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 (unlabelled) | — | 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 |
| Master tone 500kSource: Master Tone 500k | 500k | CTS 500k Audio PotExample part |
| .047 capSource: .047 cap (drawn green) | 47nF | Orange Drop .047µFExample part |
| Phase mini-toggleSource: Phase Switch (MINI-TOGGLE ON/ON) | — | DPDT Mini-ToggleExample 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 labels the phase switch 'Up: out of phase' and 'Down: in phase'.
- The neck black and green leads go to the two middle lugs of the phase switch; the top and bottom lugs are cross-jumpered in an X, the bottom-left lug goes to the neck volume casing and the bottom-right lug to the neck volume input.
- The neck push/pull's split lug is wired to the phase switch lug that carries the neck green lead, not to ground.
- On the bridge pickup the green and bare leads go straight to the bridge volume casing; a short wire joins the push/pull lug nearest the pot to the same casing.
- On each pickup the red and white leads share the middle lug of the used push/pull row.
- The toggle frame lug runs to the Master Tone casing; the neck and bridge volume casings are linked, and the bridge ground wire, jack sleeve and tone casing all end on the bridge volume casing.
- The source legend marks the grey 'Solder' spots as the location for ground (earth) connections.
- Sleeve (ground): the inner, circular portion of the jack. Tip: hot output.
- The toggle and phase switch 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 green | Phase switch middle-left lug | Wiregreen |
| 2 | Neck bare | Neck volume casingDrawn thick grey, looping under the push/pull box. | Wirebare |
| 3 | Phase switch bottom-left lug | Neck volume casing | Wireblack |
| 4 | Neck volume top lug | Neck volume casingLug bent onto the casing. | Wire |
| 5 | Bridge green | Bridge volume casing | Wiregreen |
| 6 | Bridge bare | Bridge volume casingDrawn thick grey beside the green. | Wirebare |
| 7 | Bridge push/pull lug nearest the pot | Bridge volume casing | Wireblack |
| 8 | Bridge volume top lug | Bridge volume casingLug bent onto the casing. | Wire |
| 9 | Toggle frame lug | Master tone casing | Wireblack |
| 10 | Neck volume casing | Bridge volume casingThe bridge black lead humps over this wire. | Wireblack |
| 11 | Bridge ground wire | Bridge volume casing | Wireblack |
| 12 | Bridge volume casing | Jack sleeve | Wireblack |
| 13 | .047 cap | Master tone casing | Wire |
| 14 | Bridge volume casing | Master tone casingHumps over the jack tip wire. | Wireblack |
| 15 | Neck black | Phase switch middle-right lugArcs over the top of the phase switch. | Wireblack |
| 16 | Phase switch middle-left lug | Neck push/pull top lug nearest the pot | Wireblack |
| 17 | Phase switch top-left lug | Phase switch bottom-right lugOne leg of the drawn X. | Wireblack |
| 18 | Phase switch top-right lug | Phase switch bottom-left lugOther leg of the drawn X. | Wireblack |
| 19 | Phase switch bottom-right lug | Neck volume bottom lug (input) | Wireblack |
| 20 | Neck volume middle lug | Toggle neck lug | Wireblack |
| 21 | Bridge volume middle lug | Toggle bridge lug | Wireblack |
| 22 | Toggle middle lug | Master tone left lug | Wireblack |
| 23 | Neck white | Neck push/pull top middle lug | Wirewhite |
| 24 | Neck red | Neck push/pull top middle lugShares the lug with the neck white lead. | Wirered |
| 25 | Bridge white | Bridge push/pull middle lug | Wirewhite |
| 26 | Bridge red | Bridge push/pull middle lugShares the lug with the bridge white lead. | Wirered |
| 27 | Bridge black | Bridge volume bottom lug (input) | Wireblack |
| 28 | Master tone left lug | Jack tip | Wireblack |
| 29 | Master tone middle lug | .047 cap | Wire |
What each position does
| Setting | The source | Engine result |
|---|---|---|
| Neck, neck knob down, bridge knob down, phase switch down (in phase) | — | Neck pickup (both coils). |
| Neck + bridge, neck knob down, bridge knob down, phase switch down (in phase) | Down: in phase. | Neck pickup (both coils) and Bridge pickup (both coils) in parallel. |
| Bridge, neck knob down, bridge knob down, phase switch down (in phase) | — | Bridge pickup (both coils). |
| Neck, neck knob pulled, bridge knob down, phase switch down (in phase) | Each volume's push/pull coil split splits its own pickup. | Neck pickup (split to one coil). |
| Neck + bridge, neck knob pulled, bridge knob down, phase switch down (in phase) | Each volume's push/pull coil split splits its own pickup. Down: in phase. | Neck pickup (split to one coil) and Bridge pickup (both coils) in parallel. |
