@@DannyKoldburn There is, respectfully, an error in this video still; and I discovered how to correct it by reversing the wires. Here is the comment I am referring to from a year ago: ________________________________________ IMPORTANT CORRECTION: With all due respect, Don (and I sincerely thank you for these videos); the wiring on the 3 way selector switch is backwards in this video. The yellow wire that comes from lug 1 on the volume pot goes to the center lug on the 3 way switch (between the pickup hot lead lugs), and the ground from the volume pot goes to the (S1) lug on the 3 way switch. I had it hooked up like the diagram here, and my guitar didn't work; and it took me a while to figure out why... But now it works beautifully, and I wanted to share this correction with your viewers. Thanks again, Don...your videos have helped me greatly in building and restoring guitars! ~Clinton
@@TheWordprophet switchcraft toggles have 2 lugs one side, 3 on the other. The 2 sided one is the "commons" and can either be tied together or sent to separate volumes IIRC.
Just finished rewiring an ibanez with two push pulls coil splitting and Wilkinson humbuckers 4 wires . This instructive video was spot on . A good cheap guitar has now been considerably improved for tone and options . Many thanks
Considering doing this to my AS73 so any info would be helpful. The Classic Elite pickups in the Ibanez cannot be split so I am thinking of replacing the neck with a Seymour Duncan.
IMPORTANT CORRECTION: With all due respect, Don (and I sincerely thank you for these videos); the wiring on the 3 way selector switch is backwards in this video. The yellow wire that comes from lug 1 on the volume pot goes to the center lug on the 3 way switch (between the pickup hot lead lugs), and the ground from the volume pot goes to the (S1) lug on the 3 way switch. I had it hooked up like the diagram here, and my guitar didn't work; and it took me a while to figure out why... But now it works beautifully, and I wanted to share this correction with your viewers. Thanks again, Don...your videos have helped me greatly in building and restoring guitars! ~Clinton
Yes, I can confirm this. I suppose some 3-way switches might have the ground in between the hot leads? That's the only way this could be correct. But yes, I can confirm - I saw the two piece hot master lead on the switch and realized this is NOT the ground. The ground is on the opposite side. And I also wired my guitar according to this diagram, and got no sound. After testing with a multimeter, and also connecting the hot lead directly to each pickup, I realized my pot chamber wiring was working. Then I noticed the error in connections on the switch.
Strange, every 3 way switch I look up from Stew Mac to Gibson examples show the ground lug located between the neck and bridge connector, and the hot going to the S1. I’m confused.
Yep. I have the same story. Having researched a bit, it would appear that switchcraft toggles are configured as the video explains. Many of the less expensive offerings have the ground on the stud behind the hot leads. I reused the one that came in the Fernandes I'm redoing and encountered the same problem. I imagine it's the same with most foreign-made pieces.
Well it looks like there is a way to 100% certain. The “hot” will always be the ones that look like two terminals together, where the ground looks like one thick, solid terminal. Hope this helps.
I followed your instructions to a T. As a first time solderer imagine my surprise when everything worked perfectly. Thanks Breja ToneWorks so much for your invaluable help.
Greetings. You make very important content for the entire You Tube community. Thank you for this work. I hope that your channel will still have new content. Thank you and wish you health and well-being. Thank. Sincerely, Vitaly from Ukraine .
Maaaaaaaan, I should've gone to your channel from the start. Been looking for a dual coil split schematic and this made it super simple and clear. Thank you very much!
You are a LEGEND! I wired my first custom strat with this video along with your explanation of wiring a 3 way lever switch. I am deeply grateful. THANK YOU!
This work so well with my TV jones ! with a 22uf capacitor it's sound great. And to be able to slipt coil is amazing. I spend hours trying on my own with no success. Great job man ! thanks
Aside from my 3-way switch being backwards from what is shown in this diagram (i.e. hot lead is where ground is pictured, ground is where hot lead is pictured), I was able to wire a Les Paul clone with this configuration and now have a Bill Lawrence L500XL in the bridge and a Duncan 59 in the neck with coil splitting. And it's a killer sounding guitar! Thanks Breja ToneWorks!
Dude!! Extremely clean and concise information. I'm working with this right now, and after I finished, every thing worked but, the tone doesn't do any tone changes. Coil splits work fine. Just no tonal changes when turning the knob. I'm going to try another tone DPDT pot. Thanks again
Dude, you saved my night!!! I was having trouble with this wiring config, due to many brand schematics and few PRS documentacion. I gotta try this tomorrow.
thank you so much for this video, i have 2 volume 1 tone / coil tap and i was able to easily figure it all out with this video ! , the actual diagram that came with my pups did not have the right setup ,but this worked great, thank you !
