Transcription of Pickup Wiring Guide - Guitarfetish
1 Pickup Wiring Guide When Wiring to existing pickups- If in-between position is too thin you are out-of-phase. Just reverse the +. and ground leads on the GFS Pickup without disturbing the silver shield. On Tele Bridge pickups the baseplate ground lead must also be reversed. GFS Humbuckers may also be wired using Seymour Duncan Wiring codes. GFS 5 Wire Humbuckers, MM Pro Start Black = Ground N. End Silver Shield = Ground White Start Green = +. S. End Connect Red to White No Contact for Humbucker Solder all grounds at the same location- Back of Volume pot is best. Connect to ground for Single Coil In single coil mode Neck Humbucker uses ONLY Neck-side Coil, Bridge Humbucker uses only Bridge-side coil. To reverse these short red-white pair to + instead of ground. GFS Single Coils, P and J Bass White or Color = +. Black = Ground On Premium Sets: On Authentic Sets: Solder all grounds at the same location- Back of Volume pot is best. Blue = Bridge Highest K = Bridge For Pro Tubes- MIDDLE Pickup - RED=+, White=Ground Yellow = Mid Middle K = Mid White = Neck Lowest K = Neck Dream 90, Mean 90, NY II, Pro Tube Singles White = +.
2 Red or Black = Ground Silver = Case Shield Connect to ground If you are experiencing unusual handling noises, sometimes the Pickup will function best without the shield connected to ground, but Black or red lead must ALWAYS connect to ground. Ground lead is soldered to shield at factory- peel back some insulation to reveal it NECK Vol 250K. 5-Way Switch Black to Ground To Ouput Wire Highest Ohm (K). Jack + To Bridge, Lowest to Neck. MIDDLE. Tone 1. 250K. GND. Black to Ground Strat Wiring Diagram BRIDGE .047uf Tone 2. 250K. GND. Black to Ground Connect to Bridge Ground Tele Wiring Diagram Pro Tubes- 3-Way Switch .047uf NECK P/U. Red= +. GND. White= Ground Vol Tone 250K 250K. To Ouput Jack +. BRIDGE P/U. Les Paul Wiring Diagram Toggle Switch Out +. Suggested Pot and Cap Values Out- Connect to Cable Pots Shield Humbuckers= 500K. Rail Humbuckers= 500K. Overwound STrat Sets= 500K. + Vintage and Texas Strat Sets= 250K. Pro Tubes= 250K. Vol 2 Vol 1. - 500K 500K Caps Humbuckers= .022uf, .033uf for darker tone.
3 022uf .022uf Rail Humbuckers= .022uf or .047uf Single Coils= .047, .05 or .1uf for darker tone Pro tubes= .047uf + Tone 2 Tone 1. 250K 250K. GND GND.
