# HSS: two single coils and a humbucker, five-way, volume, push-pull split tone, resistor mod Canonical page: https://guitarwiring.app/wiring-diagrams/tonerider/hss-five-way-push-pull-split-tone-resistor-mod Two single coils + bridge humbucker · Five-way import blade · One volume · Push-pull tone (coil split) · Resistor mod Tonerider sheet: neck and mid single coils and a four-conductor bridge humbucker on a five-way import blade, a 500k volume with a treble bleed, and a 500k push-pull tone with a .022µf capacitor wired before the pot; pulling the tone knob splits the humbucker. A resistor from each single coil's switch lug to ground is the 'resistor mod'. The resistor labels are illegible, so their values here are a best reading. Drawing: https://guitarwiring.app/wiring-diagrams/tonerider/hss-five-way-push-pull-split-tone-resistor-mod.svg (back of controls) ## Parts and values - Neck pickup: Neck Pickup; generic (Single-coil pickup (two-conductor)) - Mid pickup: Mid Pickup; generic (Single-coil pickup (two-conductor)) - Bridge humbucker: Bridge Pickup; generic (Humbucker (four-conductor, DiMarzio colours)) - 5-way import blade: 5-way import blade (single row of eight lugs); compatible example (Oak Grigsby 5-Way) - Volume 500k: Volume 500k; 500k; compatible example (CTS 500k Audio Pot) - Push-Pull Tone 500k: Push-Pull Tone 500k; 500k; compatible example (500k Push-Pull DPDT) - .022µf: .022µf (drawn orange); 22nF; compatible example (Orange Drop .022µF) - Neck resistor (10k, best reading): Green resistor on the neck lug (label illegible); 10k; generic (10 kΩ Resistor) - Mid resistor (10k, best reading): Green resistor on the mid lug (label illegible); 10k; generic (10 kΩ Resistor) - Treble bleed (value not printed): treble bleed (circled, no value); 1nF; generic (Treble Bleed 150k / 1nF) - Output jack: Output jack; compatible example (Switchcraft \#11) ## Specific to this wiring - Title: 1 HUMBUCKER + 2 SINGLE COILS. Subtitle: 1 VOL / 1 TONE / 5-WAY BLADE / 1 PUSH-PULL COIL SPLIT (VOL). The drawing labels the push-pull pot 'Push-Pull Tone 500k' and the plain pot 'Volume 500k', and Tonerider's own link label for this sheet reads '1 Humbucker / 2 Single Coils / 1 Vol / 1 Tone / 5-Way Import Blade / Push-Pull Coil Split (Tone) / Resistor Mod'. This diagram follows the drawing: the push-pull is the tone. - Legend printed on the sheet: Switch Positions UP: Split (Slug Coil); DOWN: Humbucker. - Departure 1 (resistor values): the two green resistors' labels are a few pixels of blur and cannot be read; no sharper copy exists on Tonerider's site. Both labels are the same length (about three characters) and begin with a narrow stroke like a '1'. This diagram uses 10k for both, the catalog value that best fits that shape. This is a best reading of an illegible sheet, not a printed value; an earlier reading suggested 10k and 100k, and 15k cannot be ruled out. Check with Tonerider before building. - The resistors: one runs from the blade's neck lug and one from its mid lug, each to the solder spot at the top of the volume casing (ground), so each loads its single coil. The engine does not model the loading. - Departure 2 (treble bleed value): a circled part labelled 'treble bleed' is drawn across the volume's input and output lugs with no value printed. The catalog's 150k resistor + 1nF capacitor treble bleed is used as a stand-in. - Departure 3 (added ground): the sheet runs the humbucker's green and bare, and a short link from the push-pull's up pad, to the tone casing, but draws no wire from the tone casing to ground. As drawn, the humbucker has no ground return and is silent in positions 1 and 2. This diagram adds a short link (w24) from the tone's outer lug, which the sheet already wires to the volume's grounded lug, to the tone casing. - The label 'From Bridge Ground' is printed below the humbucker cable, but no wire is drawn to it, so no bridge ground is shown. - The humbucker's black and white run together to the middle pad of the push-pull column nearest the pot's lugs. The pad of that column nearest the pot is linked to the tone casing; the far pad is empty. The other column is empty. - Tone: the .022µf capacitor runs from the volume's input lug to the push-pull tone's middle lug; the tone's outer lug nearest the volume has a black wire to the volume's grounded lug, and its third lug is empty. - The volume's bottom lug is linked to the casing; the jack sleeve leaves from the lower volume solder spot. A twisted grey/white lead runs from the volume's middle lug to the jack tip. - The import blade is drawn as one row of eight lugs. Only four are wired: from the top, humbucker red, mid yellow, neck white, and a black to the volume (the common). They are mapped by what they do onto the standard five-way contacts. - The pots are drawn tilted; their lugs are named as if viewed from the back with the lugs down. - Capacitor Value Guide printed on the sheet: 0.022µf - Good all-rounder, bright and clean. Used in many modern production instruments. 