Giving this one more shot: Invader

[A Skater]

Okay, I have a duncan invader in a strat copy. I was just playing it and noticed how the guitar makes noise(internally) when I pluck the strings. It took two different guys to wire my setup correctly, but I want to make sure they did it correctly.

I want the schematics for a HSS strat. It's like this:

Bridge: Seymour Duncan Invader
Middle: Single Coil
Neck: Single Coil

I believe it has 2 tone knobs and 1 volume knob. I am a complete beginner to this, so please explain the whole "Red to ground and green to X, etc" throughly. My guitar has a swimming pool body and I'm thinking about either of the following ideas:

1. Take off the middle and neck coils, and just leave the Humbucker.
2. Leave it as it is so I can use it as a Punk rock, Ska guitar.
3. Add a humbucker at the end.

So I need the schematics (I could not find them on the site) and I would really appreciate if you guys tell me what the whole "ground, parallel,etc" terms mean.

Lastly, how can I identify my tone/volume pots? I hear that the invader is great with a 500k pot, but which one?

 

[WICKED LESTER]

Re: Giving this one more shot: Invader

http://www.seymourduncan.com/website/support/schematics/hum_sing_sing_1vol_1tone_5w.htm

 

[A Skater]

Re: Giving this one more shot: Invader

Isn't this just for 1 tone knob or for 1 tone pot?

 

[WICKED LESTER]

Re: Giving this one more shot: Invader

Isn't this just for 1 tone knob or for 1 tone pot?

It is for one vol/one tone but you can still go by it
IF you want to just use the invader by itself follow this scheme
http://www.seymourduncan.com/website/support/schematics/1hum_1vol_1tone.html

 

[JacksonMIA]

Re: Giving this one more shot: Invader

Lastly, how can I identify my tone/volume pots? I hear that the invader is great with a 500k pot, but which one?

You'll have to trace the wiring to figure out which one is the volume pot. It "should" be the one closest to the pups, but it could be wired differently.

The best pot is probably a CTS audio taper. The brand isn't an absolute necessity, but you definitely need audio taper. Otherwise, you won't get much of a change over the full range of the pot.