@@JackHartley-lf5mv nah man I just used Seymour Duncan diagram. Looks like you have to have two coil split switches to do it though one for each humbucker
@@toxichompdiepsplixio3921 www.bareknucklepickups.co.uk/support#wiring-diagrams-schematics Check out 2 humbuckers with 5 way switch. You don't need a switch as I've had it on a guitar before.....I've asked the guy who made the guitar to do a wiring diagram for me. I'll send it to you when it's done if you want?
I found you while searching for a peculiar wiring example which I cant seem to find scouring for couple weeks now all over the internet for whatever reason. It is an example of a 80s era wiring that was ahead of it's time. I've been to forums watched a 100 videos and I'm still hung up on this bass guitar. You make it very easy to understand for someone who doesnt know their way around a circuit and I thought I heard you mention in one of your videos that if somebody wanted to see something specific to email you and you would make a video if possible. I dont know my way around UA-cam either so this was the only means I found of contact you. Can you please help I am sure that I cannot be the only person looking for such an example.
Very helpful. Could you advise this similar wiring for a 2 humbucker (burstbucker 2 neck) and (burstbucker 3 bridge) with single volume, single tone, with a 3 way toggle switch? I have seen so many ones out there, and all have been frustratingly different. Thanks in advance!
This looks a lot like the parts of a Daisy Rock Venus Standard Elite. I just wish I knew what the wiring colors are. Not listed on your pickup wiring guide.
Don, the switch wiring is wrong again. What you specify as S1, is actually the ground, and your ground is the output that goes to the volume pot. I just finished this project yesterday and I had to compare your diagram with other diagrams. Then switched the S1 in your diag to ground and ground to S1 and everything worked. But thank you for an awesome channel.
It depends on your switch. Some have the Ground and Hot lugs opposite. I wish there was a consistent standard to guitar parts. It's frustrating as hell.
+Breja ToneWorks What a relief, I was so much into following your diagram which works perfectly, except for my reverse switch. That makes sense. Thank you for the amazing work you share with everybody.
Wouldn't the 3 way selector switch determine which pickup is split? I understand the single push pull pot will make both coils split at the same time, but really they won't be if you only have the neck or bridge selected on the toggle, then both if selected in the middle position, am I right? By adding the volume push pull you could have the neck split and the bridge humbucker or vice versa when the toggle is in the middle and only one knob pulled ( or one pot in the pulled position ).
I have a telecaster with a hotrails pickup that i hooked into the volume push pot instead of tone pot the same way you did it, but you used the tone pot, , would it make a difference if I used the push pot as the volume pot, or vice versa. Same wiring just different pot.
Hello, the wiring diagram is almost fine, but in the 3 position switch, the common and the ground are inverted. I mean that the wire which goes from S1 in the switch to L1 of the volume pot has to go to ground, and the wire which goes from G in the switch to ground in the volume pot has to go to L1 in the volume pot.
i have a similar setup but instead my pickups are 2 wire and my tone pot is not a push pull how would i wire this up ? dual 2 wire pickups , 3 way switch , tone and volume knobs
I always have this diagram on my HH guitars but one problem is the VOLUME when SPLITTING. Spliting the coils comes with low volume and one tip to balance it is PARTIAL SPLIT having with, in both North & South Finish wires tapped with 1.1k resistor on the neck and 2.2k resistor on the bridge instead of directly solder to ground. This is what the PRS is made of.
Hi man, thank you so much for this amazing helpful wiring videos. I have gibson DC Special with 2 p90's 1 volume 1 pushpull tone pot. I wonder if you can help me and for the others who will need this, but couldn't fine on internet about phase in and out wiring option with this configration. If it's possible for you to do a video, much appreciated ! Thank you so much!
He said doo doo at 1:15, but I digress, as an alternative, I think you can use the two middle lugs of your DPDT push-pull as your hots from the pickups to the switch and the top and bottom lugs as the receiving terminals from the pickups themselves.
Can you do a series parallel video the same way?... I understand this wiring but i want to do a series parallel on my guitar... Cant find any helpful video
Great video! Very informative. Question: Would you have a video for coil split but the coil split control would also be the volume pot and not the tone pot? I'm not really using the tone control that much and having second thoughts about not soldering it but for the sake of might selling the guitar one day I'll solder it anyway. Thanks!
I'm looking to wire three humbuckers, split each on independently, phase switch for each, and single tone and volume. Think of Brian Mays red special with humbuckers that split.