0.047µf - More treble roll-off, with a warm and full tone especially with overdrive and gain. 0.1µf - Used in 50s and early 60s instruments - Most high end roll off, can be "wah" like. ## Connections 1. Humbucker green → Tone casing (case, green) 2. Humbucker bare → Tone casing (case, bare): Drawn grey beside the green. 3. Neck black → Volume casing (top solder spot) (case, black) 4. Mid black → Volume casing (top solder spot) (case, black) 5. Neck resistor → Volume casing (top solder spot) (case, red): Dark red resistor lead. 6. Mid resistor → Volume casing (top solder spot) (case, red): Dark red resistor lead. 7. Volume first lug (input) → .022µf capacitor (wire): Grey capacitor lead. 8. .022µf capacitor → Tone middle lug (wire): Drawn twisted grey. 9. Volume third lug → Volume casing (case): Short black link. 10. Volume casing (lower solder spot) → Jack sleeve (wire, black) 11. Push-pull pad nearest the pot → Tone casing (case, black): Short link. 12. Tone outer lug nearest the volume → Tone casing (case, black): NOT DRAWN on this sheet. Added so the tone casing (humbucker green and bare, push-pull up contact) reaches ground. 13. Humbucker red → Blade lug 1 (bridge) (wire, red) 14. Mid yellow → Blade lug 2 (middle) (wire, yellow) 15. Neck white → Blade lug 3 (neck) (wire, white) 16. Blade lug 3 (neck) → Neck resistor (wire, red): Drawn as a dark red resistor lead. 17. Blade lug 2 (middle) → Mid resistor (wire, red): Drawn as a dark red resistor lead. 18. Blade lug 4 (common) → Volume first lug (input) (wire, black) 19. Humbucker black → Push-pull middle pad (wire, black) 20. Humbucker white → Push-pull middle pad (wire, white) 21. Volume first lug (input) → Treble bleed (wire, black) 22. Treble bleed → Volume middle lug (wire, black) 23. Volume middle lug → Jack tip (wire, white): Drawn twisted grey/white. 24. Volume third lug → Tone outer lug nearest the volume (wire, black) ## What each position does - Knob down: bridge humbucker: Bridge humbucker (both coils). Source: DOWN: Humbucker. Both coils in series (needs the added ground link w24). - Knob up: bridge split: Bridge humbucker (split to one coil). Source: UP: Split (Slug Coil). The black–white link is grounded, leaving one coil; which coil is the slug coil is not modelled. - Knob down: bridge humbucker + mid: Mid pickup and Bridge humbucker (both coils) in parallel. Source: DOWN: Humbucker, in parallel with the mid. - Knob up: bridge split + mid: Mid pickup and Bridge humbucker (split to one coil) in parallel. Source: UP: Split (Slug Coil), in parallel with the mid. - Mid: Mid pickup. - Mid (knob up, no change): Mid pickup. Source: The push-pull only affects the humbucker. - Mid + neck: Neck pickup and Mid pickup in parallel. - Mid + neck (knob up, no change): Neck pickup and Mid pickup in parallel. Source: The push-pull only affects the humbucker. - Neck: Neck pickup. - Neck (knob up, no change): Neck pickup. Source: The push-pull only affects the humbucker. - The resistor values are a best reading of illegible labels (10k each), not printed values. - The resistors load the neck and mid pickups; the engine does not model pickup loading, so their effect on level and tone is not simulated. - The treble bleed's value is not printed; a 150k / 1nF stand-in is used. - One ground link (w24) is not on the sheet; without it the humbucker has no ground return. - The capacitor-before-pot tone is not named as a tone control by the engine; the capacitor and pot are wired as drawn. - Which humbucker coil remains when split ('Slug Coil') is not modelled. - Pot tapers are not printed; pots are simulated with a linear track. - Hum cancelling and phase describe the generic pickup models, not a measurement of Tonerider pickups. ## Check before plugging in - Positions 1 and 2, knob down: the meter reads the full humbucker; knob up: the humbucker's black and white read ground and the reading drops to one coil. - Positions 4 and 5: the neck reading is lowered by the resistor from the neck lug to ground; positions 2 to 4: the same for the mid. - The tone casing should read ground (through the added link w24). ## Source Tinkercaster's own drawing of the Tonerider diagram Jet\_400\_resistor-100, revision 1. 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