Neck Humbucker 4-color wiring - which is which?

[VinceT]

Hey all - sorry for asking the most basic of questions about 4-way wiring BUT…

On the wiring chart showing comparison colors between SD and other brands - http://www.seymourduncan.com/blog/the-tone-garage/humbucker-wire-color-translation/ - it shows NORTH as the non-adjustable slug with BLACK/WHITE in/out, and SOUTH as being the adjustable with GREEN/RED in/out.

Elsewhere on the site, it states that the adjustable is always GREEN/RED. However in the NECK position the adjustable becomes the NORTH pickup (which is always BLACK/WHITE according to the blog linked above).

I think it's just a case of rotating the pickup and that wiring doesn't change, but it doesn't confirm that anywhere - AAARGHHH!

Anyway, here's the question: For an SH1 NECK pickup, is the adjustable coil still GREEN/RED in/out?

Many thanks for any time you spend on such a basic question!

Vince

 

[Artie]

Re: Neck Humbucker 4-color wiring - which is which?

Yes, green/red is always the screw coil. Black/white is always the stud coil.

 

[VinceT]

Re: Neck Humbucker 4-color wiring - which is which?

Thanks much! V

 

[GuitarDoc]

Re: Neck Humbucker 4-color wiring - which is which?

Yes, you are correct...in the neck position the pup is rotated so that the adjustable coil (screw coil/red & green wires) is next to the neck and the slug coil is toward the bridge. The wiring doesn't change. The tone doesn't change. The coils don't change their functions. Only their orientation changes. The adjustable screw coil is always red/green.