Carvin schematic for wiring Seymour Duncan Humbuckers?

[Asgaroth]

I would like to wire SH-4/SH2 to Carvin active electronic. No problem should be here. But does anyone have the schematic for it? How to do it right.

Thanks,
Asgaroth

 

[Kommerzbassist]

Re: Carvin schematic for wiring Seymour Duncan Humbuckers?

Do you want to use the SH-4 and SH-2 together with actives or alone?

 

[Robert S.]

Re: Carvin schematic for wiring Seymour Duncan Humbuckers?

Is this a guitar with active pickups or just an active boost circuit?

 

[Asgaroth]

Re: Carvin schematic for wiring Seymour Duncan Humbuckers?

I would like to use SH-2 and SH-4 with the Carvin active electronics. This guitar has (had) an active boost circuit, the pickups are passive humbuckers.

I’ve attached to photos with carvin c22b/c22n wired to the active electronic.

Thank you guys
Asgaroth

P.S. FIrst picture - the bridge pickups was taken out
Second picture - before doing any work

 

[tone4days]

Re: Carvin schematic for wiring Seymour Duncan Humbuckers?

i am having a hard time making out that pic

for the bridge pickup you removed are there 5 wires? ... it looks like the order is red on the first solder point, then a pair of wires (green / white?) on the next point, then a dark wire, then a real thick wire on the 4th point ... is this correct? ... if so, i'd venture a guess that you'd want to put the black wire from the SD pickup where the red one was .... the red/white pair from the SD where the green/white pair was, the gren from the SD to where the black was, and the bare frmo the SD to where the thick was

btu i am not totally sure, you'll have to tell us more about the wires you took out ... have you called carvin to ask them about the wires?

good luck
t4d

 

[Asgaroth]

Re: Carvin schematic for wiring Seymour Duncan Humbuckers?

I've left the neck wires for reference (sorry for the unclear pictures)

So we have 4 solder points and 5 wires.

x w b s

x - soldering point - red wire attached
w - soldering point - Green/White (soldered together)
b - soldering point - black soldered
s - soldering point - thick black wire

According to Tone4days the SD should be wired as follows:

x - soldering point - black SD
w - soldering point - red/white SD
b - soldering point - green SD
s - soldering point - bare wire SD

is this correct?

 

[tone4days]

Re: Carvin schematic for wiring Seymour Duncan Humbuckers?

that would be my guess ... do you have an ohmmeter to check the wind of the old pickup's coils individually .... if so, make sure that you know which wires from teh old pickup correspond to each of the coils ...

i cant know for sure, but for the old pickups, i am guessing that the thick wire is shield (ground), the red is hot, the green/white are the split .. and the black is ground

again, i'd recommend calling carvin tech support to double check if you cant determine it for yourself

good luck
t4d

 

[Asgaroth]

Re: Carvin schematic for wiring Seymour Duncan Humbuckers?

This is the correct information on carvin wire colours

x - soldering point - red wire - HOT
w - soldering point - Green/White (soldered together) - SPLIT
b - soldering point - black soldered - GROUND
s - soldering point - thick black wire - GROUND

 

[tone4days]

Re: Carvin schematic for wiring Seymour Duncan Humbuckers?

great - then you are good to go - from the Duncan's use black to the X, red/white pair to the W, green to the B and bare to the S

should be fine
good luck and let us know how it goes
cheers
t4d

 

[Asgaroth]

Re: Carvin schematic for wiring Seymour Duncan Humbuckers?

Thank you tone4days. I bet it will help bunch of people who are willing to switch stock Carvin's pickups.

 

[Asgaroth]

Re: Carvin schematic for wiring Seymour Duncan Humbuckers?

almost 10 years later I'm referencing this post ! thank tone4days again