TinkercasterParts and values
| In the drawing | Value | Part |
|---|---|---|
| Neck single coil | — | Single-coil pickup (two-conductor)Generic |
| Middle single coil | — | Single-coil pickup (two-conductor)Generic |
| Bridge single coil sized humbuckerSource: Single coil sized humbucker (bridge) | — | Humbucker (four-conductor, Seymour Duncan colours)Generic |
| 5-way bladeSource: 5 way blade | — | Oak Grigsby 5-WayExample part |
| Volume (value not printed)Source: Volume | 250k | CTS 250k Audio PotGeneric |
| Output jackSource: Output Jack | — | Switchcraft #11Example part |
| Ground wire to bridge | — | 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
- Solder = location for ground (earth) connections.
- Jack: Tip (hot output); Sleeve (ground). The inner, circular portion of the jack.
- Ground wire to bridge.
- The sheet prints no position legend and does not number the switch lugs; the lugs are mapped by what they do (see the terminal mapping).
- Red & White wires get soldered together and taped off.
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.
| # | From | To | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SCH green | Volume casing (Solder spot)SCH green leaves the cable to the Solder spot on the volume casing. | To a pot casinggreen |
| 2 | SCH bare | Volume casing (Solder spot)SCH bare (drawn grey beside the green) to the same Solder spot. | Shield or groundbare |
| 3 | Neck black | Volume casing (Solder spot)Neck single-coil black runs straight down to the volume Solder spot. | To a pot casingblack |
| 4 | Middle black | Volume casing (Solder spot)Middle single-coil black runs straight down to the volume Solder spot. | To a pot casingblack |
| 5 | Ground wire to bridge | Volume casing (Solder spot)'Ground wire to bridge' leaves the volume Solder spot (arrow). | To a pot casingblack |
| 6 | Volume bottom lug | Volume casing (Solder spot)The volume's bottom lug is bent onto the casing under the Solder spot. | To a pot casing |
| 7 | Volume casing (Solder spot) | Jack sleeveBlack wire from the volume Solder spot to the jack Sleeve (ground); it carries the hop over the tip wire. | To a pot casingblack |
| 8 | SCH black | Switch upper row, fourth lugSCH black leaves the cable, arcs up over the controls and lands on the upper-row lug at the far end from the common (mapped T3, bridge throw, positions 1-2). | Wireblack |
| 9 | Middle white | Switch upper row, third lugMiddle single-coil white runs in the lower of the two white leads to the third upper-row lug from the common (mapped T1, positions 2-4). | Wirewhite |
| 10 | Neck white | Switch upper row, second lugNeck single-coil white passes the middle pickup and runs as the outer white lead to the upper-row lug next to the common (mapped T2, positions 4-5). | Wirewhite |
| 11 | Switch upper row, first lug | Switch lower row, fourth lugWhite jumper from the upper-row end lug (the common) along under the row to the opposite-row lug at the far end (mapped T8, the second pole's common, diagonally opposite). | Wirewhite |
| 12 | Switch lower row, fourth lug | Volume top lugWhite wire from that opposite-row end lug down to the volume's top lug (input). | Wirewhite |
| 13 | SCH white | SCH red'Red & White wires get soldered together and taped off.' Drawn leaving the cable into a taped sleeve. | Joined and insulatedred |
| 14 | Volume middle lug | Jack tipWhite wire from the volume's middle lug down to the jack Tip (hot output). | Wirewhite |
What each position does
| Setting | The source | Engine result |
|---|---|---|
| Bridge | The sheet prints no position legend; this is the standard 5-way contact table with the lugs mapped by function. | Bridge single coil sized humbucker (both coils). |
| Bridge + middle | The sheet prints no position legend; this is the standard 5-way contact table with the lugs mapped by function. | Middle single coil and Bridge single coil sized humbucker (both coils) in parallel. |
| Middle | The sheet prints no position legend; this is the standard 5-way contact table with the lugs mapped by function. | Middle single coil. |
| Middle + neck | The sheet prints no position legend; this is the standard 5-way contact table with the lugs mapped by function. | Neck single coil and Middle single coil in parallel. |
| Neck | The sheet prints no position legend; this is the standard 5-way contact table with the lugs mapped by function. | Neck single coil. |
Not simulated: this circuit is drawn for reference only.
- The sheet prints no pot values; 250k stand-ins are used.
- The single coil sized humbucker is modelled by a generic four-conductor humbucker; hum cancelling and phase describe the generic 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 switch position, the meter across the jack should read the pickup or pair the position selects.
- The 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.