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Below is color code diagram for common pickup manufacturers. Manufacturers have their own color code, so make sure you find the right color code before connecting anything. Some pickups have another bare wire which is there for shielding and should always be grounded. Humbucker wiring – 4 conductorĤ-conductor humbuckers are fun to wire because they offer many combinations to play with. Note: unlike Strat-style wiring, volume and tone controls come before the switch and switch output goes directly to the jack.
Rhythm position (neck pickup only): the same as for the bridge pickup but in reverse – bridge pickup gets disconnected, but the neck pickup gets connected to the output terminal(s). Middle position (both pickups): both pickups are in the circuit and connected to the output terminal which makes a parallel connection (note that both pickups are still internally wired in series, but neck and bridge are combined in parallel). Lead position (bridge pickup only): switch connects bridge pickup terminal to the output terminal(s) but leaves the neck pickup unconnected. I’ll go through standard Les Paul wiring and explain what happens in each position. Since we have only one output, the two inner terminals are connected together and serve as the output. We’ll use them as inputs from volume controls. Outer terminals are connected or disconnected to the closest inner terminal, depending on the position. Typical Les Paul-style switch has 4 terminals on one side and ground/shield on the other. Complicated part about wiring a Les Paul is having separate tone and volume controls for both pickups and having longer leads between control cavity and the switch. Les Paul style pickup selector switches are simple and easy to wire. Moving any tone pot would change the overall resistance to the tone cap and change the tone. What happens in position 4 (both neck and middle pickups on)? Both pots will be switched on and will be in parallel. When neck pickup is on, the second pole will switch the output to the neck tone control as intended. To do this, common terminal of the second pole is connected to the common terminal on the first pole (pickup output) and neck and middle terminals of the second pole are connected to their respective pots. We want to switch neck/middle tone control on when neck/middle pickup is on. Typical strat wiring has two tone controls – one for middle and one for neck pickup. We will use the remaining pole to switch tone pots. When middle pickup has reverse polarity, noise will cancel out in positions 2-4 and they will be wired in so called “humbucking” mode. That way, we will select one pickup in positions 1-3-5 and two pickups wired in parallel in positions 2-4. Common goes to volume pot input and 3 switched terminals are connected to pickup outputs. To wire three two-conductor pickups we only need one pole. Schematic above shows position 2 that connects both bridge and middle terminals image below shows how it’s typically represented on diagrams. The only difference between 3 and 5 way switches is that 5 way switch connects two terminals with the common in positions 2 and 4: center and one outer terminal. Represented as a schematic, each pole would look like this. The other three terminals are connected to the lever only in certain switch positions. Note that terminal on the left is connected to the lever all the time – that’s our common terminal. The first thing you want to figure out is which terminal is common. Each pole has one common terminal and 3 switched. It usually has 8 terminals – two poles with 4 terminals each. Note: looking from the terminal side, bridge terminal is the one closer to neck pickup! Let’s take a look at standard Strat-style switch. Ground leads are typically connected to a common grounding point and hot leads are switched in and out of the circuit. That’s why we will call them both “two conductor pickups”. Some humbuckers have their coils connected internally and are pretty much the same to wire as single coil pickups. Single coil pickups are the simplest to wire because they typically have only two leads – hot and ground. Treble bleed: what are treble bleed circuits and which one is the best (for me). #Guitar wiring diagrams how to#
No-load tone pots: what are no-load pots and how to make your own.Tone controls: how do tone controls work and how to make them better.Volume controls: how do volume controls work.Multi-pole switches: how to get the best out of a Super switch.
Coil-tapping: how to take advantage of coil-tap and get more sounds. Humbucker wiring – 4 conductor: how to wire 4-conductor pickups. Humbucker wiring – Les Paul: how to wire a Les Paul or similar guitar. Single coil wiring: what can you do with single coils and how to wire a Strat.
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