| Bridge, neck knob pulled, bridge knob down, phase switch down (in phase) | Each volume's push/pull coil split splits its own pickup. | Bridge pickup (both coils). |
| Neck, neck knob down, bridge knob pulled, phase switch down (in phase) | Each volume's push/pull coil split splits its own pickup. | Neck pickup (both coils). |
| Neck + bridge, neck knob down, bridge knob pulled, phase switch down (in phase) | Each volume's push/pull coil split splits its own pickup. Down: in phase. | Neck pickup (both coils) and Bridge pickup (split to one coil) in parallel. |
| Bridge, neck knob down, bridge knob pulled, phase switch down (in phase) | Each volume's push/pull coil split splits its own pickup. | Bridge pickup (split to one coil). |
| Neck, neck knob pulled, bridge knob pulled, phase switch down (in phase) | Each volume's push/pull coil split splits its own pickup. | Neck pickup (split to one coil). |
| Neck + bridge, neck knob pulled, bridge knob pulled, phase switch down (in phase) | Each volume's push/pull coil split splits its own pickup. Down: in phase. | Neck pickup (split to one coil) and Bridge pickup (split to one coil) in parallel. |
| Bridge, neck knob pulled, bridge knob pulled, phase switch down (in phase) | Each volume's push/pull coil split splits its own pickup. | Bridge pickup (split to one coil). |
| Neck, neck knob down, bridge knob down, phase switch up (neck out of phase) | — | Neck pickup (both coils). |
| Neck + bridge, neck knob down, bridge knob down, phase switch up (neck out of phase) | Up: out of phase. | Neck pickup (both coils) and Bridge pickup (both coils) in parallel. |
| Bridge, neck knob down, bridge knob down, phase switch up (neck out of phase) | — | Bridge pickup (both coils). |
| Neck, neck knob pulled, bridge knob down, phase switch up (neck out of phase) | Each volume's push/pull coil split splits its own pickup. | Neck pickup (split to one coil). |
| Neck + bridge, neck knob pulled, bridge knob down, phase switch up (neck out of phase) | Each volume's push/pull coil split splits its own pickup. Up: out of phase. | Neck pickup (split to one coil) and Bridge pickup (both coils) in parallel. |
| Bridge, neck knob pulled, bridge knob down, phase switch up (neck out of phase) | Each volume's push/pull coil split splits its own pickup. | Bridge pickup (both coils). |
| Neck, neck knob down, bridge knob pulled, phase switch up (neck out of phase) | Each volume's push/pull coil split splits its own pickup. | Neck pickup (both coils). |
| Neck + bridge, neck knob down, bridge knob pulled, phase switch up (neck out of phase) | Each volume's push/pull coil split splits its own pickup. Up: out of phase. | Neck pickup (both coils) and Bridge pickup (split to one coil) in parallel. |
| Bridge, neck knob down, bridge knob pulled, phase switch up (neck out of phase) | Each volume's push/pull coil split splits its own pickup. | Bridge pickup (split to one coil). |
| Neck, neck knob pulled, bridge knob pulled, phase switch up (neck out of phase) | Each volume's push/pull coil split splits its own pickup. | Neck pickup (split to one coil). |
| Neck + bridge, neck knob pulled, bridge knob pulled, phase switch up (neck out of phase) | Each volume's push/pull coil split splits its own pickup. Up: out of phase. | Neck pickup (split to one coil) and Bridge pickup (split to one coil) in parallel. |
| Bridge, neck knob pulled, bridge knob pulled, phase switch up (neck out of phase) | Each volume's push/pull coil split splits its own 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.
- The source does not say which knob position splits; this follows the usual push/pull behaviour (pulled joins the middle lug to the lug nearest the pot).
- The phase mini-toggle is modelled with switchPosition: throw 2 (toward T3/T6) is in phase, throw 1 (toward T1/T4) reverses the neck pickup. Which lever direction reaches which throw is taken from the source's Up/Down legend, not from a lug label.
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
- Phase switch down, both knobs down: in each toggle position the meter across the jack reads the selected humbucker, or both in parallel in the middle.
- Pull one knob: only that pickup's reading drops to roughly one coil's resistance.
- Phase switch up: the neck-only reading is unchanged; in the middle position the two pickups are 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.