Hi Don, I have a HH + 3-way toggle + 1 - Vol pot. I have a Bill Lawrence L500XL ( bridge - 4 wire) & a Duncan ‘59( Neck classic 2 wire), I wanted to split the neck HB with a push-pull volume pot - flick the 3-way toggle up, pull out the push-pull volume pot and have only one of the coils of the neck pickup working, is this possible ? I would want a treble bleed on the push-pull too. If you could help me out, that’d be greatly appreciated. Ty
Do you happen to have a diagram of this exact wiring using the CTS P/P pot? Also... can you wire both pickups to the same tab on the p/p, if they are both being split at the same time? Or is it imperative they be separated to their own tab? Thank you! New subscriber here.
Thank you so fuckin much! I completely botched the first install of my Seymour Duncan JB. I just finished getting it done right and it sounds fantastic!
Man I just did my 2010 prs se custom 24 with this very diagram. The only difference is the tiny capacitor that's wired into the volume pot. I think it's a treble bleed? I'm not certain. Having said that, to replace the volume pot, I just wired the new cts pot to be identical to the alpha pot that was in the se. Then wired in the new push/pull pot the way this video shows. To me, it was very worth it.
Hi, do you have anything for a gibson sonex. I can't find anything on it. It has 2 humbuckers, 2 volumes, 2 tones, a 3 way AND 1 DIP SWITCH. IT DOESNT HAVE PUSH PULL POTS
Hi! I did this wiring in my Ibanez, but I have a Fender 3 way lever switcher. I don't know why, but when in middle position my HBs are always splitted (pushed or pulled, it doesn't matter, only one coil of each works). They work fine and split correctly in neck and bridge position, but I can't use both humbuckers with both coils at the same time (4 coils working at the same time). What did I do wrong??
Thanks for this video it really helped me a lot! All is working but when I split the coil it looks like the inner coil is active and not the one with the screws. Is that wright?
what would i have to do so i could use a 5 way switch (humbuckers )with 2 tone 1 volume in this set up 1. Bridge Series Humbucker 2. Bridge Single Coil (South) 3. Bridge Humbucker + Neck Humbucker 4. Neck Single Coil (South) 5. Neck Series Humbucker
+solidwolf sixx Can only be done if you want to replace 5-way with 5-Way SuperSwitch. If so, email me at BrejaToneWorks@gmail.com and I can help ya. Don
Hi Don, Love your videos....great work. I would like to have the same setup but only have the neck split with the tone push pull. How would I do that please? Would I just tape the white and red wires from bridge together? What would position 3 be after doing that.........just neck humbucker? thanks!
ive seen several different diagrams that puts the capacitor is on L3 to ground and the jumper going from L1 volume to L2 tone. and differences or advantages to doing this?
So, my setup is pretty stripped down: I took my sg and pulled out the neck p/u and pots leaving me w/ a single humbucker, volume and tone. Can I use my three way switch to split the coils on the remaining pick up? If so, what goes where? I have a Seymour Duncan pick up. Thnx
Love this, thanks. Just one question: If you weren't using a tone control pot and imagine in the diagram that's a simple DPDT toggle switch instead.....i'm guessing you would ground A1 & B1 straight to the back of the vol pot?
Can you make a video without the push/pull pots but covering a 2 humbucker 5 way switch wiring? Seems to be something that NO ONE covers online ANYWHERE.
Hi. The video you referenced where you made a mistake -- did you go back and correct it or is it still up? (I want to know in case I come across it. I'm trying like hell to understand this stuff, to no avail, so I'm confused enough as it is.
Hello could you please tell me why the output of the selector is connected both to the volume and the tone the signal is going to go where there is less resistance and ignore the other pot , wont it ?
Can you provide the circuit diagram for coil splitting in two 2way toggle switch and single connector humbuckers(bridge n neck) with 2 volume and tone pots
I got a Seymour Duncan installed in the bridge of my Schecter with coil split. When I got it back, this was inverted on the new pickup. So humbucker mode on the bridge is single coil on the neck. How can I fix this? I have no experience and am soon to replace my neck pickup and don’t have the cash to pay for someone to do it. While I like the versatility the set up gives me, I can’t smoothly switch from neck to bridge.
siempre sigo tus videos y aprendo mucho de ellos, pero me gustaría, de ser posible, que se incluya un test de prueba de los circuitos que se pueden ver. saludos
Hi, is there any chance that you could do a video on wiring a Gretsch Falcon style guitar. two pickups, master volume, tone and pickup selectors please and thank you
Hello there ! Thank you for all those informations ! But heres my question... I need to wire 2 humbucker,a 3 way switch for pickup selection , with a master volume and a master tone... But also i want to split my pickups with 2 independent 3 way switch (north - humbucker - south)
Hi, I have a question for you concerning concentric pots on a Tele. I plan to use a 3 way switch with a single coil for the neck and a humbucker for the bridge. I would like to use the concentric pot for the volume of both pickups and single for the tone control. Is this advisable and would you happen to have diagram for this setup? Regards.
