Wiring for Yamaha Pacifica 212/ 112

[chrisnich85]

I have a Yamaha Pacifica 212. The wiring is identical to the more common 112 with just a few upgrades on the body. I have not been able to find an exact match in the SD wiring diagrams. It has two single coils (neck and middle) a humbucker in the bridge position, 1 volume pot, 1 tone pot with a push pull split coil for the humbucker and a five way blade switch. Is there a wiring diagram available. I've found one that includes everything but the push pull tone pot. I purchased a JB humbucker and quarter pound single coils and am anxious to get them installed correctly. The original humbucker was a three wire and does not match the SD wiring, so I want to make sure I have it right. Thanks!

[beaubrummels]

The closest on the SD site is this one. Just ignore the neck red/white wires going to the push-pull. The rest of it should be the same as your Pacifica (though this is with SD wire colors).

[chrisnich85]

So I note that this says it is a volume push pull split. Mine is a tone push pull spit coil. Is the wiring the same? I'm using SD pups for the replacement so the wiring colors would be accurate for what I need. Thanks for your help.

[Mincer]

Yes, the wiring is the same, no matter what pot the push/pull is on.

[chrisnich85]

Thanks for the clarification. That was not clear to me. I also assume the exact placement of the connector on the push pull is important and I need to put the humbucker red/ white on that middle postiion from your drawing? Also, I can then take a look at a strat wiring diagram for the two single coils in the middle and neck position, since this is a hum single combo.

[Mincer]

Yes, red & white are on that middle lug (either side).

[beaubrummels]

Here's a close up of just splitting a humbucker. The top version is typical, probably what you should follow - will work well in the Pacifica given that the slug coil will be near the middle pickup and will sound more Fender Strat-like when split. The bottom is an alternate way to split. You can ignore it (or if you don't like the sound of splitting to slug coil, try it.)

[chrisnich85]

Wiring the Yamaha OEM Alpha 5 way switch is very confusing and a problem. All of your diagrams for 5 way switches show 5 connections. I've seen other diagrams with 5 on one side and 3 additional connections on the other side. My switch has 8 poles in a row. I had this wired correctly temporarily but the coil split wasn't working even though it matched your diagram. I also found that the neck position didn't turn off the middle single coil, so I assumed that I had the positions wrong on the switch. I moved the connections over and now it isn't working. I did remove what looked like a redundant ground which obviously wasn't redundant. Any clues on how to figure out how this switch should be wired or should I just buy a new strat switch and start over with something that is easier to wire and perhaps has directions?

[jeremy]

the 4 per side 5way has been the standard since fender rolled it out. the 8 in a line is a version of that, if you have a multi meter you can figure out how the correspond but this is the most common one ive seen

https://ironstone-guitar-pickups.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/5_way_switch.jpg

[beaubrummels]

See if this Yamaha diagram matches your Yamaha switch.

[beaubrummels]

Someone posted the actual Pacifica wiring diagram the other day in another thread. It looks simple, you only use half the switch. Your coil split takes the red/white directly from the pickup. The black wire of the Duncan pickup goes to where the bridge wire attaches in the Pacifica diagram. (And green/bare go to ground, of course.)