# Two humbuckers, three-way toggle, push/pull split volume and one tone Canonical page: https://guitarwiring.app/wiring-diagrams/tonerider/two-humbuckers-three-way-toggle-push-pull-split-volume-one-tone Two humbuckers · Three-way toggle · Push/pull volume (splits both) · One tone Tonerider's 2 Humbuckers, 1 Volume (Push-Pull), 1 Tone harness: neck and bridge four-conductor humbuckers on a three-way toggle, one 500kA push/pull volume and a 500kA tone with a .022 µF capacitor. Pulling the volume knob grounds each pickup's black–white link, so both pickups split at once. Drawing: https://guitarwiring.app/wiring-diagrams/tonerider/two-humbuckers-three-way-toggle-push-pull-split-volume-one-tone.svg (back of controls) ## Parts and values - Neck Pickup: Neck Pickup; generic (Humbucker (four-conductor, DiMarzio colours)) - Bridge Pickup: Bridge Pickup; generic (Humbucker (four-conductor, DiMarzio colours)) - 3-Way Toggle: 3-Way Toggle; compatible example (Switchcraft 3-Way Toggle) - Volume 500kA push/pull: Volume 500kA (push-pull); 500k; compatible example (500k Push-Pull DPDT) - Tone 500kA: Tone 500kA; 500k; compatible example (CTS 500k Audio Pot) - Output Jack: Output Jack; compatible example (Switchcraft \#11) - .022µf: .022µf capacitor (drawn orange); 22nF; compatible example (Orange Drop .022µF) - Ground wire from bridge: Ground Wire from Bridge; generic (Bridge ground wire) ## Specific to this wiring - Switch Positions printed on the sheet: 'UP: Split (Slug Coils)', 'DOWN: Humbucker'. - Each pickup's black and white leads are soldered together onto one middle-row lug of the push/pull switch: neck on the left, bridge on the right. The two lugs nearest the pot each have a short black link to one solder spot on the volume casing; the top row stays empty. - Each pickup's red lead goes to an outer toggle lug (neck to the upper one, bridge to the lower one); the toggle's middle lug runs to the volume's left lug, which also feeds the tone. - Each pickup's green lead and 'Bare Shield Wires' end on one solder spot on the volume casing. - The tone's left lug takes the signal, its middle lug goes through the .022 µF capacitor to the tone casing, and its right lug is drawn empty. - Legend: the ground symbol means 'Connection to Ground'. The source marks the toggle frame, 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 4-conductor 'AC' and 'H' series humbuckers. - The toggle tags are not labelled in the source, so they are mapped by what each does. ## Connections 1. Neck green → Volume casing (case, green) 2. Neck bare shield → Volume casing (shield, bare): Drawn grey beside the green. 3. Bridge green → Volume casing (case, green) 4. Bridge bare shield → Volume casing (shield, bare): Drawn grey beside the green. 5. Push/pull left lug nearest the pot → Volume casing (case, black) 6. Push/pull right lug nearest the pot → Volume casing (case, black): Same solder spot as the left link. 7. Toggle frame lug → Ground (volume casing) (case): The source shows a ground symbol. 8. Volume right lug → Volume casing (case): Short black link. 9. .022µf capacitor → Tone casing (case) 10. Tone casing → Ground (volume casing) (case): The source shows a ground symbol. 11. Jack sleeve → Ground (volume casing) (wire): The source shows a ground symbol. 12. Ground wire from bridge → Volume casing (wire) 13. Neck red → Toggle neck lug (wire, red) 14. Bridge red → Toggle bridge lug (wire, red) 15. Toggle middle lug → Volume left lug (input) (wire) 16. Neck white → Push/pull left middle lug (wire, white) 17. Neck black → Push/pull left middle lug (wire, black): Shares the lug with the neck white. 18. Bridge white → Push/pull right middle lug (wire, white) 19. Bridge black → Push/pull right middle lug (wire, black): Shares the lug with the bridge white. 20. Volume middle lug → Jack tip (wire) 21. Volume left lug → Tone left lug (wire) 22. Tone middle lug → .022µf capacitor (wire) ## What each position does - Neck, knob down: full humbucker: Neck Pickup (both coils). Source: DOWN: Humbucker. - Both, knob down: both humbuckers: Neck Pickup (both coils) and Bridge Pickup (both coils) in parallel. Source: DOWN: Humbucker. - Bridge, knob down: full humbucker: Bridge Pickup (both coils). Source: DOWN: Humbucker. - Neck, knob pulled: single coil: Neck Pickup (split to one coil). Source: UP: Split (Slug Coils). - Both, knob pulled: both split: Neck Pickup (split to one coil) and Bridge Pickup (split to one coil) in parallel. Source: UP: Split (Slug Coils). - Bridge, knob pulled: single coil: Bridge Pickup (split to one coil). Source: UP: Split (Slug Coils). - Hum cancelling and phase describe the generic pickup models, not a measurement of the Tonerider humbuckers. - The source says the split keeps the slug coils; the generic model does not know which physical coil is the slug, so it only shows that one coil remains. - Pickup resistance is not specified, so no numeric meter readings are given. ## Check before plugging in - Knob down: in each toggle position the meter across the jack reads the selected humbucker, or both in parallel in the middle. - Knob up: each reading drops to roughly one coil's resistance. - With the volume at zero, tip and sleeve should read as a short in every position. ## Source Tinkercaster's own drawing of the Tonerider diagram 2\_HB\_1Vpp\_1T, revision 1. Not the manufacturer's artwork and not endorsed by Tonerider. See also [all wiring diagrams]().