wiring diagram for stang S-H

markocaster · Post by **markocaster** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 5:16 am

I suck at wiring schematics anyone got tone for a mustang with a bucker in the bridge and 1 single coil at neck

Post by **Doog** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 7:11 am

The bucker will likely have 4 wires- find out the colour code online (you didn't specify the brand), use the hot and ground wires and tape the other 2 together.

markocaster · Post by **markocaster** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 10:18 pm

Doog wrote:

The bucker will likely have 4 wires- find out the colour code online (you didn't specify the brand), use the hot and ground wires and tape the other 2 together.

Thanks Doog , its a seymore duncan has 4 wires

rodvonbon · Post by **rodvonbon** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 12:14 am

markocaster · Post by **markocaster** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 5:36 am

sweet, thanks

Post by **Mike** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 8:46 am

That's a really useful post, Rod.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 11:19 am

hilarious too.

i think i have all my fender humbuckers wired as single coils now.

DGNR8 · Post by **DGNR8** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 2:25 pm

I was with you until I got to the NORTH START SOUTH FINISH PART. WTF? I understand the concept of polarity in the magnetic fields, but I am not sure what it does.

rodvonbon · Post by **rodvonbon** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 3:27 pm

North / south refer to each coil and start / finish are the beginning and end of the windings. This will either claer things up or make you more confused.

Seymour Duncan wrote:All Seymour Duncan humbuckers with four-conductor hookup wires incorporate a standard wire color code.

GREEN = start of adjustable/south coil
RED = finish of adjustable/south coil
BLACK = start of stud/north coil
WHITE = finish of stud/north coil

For standard series humbucking operation on a 4-Conductor wired humbucker the White & Red wires are soldered together and taped; Green is ground and Black is Hot Output. The bare wire is always grounded.

And this is kind of basic, but the second paragraph speaks volumes.

Seymour Duncan wrote:Phase refers to the relationship of two sine waves (signals) to each other. If both signals are at their highest peak (+) at the same time they are in phase. If one signal is at its highest peak (+) while the other signal is at its lowest peak (-) they are 180 degrees out of phase. While a complicated and lengthy explanation of this phenomenon is possible, guitar electronics are fairly simple and a basic understanding goes a long way to ensuring your guitar works properly.
Humbucking pickups have the individual coils connected in opposing phase and each coil uses opposite polarities of a single bar magnet. If either of these two conditions is not met the resulting tone will be thin and nasal sounding. It is the combination of these two elements that give a humbucking pick up it's strong full tone with the majority of hum being cancelled The same thing applies to single coil pick ups. It is the combination of opposing phase and magnetic polarity between a RwRp single coil and a standard single that causes the combination to be noise canceling.