Wiring questions.

[Larsson]

So I'm going to be swapping out all of the electronics in my guitar in the next month or so.

So far i've purchased the pickups, pots, pickup selector and input jack.

I see people using capacitors (including on the Seymour Duncan wiring diagrams), is that something i'd need? I'm wiring in a hot rails in the neck and 59 trembucker for the bridge with a 3 way switch and push/pull.

Do i need to purchase wire to connect the pickup selector and input jack as well? if so what wire and where can i get it?

I've got the wiring diagram from the SD website which is for 2 Humbuckers, 1 Volume, 1 Tone, 3 Way Switch, 1 Push/Pull. Will this work for me even though the hot rails is a single (still 4 conductor)? Also, in the diagram the push/pull is on the volume pot but i want to use the tone pot as the push/pull, how will this affect my wiring?

Sorry if these seem like simple questions, it's my first time swapping out pickups in a guitar.

Thanks!

 

[BriGuy1968]

Re: Wiring questions.

Answers:

• You'll need the capacitor for your tone control
• 22 gauge wire should be fine (20 and 24 are also common)
• The fact that the hot rail is single coil sized makes no difference... it's still a humbucker and will be wired as such
• Using the push/pull on the tone instead is no problem... the pot and switch are completely separate devices (just attached together). Wire up the tone and volume pots as shown on the diagram, and wire the switch part of the push/pull as on the diagram... it will just be in a different location.

Hope that helps... enjoy!

 

[Larsson]

Re: Wiring questions.

Answers:

• You'll need the capacitor for your tone control
• 22 gauge wire should be fine (20 and 24 are also common)
• The fact that the hot rail is single coil sized makes no difference... it's still a humbucker and will be wired as such
• Using the push/pull on the tone instead is no problem... the pot and switch are completely separate devices (just attached together). Wire up the tone and volume pots as shown on the diagram, and wire the switch part of the push/pull as on the diagram... it will just be in a different location.

Hope that helps... enjoy!

Thanks that was a perfect answer!

Much appreciated!