Don, Awesome video....I am trying to figure out how to do this for my HH (currently has 2 stacked vol and tone controls and a 3 way selector Someone mentioned a "Superswitch" to replace the current 3 way switch... would this be possible and how would I do a 2 vol 2 tone setup similar to what you have shown here? -or- would putting in a separate switch be easier? Thanks!!!
A Humbucker pickup needs a 500k pot and a single coil needs a 250k pot; what do you do when you have a push pull pot and a you are splitting the coil? is the value of the pot also changing?
So, in case i do not want a tone pot, cause i do not find myself using it at all on my guitar, and i've just ordered some parts to do a rewire on my guitar. Uhm, in case i do not want a tone pot and it will be just another push-pull vol pot for the other pickup. Does this diagram stay the same?
Hi Don, In your diagram, if I figure this right, when split you get the "slug" coils only. Is this the common way to split? I'm thinking I'd rather the "screw" coils only, and if I have this right I should swap the black and green wires on my Seymour Duncans?
I had the same problem, so I had to check everything. I turned my humbuckers from 2 into 4 wires myself and one of the wires was touching another. Probably you should check connections too...
Can we please get this without the Coil Split. First time wiring a guitar from scratch, and I’m trying to be meticulous. The wires you attached to the coil split, what happens to those if there wasn’t a coil split? Thank you.
I got a newbie question, after I did this mod I found out both north coils were split, which is not the middle position tone i was going for. I wanted both outer coils. How do i go about doing it? I did it on the volume put with alligator wires and I just connected the one I wanted to change, to the hot of the volume. I just don't understand how to do the same on the tone pot.
New to soldering, When the grounds are connected for example at 1:09, do the wires all have to be in the same pool of solder, or do they just have to be touching the volume pot? As long as they're touching the same surface they don't necessarily have to be touching each other to get on the same ground circuit right?
MAN, you have no idea how long I have been looking for a diagram like this. Also you have also made this look REALLY easy.
Please see important correction above, to save you trouble, my friend.
@@TheWordprophet ...I'm confused... This is the corrected version. No?
@@DannyKoldburn
There is, respectfully, an error in this video still; and I discovered how to correct it by reversing the wires. Here is the comment I am referring to from a year ago:
________________________________________
IMPORTANT CORRECTION:
With all due respect, Don (and I sincerely thank you for these videos); the wiring on the 3 way selector switch is backwards in this video.
The yellow wire that comes from lug 1 on the volume pot goes to the center lug on the 3 way switch (between the pickup hot lead lugs), and the ground from the volume pot goes to the (S1) lug on the 3 way switch.
I had it hooked up like the diagram here, and my guitar didn't work; and it took me a while to figure out why...
But now it works beautifully, and I wanted to share this correction with your viewers.
Thanks again, Don...your videos have helped me greatly in building and restoring guitars!
~Clinton
@@TheWordprophet ahhhh! I see... Yours is a Gibson style toggle? That's definitely backwards for them.
@@TheWordprophet switchcraft toggles have 2 lugs one side, 3 on the other. The 2 sided one is the "commons" and can either be tied together or sent to separate volumes IIRC.
Just finished rewiring an ibanez with two push pulls coil splitting and Wilkinson humbuckers 4 wires . This instructive video was spot on . A good cheap guitar has now been considerably improved for tone and options . Many thanks
Considering doing this to my AS73 so any info would be helpful. The Classic Elite pickups in the Ibanez cannot be split so I am thinking of replacing the neck with a Seymour Duncan.
Thank you for this video. Your explanation along with illustration makes clear how simple this seemingly daunting task really is.
IMPORTANT CORRECTION:
With all due respect, Don (and I sincerely thank you for these videos); the wiring on the 3 way selector switch is backwards in this video.
The yellow wire that comes from lug 1 on the volume pot goes to the center lug on the 3 way switch (between the pickup hot lead lugs), and the ground from the volume pot goes to the (S1) lug on the 3 way switch.
I had it hooked up like the diagram here, and my guitar didn't work; and it took me a while to figure out why...
But now it works beautifully, and I wanted to share this correction with your viewers.
Thanks again, Don...your videos have helped me greatly in building and restoring guitars!
