# Two humbuckers, toggle, two volumes, two tones (50s wiring) Canonical page: https://guitarwiring.app/wiring-diagrams/tonerider/two-humbuckers-toggle-two-volumes-two-tones-50s-wiring 2 humbuckers · 3-way toggle · 2 volumes · 2 tones · 50s wiring Two humbuckers, 3-way toggle, two volumes and two tones in 50s wiring (tone capacitor from the volume wiper). Transcribed from the manufacturer wiring sheet. Drawing: https://guitarwiring.app/wiring-diagrams/tonerider/two-humbuckers-toggle-two-volumes-two-tones-50s-wiring.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) - Neck Volume 500kA: Neck Volume 500kA; 500k; compatible example (CTS 500k Audio Pot) - Neck Tone 500kA: Neck Tone 500kA; 500k; compatible example (CTS 500k Audio Pot) - Neck .022µf: Neck .022µf; 22nF; compatible example (Orange Drop .022µF) - Bridge Volume 500kA: Bridge Volume 500kA; 500k; compatible example (CTS 500k Audio Pot) - Bridge Tone 500kA: Bridge Tone 500kA; 500k; compatible example (CTS 500k Audio Pot) - Bridge .022µf: Bridge .022µf; 22nF; compatible example (Orange Drop .022µF) - Output Jack: Output Jack; compatible example (Switchcraft \#11) - Ground Wire from Bridge: Ground Wire from Bridge; generic (Bridge ground wire) ## Specific to this wiring - Sheet pickup series: "ALL 4-CONDUCTOR 'AC' and 'H' SERIES HUMBUCKERS". - Sheet instruction for each pickup: "Solder Black and White wires together, and insulate with heat shrink or electrical tape." - Each .022µf capacitor runs from the volume's middle lug to the tone's right lug (50s wiring); the tone's middle lug is linked to its casing. - The sheet grounds the volume casings, tone casings, toggle frame tag and jack sleeve with ground symbols (legend: "Connection to Ground"). The board joins those points with ground wires between neighbouring casings. - "Ground Wire from Bridge" ends at the neck volume casing. - The toggle tags are not labelled on the sheet: the tag fed by the neck volume is mapped to the neck-side tag (T1), the bridge volume to the bridge-side tag (T2), and the middle tag (to the jack tip) to the common (T3), by function. - The toggle common's wire to the jack hops over the bridge-tag wire with no joint dot. ## Connections 1. Neck Pickup green → Neck Volume 500kA casing (wire, green): Neck green lead runs up the left and into the neck volume casing solder point at upper left. 2. Neck Pickup bare shield → Neck Volume 500kA casing (wire, bare): Neck 'Bare Shield Wire' runs beside the green to the same neck volume casing solder point. 3. Bridge Pickup green → Bridge Volume 500kA casing (wire, green): Bridge green lead runs up and into the bridge volume casing solder point at upper left. 4. Bridge Pickup bare shield → Bridge Volume 500kA casing (wire, bare): Bridge 'Bare Shield Wire' runs beside the green to the same bridge volume casing solder point. 5. Neck Volume 500kA lug1 → Neck Volume 500kA casing (wire, black): Short black link from the neck volume right lug (lug1) up to the solder point on its casing. 6. Neck Tone 500kA lug2 → Neck Tone 500kA casing (wire, black): Short black link from the neck tone middle lug (lug2) up to its casing solder point. 7. Ground Wire from Bridge lead → Neck Volume 500kA casing (wire, black): 'Ground Wire from Bridge' line ends at the neck volume casing solder point on the right. 8. Neck Tone 500kA casing → Neck Volume 500kA casing (wire, ground): Neck tone casing solder point on the right has a black wire to a ground symbol (legend: 'Connection to Ground'); joined on the board to the neck volume casing. 9. Bridge Volume 500kA lug1 → Bridge Volume 500kA casing (wire, black): Short black link from the bridge volume right lug (lug1) up to its casing solder point. 10. Bridge Tone 500kA lug2 → Bridge Tone 500kA casing (wire, black): Short black link from the bridge tone middle lug (lug2) up to its casing solder point. 