wiring an EVH Wolfgang humbucker in parallel?

[appar111]

Trying to find a way to make the neck pickup on my EVH Wolfgang pickup a little less fat sounding, and thought I'd try wiring it in parallel.

Problem is, I can't find a wiring diagram to get me there. From what I can tell, the wiring is red for hot, the black is ground and the green and white are soldered together.

So, would red/white soldered together as the hot and black/green for the ground work? Seems pretty close to how a Dimarzio would be wired in parallel (i.e. the red is usually the hot, and green is usually ground, so red/white = hot and black/green = ground seems like it should work.

I don't know why EVH doesn't want anyone to have instructions for wiring their pickups in parallel...

 

[darthphineas]

Re: wiring an EVH Wolfgang humbucker in parallel?

You can always crack it open and see what wires are coming from what coils.


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[GilmourD]

Re: wiring an EVH Wolfgang humbucker in parallel?

Do you have a meter? That'll tell you what's what without having to disassemble the pickup at all.

It's a Fender humbucker, BTW, so I imagine it follows their conventions.

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[GilmourD]

Re: wiring an EVH Wolfgang humbucker in parallel?

Actually, from what I see of pictures of it, the wires are exposed on the back. One coil is black and white, the other is red and green, so you'd want to wire red/white and black/green.

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[appar111]

Re: wiring an EVH Wolfgang humbucker in parallel?

cool, sounds easy enough! The big question will be how the wolfgang pickup sounds in parallel-- the neck pickup is about 16K, so it should still have enough power in parallel.

 

[GilmourD]

Re: wiring an EVH Wolfgang humbucker in parallel?

Let us know how it sounds. I've been thinking of doing the same to the neck pickup on my Peavey Wolfgang.

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