~Clinton
Yes, I can confirm this. I suppose some 3-way switches might have the ground in between the hot leads? That's the only way this could be correct. But yes, I can confirm - I saw the two piece hot master lead on the switch and realized this is NOT the ground. The ground is on the opposite side. And I also wired my guitar according to this diagram, and got no sound. After testing with a multimeter, and also connecting the hot lead directly to each pickup, I realized my pot chamber wiring was working. Then I noticed the error in connections on the switch.
Strange, every 3 way switch I look up from Stew Mac to Gibson examples show the ground lug located between the neck and bridge connector, and the hot going to the S1. I’m confused.
Yep. I have the same story. Having researched a bit, it would appear that switchcraft toggles are configured as the video explains. Many of the less expensive offerings have the ground on the stud behind the hot leads. I reused the one that came in the Fernandes I'm redoing and encountered the same problem. I imagine it's the same with most foreign-made pieces.
Well it looks like there is a way to 100% certain. The “hot” will always be the ones that look like two terminals together, where the ground looks like one thick, solid terminal. Hope this helps.
I followed your instructions to a T. As a first time solderer imagine my surprise when everything worked perfectly. Thanks Breja ToneWorks so much for your invaluable help.
This is the best explination of coil splitting that I have seen.Thank you
Greetings.
You make very important content for the entire You Tube community.
Thank you for this work.
I hope that your channel will still have new content.
Thank you and wish you health and well-being.
Thank.
Sincerely, Vitaly from Ukraine .
Maaaaaaaan, I should've gone to your channel from the start. Been looking for a dual coil split schematic and this made it super simple and clear.
Thank you very much!
You are a LEGEND! I wired my first custom strat with this video along with your explanation of wiring a 3 way lever switch. I am deeply grateful. THANK YOU!
You have the hands down best videos of showing diagrams and explanation.. thanks...pex
great vid. you have the best guitar wiring and tone channel on youtube that i have seen. thanks.
it worked, i bought a push pull pot like two years ago, and got totally mixed up, i gave up for a long long time now it works man thx
what an absolutely brilliant tutorial layout.
MUCH more to the point
MUCH more clear on what goes where
thankyou for the help!
Fantastic job of breaking this down. I really needed the help! Thanks for putting this up.
Exactly what I needed for a project I'm doing right now!
This work so well with my TV jones ! with a 22uf capacitor it's sound great. And to be able to slipt coil is amazing. I spend hours trying on my own with no success. Great job man ! thanks
Thanks for this! Best video showing the wiring diagram!
Aside from my 3-way switch being backwards from what is shown in this diagram (i.e. hot lead is where ground is pictured, ground is where hot lead is pictured), I was able to wire a Les Paul clone with this configuration and now have a Bill Lawrence L500XL in the bridge and a Duncan 59 in the neck with coil splitting. And it's a killer sounding guitar! Thanks Breja ToneWorks!
Holy shot dude, you’re a life saver! I have been searching for so long for this diagram for my custom Tele! Really well explained!
Dude!! Extremely clean and concise information. I'm working with this right now, and after I finished, every thing worked but, the tone doesn't do any tone changes. Coil splits work fine. Just no tonal changes when turning the knob. I'm going to try another tone DPDT pot. Thanks again
Arrgh so close! LOL Im trying to do this but with two tone controls and phase switching on neck but no coil tapping. Your videos are really well done
Your vids are the best, so helpful!
Dude, you saved my night!!! I was having trouble with this wiring config, due to many brand schematics and few PRS documentacion. I gotta try this tomorrow.
thank you so much for this video, i have 2 volume 1 tone / coil tap and i was able to easily figure it all out with this video ! , the actual diagram that came with my pups did not have the right setup ,but this worked great, thank you !
Thank you so much! This is exactly what I was looking for. And very clear and easy to follow. I appreciate it very much!
Do you have a video to wire 2 humbuckers, 1 volume, 1 tone, 5 way selector
and a toggle to spit coils?
Did you find a video with a 5 way? Thats what i am trying to do now
@@toxichompdiepsplixio3921 me too! Did you find anything?
@@JackHartley-lf5mv nah man I just used Seymour Duncan diagram. Looks like you have to have two coil split switches to do it though one for each humbucker
@@toxichompdiepsplixio3921 www.bareknucklepickups.co.uk/support#wiring-diagrams-schematics
Check out 2 humbuckers with 5 way switch. You don't need a switch as I've had it on a guitar before.....I've asked the guy who made the guitar to do a wiring diagram for me. I'll send it to you when it's done if you want?
