I have a guitar in which I am putting (don't laugh) two Strat Lipstick Tube pickups and a Pearly Gates humbucker in the bridge position; I'm using a standard 5-position blade switch and have a push-pull pot I'm going to use to coil tap the humbucker. I would like the combination of the coil-tapped humbucker and the middle-position single coil to be appropriately hum-cancelling. I have played with magnets and a multimeter and perused threads here and wiring diagrams all over until my eyes bleed, and I think I know what needs to be done, but I would still very much appreciate someone with more experience just telling me I'm doing this correctly before I start swearing at the soldering iron and burning my fingers.
Here's what I think I should do:
The humbucker's green wire goes to ground, the red and white wires get connected together (and to the switch that grounds them for coil-tapping), and the black wire goes to the pickup selector switch. This will cause the SLUG coil to be active when tapped. (The screw coil gets shunted to ground.)
The RW/RP Lipstick Tube pickup goes in the NECK position, because its magnets are oriented in the same direction as those of the humbucker's slug coil.
The regular Lipstick Tube goes in the MIDDLE position, because its magnets are opposite those of the humbucker's slug coil.
Both the single-coils have their BLACK leads grounded (the opposite of the humbucker) and their WHITE leads go to the pickup selector. This will cause the slug coil in the humbucker and the regular-polarity, middle-position, Lipstick Tube pickup to be wound oppositely. (And, of course, the two Lipstick Tubes will be counter-wound, counter-polarity with each other, too.)
I'm 85% sure this is correct, but like I said, I'd really appreciate someone who is more confident than I am saying, "Yep, do it."
Thanks so much.
Here's what I think I should do:
The humbucker's green wire goes to ground, the red and white wires get connected together (and to the switch that grounds them for coil-tapping), and the black wire goes to the pickup selector switch. This will cause the SLUG coil to be active when tapped. (The screw coil gets shunted to ground.)
The RW/RP Lipstick Tube pickup goes in the NECK position, because its magnets are oriented in the same direction as those of the humbucker's slug coil.
The regular Lipstick Tube goes in the MIDDLE position, because its magnets are opposite those of the humbucker's slug coil.
Both the single-coils have their BLACK leads grounded (the opposite of the humbucker) and their WHITE leads go to the pickup selector. This will cause the slug coil in the humbucker and the regular-polarity, middle-position, Lipstick Tube pickup to be wound oppositely. (And, of course, the two Lipstick Tubes will be counter-wound, counter-polarity with each other, too.)
I'm 85% sure this is correct, but like I said, I'd really appreciate someone who is more confident than I am saying, "Yep, do it."
Thanks so much.
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