Jimothey Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 I'm thinking of trying a new pickup wiring that I've seen I know you can coil split humbucker pickups but if its possible how would you wire 2 single coil pickup on a on-on-on switch so they can be series-parallel-humbucker They would be configured like this Any advice inc diagrams would be gratefully received 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 Download this, it's a kind of bass wiring bible, it's in German, but the diagrams are universal : http://www.ak-line.com/medium/Bassschaltungen.pdf 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 Obviously wire colours are dependant on your pickup manufacturer - there is no standard and they all do change which colour is which so check which wires are which before you start. The words are right. Obviously if you have an On-On-On switch you can have a humbucker / series / single which has a bit more use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimothey Posted January 19, 2022 Author Share Posted January 19, 2022 Thanks @Woodinblackfor it to work as a "proper" humbucker would the pickups need to be wound opposite to each other? Which hopefully won't be a problem as I'm going to try and wind my own pickups........ 👍🏻 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 It has to be reverse wound and reverse polarity. That way energy created by string vibration is added, and static noise in the environment is cancelled out 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt P Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 if you can make space for a blade style switch then the 4 way telecaster (guitar) wiring is rather good, gives neck or bridge solo'd and then both pickups either series or parallel, I made this mod to my guitar a few years ago and it's great. Matt 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obrienp Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 On 20/01/2022 at 13:35, Matt P said: if you can make space for a blade style switch then the 4 way telecaster (guitar) wiring is rather good, gives neck or bridge solo'd and then both pickups either series or parallel, I made this mod to my guitar a few years ago and it's great. Matt I’ll second that. I have used a 4 way Tele switch to do just that. The added wrinkle is that the neck pickup is a humbucker and middle pickup single coil, so the series position creates a 3 coil pickup, which sounds huge but it is a bit noisy. I also have a separate coil tap switch for the humbucker. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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