I found you while searching for a peculiar wiring example which I cant seem to find scouring for couple weeks now all over the internet for whatever reason. It is an example of a 80s era wiring that was ahead of it's time. I've been to forums watched a 100 videos and I'm still hung up on this bass guitar. You make it very easy to understand for someone who doesnt know their way around a circuit and I thought I heard you mention in one of your videos that if somebody wanted to see something specific to email you and you would make a video if possible. I dont know my way around UA-cam either so this was the only means I found of contact you. Can you please help I am sure that I cannot be the only person looking for such an example.
wow.... have to install new pots on my G&L. exactly what I was looking for. ty
Perfect instruction, all went great, except my switch ground was reversed, took me a bit to sort! Sounds great, easy to follow!
As always very clear guide.
Thanks for this. Worked a charm today.
Your video's are very helpful thank you for sharing this information
Thanks.
It has helped mod of my prs cu 24 w/ 5-way selector switch to toggle switch w/ push/pull pot.
From South Korea.
I just finished doing mine thanks a million!
Finally! Thanks for this.
Very helpful. Could you advise this similar wiring for a 2 humbucker (burstbucker 2 neck) and (burstbucker 3 bridge) with single volume, single tone, with a 3 way toggle switch? I have seen so many ones out there, and all have been frustratingly different. Thanks in advance!
This looks a lot like the parts of a Daisy Rock Venus Standard Elite. I just wish I knew what the wiring colors are. Not listed on your pickup wiring guide.
Excellent video. Can you show this wiring using CTS push/pull pots? Thanks
Don, the switch wiring is wrong again. What you specify as S1, is actually the ground, and your ground is the output that goes to the volume pot. I just finished this project yesterday and I had to compare your diagram with other diagrams. Then switched the S1 in your diag to ground and ground to S1 and everything worked. But thank you for an awesome channel.
It depends on your switch. Some have the Ground and Hot lugs opposite. I wish there was a consistent standard to guitar parts. It's frustrating as hell.
+Breja ToneWorks What a relief, I was so much into following your diagram which works perfectly, except for my reverse switch. That makes sense. Thank you for the amazing work you share with everybody.
Now I see that I need to re-solder my guitar :)) Because I have used your old video as tutorial and now it seems wrong.
Wouldn't the 3 way selector switch determine which pickup is split? I understand the single push pull pot will make both coils split at the same time, but really they won't be if you only have the neck or bridge selected on the toggle, then both if selected in the middle position, am I right?
By adding the volume push pull you could have the neck split and the bridge humbucker or vice versa when the toggle is in the middle and only one knob pulled ( or one pot in the pulled position ).
This is amazing! Thank you so much!
I have a telecaster with a hotrails pickup that i hooked into the volume push pot instead of tone pot the same way you did it, but you used the tone pot, , would it make a difference if I used the push pot as the volume pot, or vice versa. Same wiring just different pot.
Hello, the wiring diagram is almost fine, but in the 3 position switch, the common and the ground are inverted. I mean that the wire which goes from S1 in the switch to L1 of the volume pot has to go to ground, and the wire which goes from G in the switch to ground in the volume pot has to go to L1 in the volume pot.
just curious can you have 4 pots but 2 tone 2 volumes but only use one pot for splitting both humbuckers
i have a similar setup but instead my pickups are 2 wire and my tone pot is not a push pull how would i wire this up ? dual 2 wire pickups , 3 way switch , tone and volume knobs
I always have this diagram on my HH guitars but one problem is the VOLUME when SPLITTING. Spliting the coils comes with low volume and one tip to balance it is PARTIAL SPLIT having with, in both North & South Finish wires tapped with 1.1k resistor on the neck and 2.2k resistor on the bridge instead of directly solder to ground. This is what the PRS is made of.
Thank you i now have this set up and it sounds great and gives me more options ,
WOW! Thank you a lot!!! Great explaination!
Hi man, thank you so much for this amazing helpful wiring videos. I have gibson DC Special with 2 p90's 1 volume 1 pushpull tone pot. I wonder if you can help me and for the others who will need this, but couldn't fine on internet about phase in and out wiring option with this configration. If it's possible for you to do a video, much appreciated ! Thank you so much!
He said doo doo at 1:15, but I digress, as an alternative, I think you can use the two middle lugs of your DPDT push-pull as your hots from the pickups
to the switch and the top and bottom lugs as the receiving terminals from the pickups themselves.
Can you do a series parallel video the same way?... I understand this wiring but i want to do a series parallel on my guitar... Cant find any helpful video
Great video! Very informative. Question: Would you have a video for coil split but the coil split control would also be the volume pot and not the tone pot? I'm not really using the tone control that much and having second thoughts about not soldering it but for the sake of might selling the guitar one day I'll solder it anyway. Thanks!
Thanks... just what I need. Very clear
Great tutorial. One question, as you are looking at the diagram of the tone and volume pots, is the dial you turn on the top side or bottom side?
