TinkercasterParts and values
| In the drawing | Value | Part |
|---|---|---|
| Neck Strat Stack Plus | — | Strat Stack PlusExample part |
| Middle Strat Stack Plus | — | Strat Stack PlusExample part |
| Bridge single-coil-sized humbuckerSource: Bridge single coil sized humbucker | — | Humbucker (four-conductor, Seymour Duncan colours)Generic |
| 5-way super switch | — | Oak Grigsby 4-Pole 5-Way Super SwitchExample part |
| Master volume 250k | 250k | CTS 250k Audio PotExample part |
| Tone 250k | 250k | CTS 250k Audio PotExample part |
| .022 cap | 22nF | Orange Drop .022µFExample part |
| Output jack | — | Switchcraft #11Example 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
- 5-Way switch settings: Bridge pickup full; Bridge-split + middle-split (hum canceling); Middle pickup full; Middle-split + neck-split (hum canceling); Neck pickup full.
- Black & bare wires from neck & middle pickups get soldered here, along with green & bare from bridge pickup: the upper Solder spot on the volume casing.
- Switch lead labels as printed: bridge black, neck white, middle white, middle red, bridge red & white, neck red.
- The source does not number the super switch's lugs or positions; the lugs are mapped by what they do (see the terminal mapping).
- Jack: Tip (hot output); Sleeve (ground). The inner, circular portion of the jack.
- The tone cap is printed '.022 cap'.
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 | Lower wafer lug 1 | Volume casing (lower Solder spot)Drawn broken where it passes behind the pickup cables. | To a pot casingblack |
| 2 | Lower wafer lug 12 | Volume casing (upper Solder spot) | To a pot casingblack |
| 3 | Neck black | Volume casing (upper Solder spot) | To a pot casingblack |
| 4 | Neck drain | Volume casing (upper Solder spot)Drawn yellow. | Shield or groundbare |
| 5 | Middle black | Volume casing (upper Solder spot) | To a pot casingblack |
| 6 | Middle drain | Volume casing (upper Solder spot)Drawn yellow. | Shield or groundbare |
| 7 | Bridge green | Volume casing (upper Solder spot) | To a pot casinggreen |
| 8 | Bridge bare | Volume casing (upper Solder spot)Drawn lilac beside the green. | Shield or groundbare |
| 9 | Volume third lug | Volume casingLug bent onto the casing. | To a pot casing |
| 10 | Volume casing (lower Solder spot) | Jack sleeve | Wireblack |
| 11 | .022 cap | Tone casing (Solder spot) | To a pot casing |
| 12 | Tone casing (Solder spot) | Volume casing (lower Solder spot) | To a pot casingblack |
| 13 | Bridge black | Upper wafer lug 7Thin black lead leaving the bridge cable. | Wireblack |
| 14 | Upper wafer lug 7 | Upper wafer lug 8Short jumper. | Wireblack |
| 15 | Middle white | Upper wafer lug 3 | Wirewhite |
| 16 | Upper wafer lug 3 | Upper wafer lug 4Short jumper. | Wireblack |
| 17 | Upper wafer lug 4 | Upper wafer lug 5Short jumper. | Wireblack |
| 18 | Neck white | Upper wafer lug 10 | Wirewhite |
| 19 | Upper wafer lug 10 | Upper wafer lug 11Short jumper. | Wireblack |
| 20 | Upper wafer lug 1 | Upper wafer lug 12Arcs over the top and down the left side of the switch. | Wireblack |
| 21 | Upper wafer lug 12 | Volume first lugLoops under the switch. | Wireblack |
| 22 | Middle red | Lower wafer lug 3 | Wirered |
| 23 | Lower wafer lug 3 | Lower wafer lug 5Jumper. | Wireblack |
| 24 | Bridge white | Lower wafer lug 8With the bridge red ('bridge red & white'). | Wirewhite |
| 25 | Bridge red | Lower wafer lug 8With the bridge white ('bridge red & white'). | Wirered |
| 26 | Neck red | Lower wafer lug 10 | Wirered |
| 27 | Volume middle lug | Jack tipHops over the ground wires on the way down. | Wireblack |
| 28 | Volume first lug | Tone outer lug | Wireblack |
| 29 | Tone middle lug | .022 cap | Wire |
What each position does
| Setting | The source | Engine result |
|---|---|---|
| Bridge pickup full | Bridge pickup full. | Bridge single-coil-sized humbucker (both coils). |
| Bridge-split + middle-split | Bridge-split + middle-split (hum canceling). | Middle Strat Stack Plus (split to one coil) and Bridge single-coil-sized humbucker (split to one coil) in parallel. |
| Middle pickup full | Middle pickup full. | Middle Strat Stack Plus (both coils). |
| Middle-split + neck-split | Middle-split + neck-split (hum canceling). | Neck Strat Stack Plus (split to one coil) and Middle Strat Stack Plus (split to one coil) in parallel. |
| Neck pickup full | Neck pickup full. | Neck Strat Stack Plus (both coils). |
Checked with the Tinkercaster wiring engine against the switching the source describes.
- The on-board component drawn across the bottom-coil pads of each Strat Stack Plus (no value printed) is not modelled.
- The engine cannot confirm the hum cancelling the legend prints for the two split pairs; it reports those positions as unknown.
- The single-coil-sized bridge humbucker is modelled by a generic four-conductor humbucker; hum cancelling and phase describe the generic models.
- 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 split pair the legend names.
- In position 1 the bridge red & white lug should read open to ground; in position 2 it should read 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.