Wiring help needed...Pearly Gates split with a push pull

[bungalowbill]

Hey guys....I need some help. I have a PG in the bridge of my Strat that splits with a push-pull switch. I get the screw coil when it is split.......what I desperately need is the slug coil instead of the screw coil.

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Here is how it is wired.....

green and bare wire together on top.....ground

top leg is black alone......split

middle leg to switch......hot

bottom leg red and white together...full humbucker

What wire do I switch with the black wire to get the slug coil?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

[jumble jumble]

Re: Wiring help needed...Pearly Gates split with a push pull

Disconnect that wire from the middle leg, then connect the middle leg to ground. Disconnect the black wire from the top leg and connect it straight to the switch.

 

[bungalowbill]

Re: Wiring help needed...Pearly Gates split with a push pull

Disconnect that wire from the middle leg, then connect the middle leg to ground. Disconnect the black wire from the top leg and connect it straight to the switch.

Doesn't the push pull need to be linked to the 5 way?

 

[jumble jumble]

Re: Wiring help needed...Pearly Gates split with a push pull

No, it just needs to ground the series link.

 

[Zhangliqun]

Re: Wiring help needed...Pearly Gates split with a push pull

First, the red and white leads together are collectively the split lead, not the full humbucker lead -- that's the black wire.

The way I would do it is to put the black and green leads together for the split lead, red becomes the main hot lead and and white is the main ground. (Bare wire is ALWAYS grounded, no matter what.) So black and green to one of the outside lugs, red to the other outside lug, middle lug wired to switch as you have it, and white to ground. This way reverses the sequence of the coils in the flow (without reversing current and putting it out of phase), thus giving you the slug coil on the split.

Others like to wire up a split by just grounding the split lead (as Seymour does in his diagrams), but keep in mind that grounding a whole coil is kind of like having copper shielding near your pickup -- will have some dulling effect on the high treble. That's not necessarily a bad thing, especially on a bridge pickup, but could make the neck split tone a little dull.

Still another way would be to reverse the black and green so green is hot and black is ground. This will put it out of phase with the other pickups but you can fix that by flipping the magnet.