I'm looking to wire three humbuckers, split each on independently, phase switch for each, and single tone and volume. Think of Brian Mays red special with humbuckers that split.
Hi Don, I have a HH + 3-way toggle + 1 - Vol pot. I have a Bill Lawrence L500XL ( bridge - 4 wire) & a Duncan ‘59( Neck classic 2 wire), I wanted to split the neck HB with a push-pull volume pot - flick the 3-way toggle up, pull out the push-pull volume pot and have only one of the coils of the neck pickup working, is this possible ? I would want a treble bleed on the push-pull too. If you could help me out, that’d be greatly appreciated. Ty
Would this be the same if the push pull was a volume?
I wish he would answer that !!
Do you happen to have a diagram of this exact wiring using the CTS P/P pot? Also... can you wire both pickups to the same tab on the p/p, if they are both being split at the same time? Or is it imperative they be separated to their own tab? Thank you! New subscriber here.
@@bsheen Same here, i tried it by using the volume as push pull and sadly it didnt work. A scheme would be appreciated.
Thank you so fuckin much! I completely botched the first install of my Seymour Duncan JB. I just finished getting it done right and it sounds fantastic!
You started this video saying you need a 4 wire pick up to split the coils, but this diagram shows 3 wire pick ups. please explain
The red and white wires are twisted together so they look like one wire in the diagram.
Can you do a coil split tutorial for 2 humbuckers, 2 volume, 2 tone, and 3 way switch please ?
Can you please do a 2 humbucker, 1vol, 1tone push/pull with a three way blade selector like you get on a prs
Man I just did my 2010 prs se custom 24 with this very diagram. The only difference is the tiny capacitor that's wired into the volume pot. I think it's a treble bleed? I'm not certain. Having said that, to replace the volume pot, I just wired the new cts pot to be identical to the alpha pot that was in the se. Then wired in the new push/pull pot the way this video shows. To me, it was very worth it.
@@Alex-sc8fx yeah I've just ended up replacing everything
I get ya man. I even replaced all the wire with some nice push back.
Thank you I could not find a diagram to split each independent with just one tone and one volume im doing a tele style build
Hi, do you have anything for a gibson sonex. I can't find anything on it. It has 2 humbuckers, 2 volumes, 2 tones, a 3 way AND 1 DIP SWITCH. IT DOESNT HAVE PUSH PULL POTS
Is there a way to do this set up but with no selector switch (2 independent vol with coil split and 1 master tone)?
Hi! I did this wiring in my Ibanez, but I have a Fender 3 way lever switcher. I don't know why, but when in middle position my HBs are always splitted (pushed or pulled, it doesn't matter, only one coil of each works). They work fine and split correctly in neck and bridge position, but I can't use both humbuckers with both coils at the same time (4 coils working at the same time). What did I do wrong??
Here is one, about this same set up, but instead of push pull pots, just add two switches for the coil split options.
Hi! Can you split them independently using an On-Off-On switch?
Thanks for this video it really helped me a lot! All is working but when I split the coil it looks like the inner coil is active and not the one with the screws. Is that wright?
Is there a way to do a similar system with seperate vol/tone pots for the two Pickups?
Can you do one with the coil splits not as push pull pots and with each humbuckers individually splittable? Please and thank you
Is there a diagram for this but with the push/pull on the volume pot?
what would i have to do so i could use a 5 way switch (humbuckers )with 2 tone 1 volume in this set up
1. Bridge Series Humbucker
2. Bridge Single Coil (South)
3. Bridge Humbucker + Neck Humbucker
4. Neck Single Coil (South)
5. Neck Series Humbucker
+solidwolf sixx Can only be done if you want to replace 5-way with 5-Way SuperSwitch. If so, email me at BrejaToneWorks@gmail.com and I can help ya. Don
Hey Don, how do you do the coil split for a 2 vol/ 2 tone HH Les Paul type guitar?
Hi Don,
Love your videos....great work. I would like to have the same setup but only have the neck split with the tone push pull. How would I do that please? Would I just tape the white and red wires from bridge together? What would position 3 be after doing that.........just neck humbucker?
thanks!
ive seen several different diagrams that puts the capacitor is on L3 to ground and the jumper going from L1 volume to L2 tone. and differences or advantages to doing this?
Would you please make “2 humbuckers 1 volume 3-way switch and coil split (bypass tone)”?
So, my setup is pretty stripped down: I took my sg and pulled out the neck p/u and pots leaving me w/ a single humbucker, volume and tone. Can I use my three way switch to split the coils on the remaining pick up? If so, what goes where? I have a Seymour Duncan pick up. Thnx
Love this, thanks. Just one question: If you weren't using a tone control pot and imagine in the diagram that's a simple DPDT toggle switch instead.....i'm guessing you would ground A1 & B1 straight to the back of the vol pot?