11. Bridge Volume 500kA casing → Neck Volume 500kA casing (wire, ground): Bridge volume casing solder point on the right has a black wire to a ground symbol ('Connection to Ground'); joined on the board to the neck volume casing. 12. Bridge Tone 500kA casing → Bridge Volume 500kA casing (wire, ground): Bridge tone casing solder point on the right has a black wire to a ground symbol ('Connection to Ground'); joined on the board to the other grounds (neighbouring casing). 13. 3-Way Toggle frame tag → Neck Tone 500kA casing (wire, ground): Toggle frame tag (top of the toggle) has a black wire to a ground symbol ('Connection to Ground'); joined on the board to the other grounds (neighbouring casing). 14. Output Jack sleeve → Bridge Tone 500kA casing (wire, ground): Output jack sleeve lug has a black wire to a ground symbol ('Connection to Ground'); joined on the board to the other grounds (neighbouring casing). 15. Neck Volume 500kA lug2 → 3-Way Toggle neck tag (wire, signal): Dark-grey wire from the neck volume middle lug down, right along the middle of the sheet to the toggle's top-left tag. 16. Bridge Volume 500kA lug2 → 3-Way Toggle bridge tag (wire, signal): Dark-grey wire from the bridge volume middle lug right, up the middle and right to the toggle's bottom tag. 17. 3-Way Toggle common tag → Output Jack tip (wire, signal): Toggle middle (common) tag wire runs left, then down to the output jack tip; it hops over the bottom-tag wire with no joint dot. 18. Neck Pickup black → Neck Pickup white (wire, black): Neck black and white leads end together at one covered end below the cable; sheet: 'Solder Black and White wires together, and insulate with heat shrink or electrical tape.' 19. Neck Pickup red (hot) → Neck Volume 500kA lug3 (wire, red): Neck red lead runs straight right into the neck volume left lug (lug3, back view lugs down). 20. Bridge Pickup black → Bridge Pickup white (wire, black): Bridge black and white leads end together at one covered end; same 'Solder Black and White wires together' instruction. 21. Bridge Pickup red (hot) → Bridge Volume 500kA lug3 (wire, red): Bridge red lead runs straight right into the bridge volume left lug (lug3). 22. Neck Volume 500kA lug2 → Neck .022µf lead A (wire, white): Light-grey lead from the neck volume middle lug (lug2) down and right to the neck .022µf capacitor. 23. Neck .022µf lead B → Neck Tone 500kA lug1 (wire, white): Neck .022µf capacitor's other lead right to the neck tone right lug (lug1). 24. Bridge Volume 500kA lug2 → Bridge .022µf lead A (wire, white): Light-grey lead from the bridge volume middle lug (lug2) down and right to the bridge .022µf capacitor. 25. Bridge .022µf lead B → Bridge Tone 500kA lug1 (wire, white): Bridge .022µf capacitor's other lead right and up to the bridge tone right lug (lug1). ## What each position does - Toggle 1 · neck: Neck Pickup (both coils). Source: Written from the drawn toggle wiring (neck volume to the neck-side tag, bridge volume to the bridge-side tag). - Toggle 2 · both: Neck Pickup (both coils) and Bridge Pickup (both coils) in parallel. Source: Written from the drawn toggle wiring (neck volume to the neck-side tag, bridge volume to the bridge-side tag). - Toggle 3 · bridge: Bridge Pickup (both coils). Source: Written from the drawn toggle wiring (neck volume to the neck-side tag, bridge volume to the bridge-side tag). - The engine's volume/tone classifier swaps the roles of the pots in 50s wiring (capacitor from the volume wiper to the tone end lug), so volumeMutes and toneReachesSignal fail on a correct circuit; see ruleExceptions. - Ground symbols are modelled as ground wires between neighbouring casings. ## Check before plugging in ## Source Tinkercaster's own drawing of the Tonerider diagram 2\_HB\_2V\_2T\_50s\_wiring, revision 2. Not the manufacturer's artwork and not endorsed by Tonerider. 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