TinkercasterParts and values
| In the drawing | Value | Part |
|---|---|---|
| Neck Pickup (P90) | — | Single-coil pickup (two-conductor)Generic |
| Bridge Pickup | — | Humbucker (four-conductor, DiMarzio colours)Generic |
| 3-Way Toggle | — | Switchcraft 3-Way ToggleExample part |
| Volume 500kA (push-pull) | 500k | 500k Push-Pull DPDTExample part |
| Tone 500kA | 500k | CTS 500k Audio PotExample part |
| .022µfSource: .022µf capacitor (drawn orange) | 22nF | Orange Drop .022µFExample part |
| Output Jack | — | Switchcraft #11Example part |
| Ground Wire from 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
- Switch Positions printed on the sheet: 'UP: Split (Slug Coil)', 'DOWN: Humbucker'.
- The bridge black and white leads are soldered together onto the push/pull's left middle lug. The left lug nearest the pot has a short black link to a solder spot on the volume casing; the top row and the right column stay empty.
- The neck pickup's white lead goes to the toggle's upper outer lug; its black lead and its 'Bare Shield Wire' both go to the toggle's top (frame) lug.
- The bridge humbucker's red lead goes to the toggle's lower outer lug; the toggle's middle lug runs to the volume's left lug, which also feeds the tone's left lug.
- The bridge humbucker's green lead and 'Bare Shield Wire' end on one solder spot on the volume casing.
- The volume's middle lug goes to the jack tip; its right lug has a short link to the volume casing.
- The tone's middle lug goes through the .022µf capacitor to the tone casing; its right lug is drawn empty.
- Legend printed on the sheet: the ground symbol means 'Connection to Ground'. The source marks the toggle frame lug, the volume casing, the tone casing and the jack sleeve with ground symbols; here they are all wired to the volume casing. That is a routing choice, not a solder point shown in the source.
- The 'Ground Wire from Bridge' ends on the volume casing.
- Pickup series printed on the sheet: all Tonerider P90s in combination with 'AC' and 'H' series humbuckers.
- The toggle tags are not labelled in the source, so they are mapped by what each does.
- The bridge red lead is drawn crossing the grey toggle-to-volume wire below the toggle with no solder dot.
Connections
In soldering order: grounds first, then the switch, the pickups and the signal path.
| # | From | To | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Push/pull left lug nearest the pot | Volume casing | To a pot casingblack |
| 2 | Bridge green | Volume casing | To a pot casinggreen |
| 3 | Bridge bare shield | Volume casingSame solder spot as the green lead. | Shield or groundbare |
| 4 | Neck black and bare shield | Toggle frame lugThe black lead and the bare shield are drawn side by side to the same lug; one ground wire represents both. | Wireblack |
| 5 | Toggle frame lug | Ground (Volume casing)The source shows a ground symbol. | To a pot casing |
| 6 | Volume right lug | Volume casingShort link. | To a pot casingblack |
| 7 | .022µf capacitor | Tone casing | To a pot casing |
| 8 | Tone casing | Ground (Volume casing)The source shows a ground symbol. | To a pot casing |
| 9 | Jack sleeve | Ground (Volume casing)The source shows a ground symbol. | Wire |
| 10 | Ground Wire from Bridge | Volume casingThe source also shows a ground symbol at this solder spot. | To a pot casing |
| 11 | Bridge red | Toggle lower outer lug | Wirered |
| 12 | Neck white | Toggle upper outer lug | Wirewhite |
| 13 | Toggle middle lug | Volume left lug | Wire |
| 14 | Bridge black | Push/pull left middle lug | Wireblack |
| 15 | Bridge white | Push/pull left middle lugShares the lug with the bridge black. | Wirewhite |
| 16 | Volume middle lug | Jack tip | Wire |
| 17 | Volume left lug | Tone left lug | Wire |
| 18 | Tone middle lug | .022µf capacitor | Wire |
What each position does
| Setting | The source | Engine result |
|---|---|---|
| Neck, knob down: P90 | DOWN: Humbucker. | Neck Pickup (P90). |
| Both, knob down: P90 + full humbucker | DOWN: Humbucker. | Neck Pickup (P90) and Bridge Pickup (both coils) in parallel. |
| Bridge, knob down: full humbucker | DOWN: Humbucker. | Bridge Pickup (both coils). |
| Neck, knob pulled: P90 | UP: Split (Slug Coil). Neck is unchanged. | Neck Pickup (P90). |
| Both, knob pulled: P90 + split bridge | UP: Split (Slug Coil). | Neck Pickup (P90) and Bridge Pickup (split to one coil) in parallel. |
| Bridge, knob pulled: slug coil | UP: Split (Slug Coil). | Bridge Pickup (split to one coil). |
Checked with the Tinkercaster wiring engine against the switching the source describes.
- The P90 is simulated as a generic two-conductor single coil; hum and phase describe that generic model, not the P90.
- Hum cancelling and phase for the humbucker describe the generic pickup model, not a measurement of the Tonerider humbucker.
- The source says the split keeps the slug coil; the generic model does not know which physical coil is the slug, so it only shows that one coil remains.
- The source does not label the toggle positions; they follow the usual neck, both, bridge order.
- 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
- Knob down: in each toggle position the meter across the jack reads the P90, both pickups in parallel, or the full humbucker.
- Knob up: the bridge reading drops to roughly one coil's resistance; the neck alone is unchanged.
- With the volume at zero, tip and sleeve should read as a short in every position.
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.