PICKUPS AND ELECTRONICS

Switch Wiring for Dual Coil Pickups with 4-conductor cable

shield

shield

shield

shield

shield

shieldshield

neck pu.

bridge pu.

white

white

white

green

white

white

white

red

black

black

red

black

black

black

hot (black)

hot (red)

hot (red)

hot (black)

hot (black)

hot (neck)

hot (bridge)

ground

ground

ground

ground

ground

ground

(humbucking) (humbucking)

treble coil(bridge single coil)

bass coil(neck single coil)

series HB

series HB

series HB

neck SC

bridge SC

outer single coils

series(humbucking)

series(humbucking)

parallel HB

parallel HB

parallel HB

both pu's in series

SPDT (on-on) switch

SPDT (on-on) switch

DPTT (on-on-on) switch

DPTT (on-on-on) switch

DPDT (on-on) switch

DPDT (on-on) switch

(or 1/2 of DPDT (on-on) switch)

(or 1/2 of DPDT (on-on) switch)

( or Push - Pull switch )

green

green

green

white

green

red

black

red

green

green

red

red

Switching to the outer single coils gives a "Tele" like sound for guitars and a "J" like soundfor basses (if BOTH pickups have magnet North (or both magnet South) toward the neck)

PICKUPS AND ELECTRONICS

Switch Wiring for Dual Coil Pickups with 4-conductor cable

shield

shieldshield

neck pu.

bridge pu.

white

white

white

black

red

black

black

hot (black)

hot (neck)

hot (bridge)

ground

ground

outer SC's inner SC's

dual coils

DPDT (on-off-on) switch(all positions humbucking)

green

green

green

red

red

Switching to the outer single coils gives a "Tele" like sound for guitars and a "J" like sound

HB = humbucking (dual coils with both coils on) SC = single coil

highest output level - best midrange 1/2 the output of series wiringwith 50% more treble but less mids

SERIES WIRING

ground

ground

ground

+ + +

+_ _

_

_

ground

hothot

PARALLEL WIRING

neck coil bridge coil

Switching to the inner single coils gives a fuller tone with more mids.

for basses (if BOTH pickups have magnet North (or both magnet South) toward the neck)

bridge SCseries HB

neck SC

SPDT (on-off-on) switch

neck coil

bridge coil

+ red (neck)

- green (neck)

+ black (bridge)

- white (bridge)

shield (ground)

black (hot) black+red (hot)

red (use tape orshrink tubingto preventgrounding)

white

white+green+shield

green

shield

series wiring parallel wiring

)

red

green

black

white

green

white

red

black