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Split Coil Wiring w/ 2 Humbuckers and 2 push/pulls

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(@crandles)
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hey
so i've recently decided to do some rewiring to my guitar but i cant figure out how to achieve what i want. my goal is to have 2 humbuckers wired with a 3-way selector and a push/pull pot that single coil taps each pickup (so 2 pots in total, 1 volume and 1 tone). does anyone know where i could get a wiring diagram for this? i found one on the seymour duncan website but i dont know what the pots are wired to do when you switch them. it can be found here http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/wiring-diagrams/schematics.php?schematic=2h_1v_1t_3w_2pp

anyhelp would be greatly appreciated


   
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(@slejhamer)
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my goal is to have 2 humbuckers wired with a 3-way selector and a push/pull pot that single coil taps each pickup (so 2 pots in total, 1 volume and 1 tone). does anyone know where i could get a wiring diagram for this? i found one on the seymour duncan website but i dont know what the pots are wired to do when you switch them.

That diagram might make more sense to you if you think about it upside down; it's drawn as if you are looking at the components sitting in the guitar's control cavity. So, if you're using push-pull pots (like THESE, when you pull the knobs up, the pickups will be split (one half sent to ground.) Also keep in mind the pots aren't switched when wired this way; the pots and switches are independent, so the pots still function as normal volume and tone regardless of the switch position (up or down.)

You can also use a single push-pull pot to split both pickups at the same time, as in the following diagram:
http://www.guitarelectronics.com/product/WD2HH3T11_01/Guitar_Wiring_Diagram_2_Humbuckers3Way_Toggle_Switch1_Volume0Tone001.html

A slightly different version of the Duncan diagram is here:
http://www.guitarelectronics.com/product/WD2HH3T11_02/Guitar_Wiring_Diagram_2_Humbuckers3Way_Toggle_Switch1_Volume0Tone001.html

Hope that helps.

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(@crandles)
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Thanks. That helped a ton actually. The only thing I don't understand now is how to wire the pickup selector. I have the Dimarzio 3-way pickup selector and it doesn't look like anything in the diagrams. Am I supposed to wire some of the lugs together or something?


   
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Ask and you shall receive! 8)

You'll have to look at the Dimarzio lever switch to see if it has the same lugs as the one in this diagram, but it should be similar:

http://www.guitarelectronics.com/product/WD2HH3L11_02/Guitar_Wiring_Diagram_2_Humbuckers3Way_Lever_Switch1_Volume0Tone001.html

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