Wiring Method Question

[mack10series]

I have a 2 humbucker guitar w/3-way switch, and I want to split the coils on both of them. I was browsing through the seymour duncan site and wasnt sure which schematic to use. Does anyone have a schematic on how i would do this?

[mikhailgtrski]

SD schematic

They only show one p/u wired for coil splitting. To do both, use a DPDT switch (or push-pull pot) and just wire the 2nd humbucker in the same manner but to the other side of the DPDT switch. This will split them simultaneously. If you want to split them separately, wire the 2nd p/u to a separate DPDT (or SPDT) switch or push-pull pot.

Mike

[Calum_Barrow]

Remember you'll have to make sure your pickups are 4 conductor. Most guitars that don't have coil splits/phasing as standard use 2 conductor wires. You could split the pickup into a 4 conductor if you wanted, but it's a little tricky and quite easy to get wrong.

[mack10series]

Remember you'll have to make sure your pickups are 4 conductor. Most guitars that don't have coil splits/phasing as standard use 2 conductor wires. You could split the pickup into a 4 conductor if you wanted, but it's a little tricky and quite easy to get wrong.

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im ordering an l-500xl, and l-500c. Are they four conductor pickups?

[mikhailgtrski]

Remember you'll have to make sure your pickups are 4 conductor. Most guitars that don't have coil splits/phasing as standard use 2 conductor wires. You could split the pickup into a 4 conductor if you wanted, but it's a little tricky and quite easy to get wrong.

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+1

Good catch

If these are the pickups you're getting Bill Lawrence USA then they should come with 4-conductor wiring.

[lovekraft]

If these are the pickups you're getting Bill Lawrence USA then they should come with 4-conductor wiring.

OTOH, if you're going to buy the handmade 500s from Bill and Becky Lawrence ( http://www.billlawrence.com/ ), they'll still come with 4-conductor leads - they'll just sound better!

[mack10series]

If these are the pickups you're getting Bill Lawrence USA then they should come with 4-conductor wiring.

OTOH, if you're going to buy the handmade 500s from Bill and Becky Lawrence ( http://www.billlawrence.com/ ), they'll still come with 4-conductor leads - they'll just sound better!

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those are the ones im ordering, thats good to know!

[mack10series]

I have another question; being that i will only have the 2 push pull pots, how do make one of them a tone pot, and the other one a volume?

Edited March 14, 2006 by mack10series

[mack10series]

bump.

[Mattia]

bump.

...the same way as you'd wire a regular volume/tone setup. Every major pickup manufacturer will show you how, with pictures.

Push/pull pots are just regular pots that happen to have (entirely independant) switches riding along.

[mack10series]

...the same way as you'd wire a regular volume/tone setup. Every major pickup manufacturer will show you how, with pictures.

Push/pull pots are just regular pots that happen to have (entirely independant) switches riding along.

thanks man!