 500k | 500k | CTS 500k Audio PotExample part |
| .047 cap (bridge tone)Source: .047 cap (bridge) | 47nF | Orange Drop .047µFExample part |
| Neck tone 500kSource: Neck Tone 500k | 500k | CTS 500k Audio PotExample part |
| .047 cap (neck tone)Source: .047 cap (neck) | 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
- The source titles the volumes as push/pull coil split.
- Each pickup's red and white leads are soldered together onto the middle lug of its own volume's push/pull.
- On each volume push/pull, the lug nearest the pot has a short wire to that volume's solder spot.
- Each volume's middle lug runs to a toggle pickup lug; the toggle common runs to the jack tip.
- Each tone takes its signal from its volume's input lug; each .047 cap sits between that tone's middle lug and casing.
- The bridge ground wire and the jack sleeve end on the bridge tone casing; the pot casings are linked.
- Solder = location 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.
- Seymour Duncan coil splitting explained
A humbucker has two coils. See how a switch lets you use just one of them.
- 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.
Connections
In soldering order: grounds first, then the switch, the pickups and the signal path.
| # | From | To | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neck green | Neck volume casing | To a pot casinggreen |
| 2 | Neck bare | Neck volume casing | Shield or groundbare |
| 3 | Neck volume push/pull nearest pot | Neck volume casingShort wire to the solder spot. | To a pot casingblack |
| 4 | Neck volume right lug | Neck volume casingLug bent onto the casing. | To a pot casing |
| 5 | Bridge green | Bridge volume casing | To a pot casinggreen |
| 6 | Bridge bare | Bridge volume casing | Shield or groundbare |
| 7 | Bridge volume push/pull nearest pot | Bridge volume casingShort wire to the solder spot. | To a pot casingblack |
| 8 | Bridge volume right lug | Bridge volume casingLug bent onto the casing. | To a pot casing |
| 9 | Toggle frame | Bridge volume casing | To a pot casingblack |
| 10 | Bridge volume casing | Bridge tone casing | To a pot casingblack |
| 11 | Bridge ground wire | Bridge tone casing | To a pot casingblack |
| 12 | Bridge tone casing | Jack sleeve | To a pot casingblack |
| 13 | Bridge tone casing | Neck tone casingHops over the tip wire. | To a pot casingblack |
| 14 | Neck volume casing | Neck tone casing | To a pot casingblack |
| 15 | .047 cap (bridge) | Bridge tone casing | To a pot casingblack |
| 16 | .047 cap (neck) | Neck tone casing | To a pot casingblack |
| 17 | Neck volume middle lug | Toggle neck lug | Wireblack |
| 18 | Bridge volume middle lug | Toggle bridge lug | Wireblack |
| 19 | Toggle common | Jack tipThe tone-to-tone ground wire hops over it. | Wireblack |
| 20 | Neck white | Neck volume push/pull middle | Wirewhite |
| 21 | Neck red | Neck volume push/pull middleShares the lug with the neck white. | Wirered |
| 22 | Neck black | Neck volume left lug (input) | Wireblack |
| 23 | Bridge white | Bridge volume push/pull middle | Wirewhite |
| 24 | Bridge red | Bridge volume push/pull middleShares the lug with the bridge white. | Wirered |
| 25 | Bridge black | Bridge volume left lug (input) | Wireblack |
| 26 | Bridge volume left lug | Bridge tone left lug | Wireblack |
| 27 | Bridge tone middle lug | .047 cap (bridge) | Wireblack |
| 28 | Neck volume left lug | Neck tone left lug | Wireblack |
| 29 | Neck tone middle lug | .047 cap (neck) | Wireblack |
What each position does
| Setting | The source | Engine result |
|---|---|---|
| Neck, both knobs down | — | Neck pickup (both coils). |
| Both, both knobs down | — | Neck pickup (both coils) and Bridge pickup (both coils) in parallel. |
| Bridge, both knobs down | — | Bridge pickup (both coils). |
| Neck, neck volume pulled | Pulling a volume splits that pickup. | Neck pickup (split to one coil). |
| Both, neck volume pulled | Pulling a volume splits that pickup. | Neck pickup (split to one coil) and Bridge pickup (both coils) in parallel. |
| Bridge, neck volume pulled | Pulling a volume splits that pickup. | Bridge pickup (both coils). |
| Neck, bridge volume pulled | Pulling a volume splits that pickup. | Neck pickup (both coils). |
| Both, bridge volume pulled | Pulling a volume splits that pickup. | Neck pickup (both coils) and Bridge pickup (split to one coil) in parallel. |
| Bridge, bridge volume pulled | Pulling a volume splits that pickup. | Bridge pickup (split to one coil). |
| Neck, both pulled | Pulling a volume splits that pickup. | Neck pickup (split to one coil). |
| Both, both pulled | Pulling a volume splits that pickup. | Neck pickup (split to one coil) and Bridge pickup (split to one coil) in parallel. |
| Bridge, both 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
- Both volumes down: in each toggle position the jack reads the selected humbucker, or both in parallel in the middle.
- Pulling a volume drops its own pickup to roughly one coil and leaves the other unchanged.
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.