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An update and a question: I expressed my dissapointment to GFS about the wiring of their Quick Plug leads and it turns out they make leads with the tratitional 5 wire format as well. They're sending me a pair, for free. So, that's pretty cool of them. Back to the schematic then. One last question: Would you assume that the diagram was drawn as if you're looking at the backs of the pots and switches, and not as if you're looking at the face of the guitar? Just want to make sure I'm using the right lugs...

I see. That's a bummer. I guess for now, I will just wire this one in the standard humbucker way. I'm guessing there's a way to have the bridge pickup splittable and not the neck, but the truth is, I'm new to this and need a pretty good diagram to have any hope of wiring this correctly, so perhaps the standard wiring will be be a good start for me. Some day, I can get a pair of different pickups and do the wiring I'd hoped for. I really appreciate your help!

Oh, ok. That's good news. Looking at the diagram, I see how that makes perfect sense for the bridge pickup, where red and white go together. How would you do that with the neck pickup though? I really appreciate the help, Curtisa!

Thank you, Curtisa! That's really helpful. It's also a real bummer. I got these pickups because an aquaintance had used them for a split coil project like this, and they sounded great and were much cheaper than say, Duncan 59's which can be split like that. He'd used the same wiring diagram (which does call for white and green to go in different directions). I think the difference was that his were older and not using Quick Plug. I might be out of luck with these... GFS doesn't have any way to contact them except for an email address and I wasn't having much luck getting them to answer my question. Since you seem to know what you're doing, I'm attaching a picture of the wiring diagram. Am I correct in saying that I can't do this with these pickups? Thanks again!

Hi all, I'm new to guitar wiring and have been having a tough time trying to translate wire colors for a project I'm working on with two humbuckers. I am planning on using a wiring diagram (a rather complicated one with splittable coils, series/parallel switches) that was created for Seymour Duncan wire colors. However, I'm using a pair of GFS Quick Plug pickups(Fat Pats). Seymour Duncan labels their wires as North Start(black), North Finish(white), South Start(green), South Finish(red), but GFS labels their four wires as: Hot/Positive (red), Ground (black), Shield Ground (bare) and Coil Tap (white). I cannot get anyone at GFS/Guitar Fetish to translate their wires to North Start, North Finish, South Start, South Finish for me. Can anyone here help? I did look at a suggested website that had every manufacturer labled this way, but their GFA example was not a Quick Plug and had 5 wires. Thank you!!