Two humbuckers on Triple Shot rings, three-way toggle, push/pull phase and series/parallel volumes, master tone

Parts and values

“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

• Source title: '2 HUMBUCKERS | 2 TRIPLE SHOTS', '2 VOLUMES with phase & series/parallel switches', '1 TONE | 3 WAY TOGGLE'.
• Each humbucker's white, green, black, red and bare leads solder to the ring pads labelled W, G, B, R and Gnd.
• The ring cable leaves two unlabelled pads on each ring; at the controls the neck cable's conductors are labelled White, Black and Bare. Seymour Duncan's Triple Shot installation sheet gives the ring lead as white = hot, black and bare = ground.
• The ribbon from each ring's pads to its two mini switches is internal to the ring and is not drawn as wires here.
• The neck volume's push/pull is labelled 'Phase Switch': the neck ring's white and black go to its middle lugs and its top and bottom lugs are cross-wired in an X. Its bottom-left lug goes to the neck volume casing; its bottom-right lug goes to the bridge volume's series/parallel switch.
• The bridge volume's push/pull is labelled 'Series/parallel switch': its two lugs nearest the pot are jumpered; the bridge ring's black goes to its middle-left lug and its bottom-left lug goes to the casing. Its middle-right lug takes the phase switch output and its bottom-right lug feeds the neck volume's input lug.
• The bridge ring's white goes straight to the bridge volume's input lug.
• Both volumes have a lug bent onto the casing.
• The toggle middle lug goes to the master tone; the tone lug also goes to the jack tip. The 'Ground wire to bridge' and a wire from the bridge volume casing end on the tone casing.
• The source marks the grey 'Solder' spots as ground (earth) connections.
• Sleeve (ground): the inner, circular portion of the jack. Tip: hot output.
• The toggle and push/pull lugs are not labelled in the source; they are mapped by what each does.

Connections

In soldering order: grounds first, then the switch, the pickups and the signal path.

What each position does

Not simulated: this circuit is drawn for reference only.

• Topology only: each Triple Shot ring's four settings are modelled from Seymour Duncan's installation sheet rather than this wiring sheet. The engine agrees with every expected state (192 of 192).
• 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.
• Each Triple Shot ring is modelled from Seymour Duncan's Triple Shot installation sheet (four settings: series, parallel, slug coil, adjustable coil); the wiring sheet draws only the ring's pads, cable and ribbon.
• The source does not say which knob position does what; this follows the usual push/pull behaviour (pulled joins the middle lugs to the lugs nearest the pot).

Before you solder

• Identify every lead on your pickups against the source's colours.
• Source title: '2 HUMBUCKERS | 2 TRIPLE SHOTS', '2 VOLUMES with phase & series/parallel switches', '1 TONE | 3 WAY TOGGLE'.
• Each humbucker's white, green, black, red and bare leads solder to the ring pads labelled W, G, B, R and Gnd.
• The ring cable leaves two unlabelled pads on each ring; at the controls the neck cable's conductors are labelled White, Black and Bare. Seymour Duncan's Triple Shot installation sheet gives the ring lead as white = hot, black and bare = ground.
• The ribbon from each ring's pads to its two mini switches is internal to the ring and is not drawn as wires here.
• The neck volume's push/pull is labelled 'Phase Switch': the neck ring's white and black go to its middle lugs and its top and bottom lugs are cross-wired in an X. Its bottom-left lug goes to the neck volume casing; its bottom-right lug goes to the bridge volume's series/parallel switch.
• The bridge volume's push/pull is labelled 'Series/parallel switch': its two lugs nearest the pot are jumpered; the bridge ring's black goes to its middle-left lug and its bottom-left lug goes to the casing. Its middle-right lug takes the phase switch output and its bottom-right lug feeds the neck volume's input lug.
• The bridge ring's white goes straight to the bridge volume's input lug.
• Both volumes have a lug bent onto the casing.
• The toggle middle lug goes to the master tone; the tone lug also goes to the jack tip. The 'Ground wire to bridge' and a wire from the bridge volume casing end on the tone casing.
• The source marks the grey 'Solder' spots as ground (earth) connections.
• Sleeve (ground): the inner, circular portion of the jack. Tip: hot output.
• The toggle and push/pull lugs are not labelled in the source; they are mapped by what each does.
• Use a small amount of solder, heat both surfaces, and hold the joint still as it cools. Lead-free solder may have a matte finish.

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 knobs down, both rings on series: each toggle position reads the selected humbucker, or both in parallel in the middle.
• Pull the bridge volume: the middle and bridge positions read both pickups in series; the neck position is open.
• Pull the neck volume: the middle position puts the two 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.