Can you make a video without the push/pull pots but covering a 2 humbucker 5 way switch wiring? Seems to be something that NO ONE covers online ANYWHERE.
Hi. The video you referenced where you made a mistake -- did you go back and correct it or is it still up? (I want to know in case I come across it. I'm trying like hell to understand this stuff, to no avail, so I'm confused enough as it is.
What if I want to use the volume pot for the coil split?
Hello
could you please tell me why the output of the selector is connected both to the volume and the tone
the signal is going to go where there is less resistance and ignore the other pot , wont it ?
Sorry if it's a dumb question, but don't you need a capacitor when wiring ? I'm very new to this.
Can you provide the circuit diagram for coil splitting in two 2way toggle switch and single connector humbuckers(bridge n neck) with 2 volume and tone pots
I got a Seymour Duncan installed in the bridge of my Schecter with coil split. When I got it back, this was inverted on the new pickup. So humbucker mode on the bridge is single coil on the neck. How can I fix this? I have no experience and am soon to replace my neck pickup and don’t have the cash to pay for someone to do it. While I like the versatility the set up gives me, I can’t smoothly switch from neck to bridge.
siempre sigo tus videos y aprendo mucho de ellos, pero me gustaría, de ser posible, que se incluya un test de prueba de los circuitos que se pueden ver. saludos
Hi, is there any chance that you could do a video on wiring a Gretsch Falcon style guitar. two pickups, master volume, tone and pickup selectors please and thank you
Hello there ! Thank you for all those informations !
But heres my question... I need to wire 2 humbucker,a 3 way switch for pickup selection , with a master volume and a master tone... But also i want to split my pickups with 2 independent 3 way switch (north - humbucker - south)
You'll need more complex electronics than that to pull off a North/hum/south split
Hi, I have a question for you concerning concentric pots on a Tele. I plan to use a 3 way switch with a single coil for the neck and a humbucker for the bridge. I would like to use the concentric pot for the volume of both pickups and single for the tone control. Is this advisable and would you happen to have diagram for this setup? Regards.
Don, Awesome video....I am trying to figure out how to do this for my HH (currently has 2 stacked vol and tone controls and a 3 way selector
Someone mentioned a "Superswitch" to replace the current 3 way switch... would this be possible and how would I do a 2 vol 2 tone setup similar to what you have shown here? -or- would putting in a separate switch be easier? Thanks!!!
+Tricko I just emailed you a possible solution. It's based off Fender's Blacktop Series which I have a few videos of out here on my channel.
A Humbucker pickup needs a 500k pot and a single coil needs a 250k pot; what do you do when you have a push pull pot and a you are splitting the coil? is the value of the pot also changing?
So, in case i do not want a tone pot, cause i do not find myself using it at all on my guitar, and i've just ordered some parts to do a rewire on my guitar. Uhm, in case i do not want a tone pot and it will be just another push-pull vol pot for the other pickup. Does this diagram stay the same?
Hi Don, In your diagram, if I figure this right, when split you get the "slug" coils only. Is this the common way to split? I'm thinking I'd rather the "screw" coils only, and if I have this right I should swap the black and green wires on my Seymour Duncans?
Hey Greg...Green/Black are your Coil Splits. White and Bare are Ground and Red is your hot.Don
With this scheme, for some reason when I switch on the bridge pickup, the south coil of the neck pickup is still working ... any idea?
I had the same problem, so I had to check everything. I turned my humbuckers from 2 into 4 wires myself and one of the wires was touching another. Probably you should check connections too...
What about the capacitor value? That's the one thing you didn't mention.
Can we please get this without the Coil Split. First time wiring a guitar from scratch, and I’m trying to be meticulous. The wires you attached to the coil split, what happens to those if there wasn’t a coil split? Thank you.
You just tape them off so they don't make contact with anything, and leave them alone...but I'm sure you have figured this out by now.
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I got a newbie question, after I did this mod I found out both north coils were split, which is not the middle position tone i was going for. I wanted both outer coils. How do i go about doing it? I did it on the volume put with alligator wires and I just connected the one I wanted to change, to the hot of the volume. I just don't understand how to do the same on the tone pot.
Hey there. Any chance of two humbuckers and a five way switch? Would be interesting. Thanks!
New to soldering,
When the grounds are connected for example at 1:09, do the wires all have to be in the same pool of solder, or do they just have to be touching the volume pot? As long as they're touching the same surface they don't necessarily have to be touching each other to get on the same ground circuit right?
Yes exactly