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I need to wire pickups in a Les Paul with some pots that I could use a little help with. They're CTS 500k SPST, like the ones Gibson used on the Trad Pros, Sig T... for splitting. They look like this, but with the long, splined shaft:
Here's the typical wiring for the Gibsons who used it:
Looks like (with Gibson pickup code colors), North Start (RED, hot) goes to the usual spot, South Start (BLACK) and the bare wire go to one of the tabs on the back of the pot (the one with connected to the bent third tab of the pot) and North Finish (WHITE) and South Finish (GREEN) go to the other one. This accomplishes full humbucker in normal position and split to (I think) the screw coil when up.
Now, I have two DiMarzio 36th Ann PAFs that I want to hook up to these pots. But I'd like the following:
1) I'd like the neck pickup to split into the screw coil and the bridge into the slug coil
2) I'd like both pickups to be permanently out of phase in the middle position
Is it possible? I can't even begin to start imagining how should I wire it (I've only worked with single conductors so far)
Here's the color code guide for DiMarzio in case you need it
Thanks!!
Here's the typical wiring for the Gibsons who used it:
Looks like (with Gibson pickup code colors), North Start (RED, hot) goes to the usual spot, South Start (BLACK) and the bare wire go to one of the tabs on the back of the pot (the one with connected to the bent third tab of the pot) and North Finish (WHITE) and South Finish (GREEN) go to the other one. This accomplishes full humbucker in normal position and split to (I think) the screw coil when up.
Now, I have two DiMarzio 36th Ann PAFs that I want to hook up to these pots. But I'd like the following:
1) I'd like the neck pickup to split into the screw coil and the bridge into the slug coil
2) I'd like both pickups to be permanently out of phase in the middle position
Is it possible? I can't even begin to start imagining how should I wire it (I've only worked with single conductors so far)
Here's the color code guide for DiMarzio in case you need it
Thanks!!