Switch Wiring for Dual Coil Pickups with 4-conductor cable
series treble coil red (humbucking) (bridge single coil) hot (black) white ground green SPDT (on-on) switch shield (or 1/2 of DPDT (on-on) switch)
series bass coil
green (humbucking) (neck single coil) hot (red) black ground white SPDT (on-on) switch shield (or 1/2 of DPDT (on-on) switch)
neck pu. green red
hot (neck) both pu's in series outer single coils black (humbucking) (humbucking) shield white ground bridge pu. shield green red DPDT (on-on) switch white black hot (bridge) ( or Push - Pull switch )
Switching to the outer single coils gives a "Tele" like sound for guitars and a "J" like sound for basses (if BOTH pickups have magnet North (or both magnet South) toward the neck)
red neck SC black parallel HB series HB hot (red) green ground white shield DPTT (on-on-on) switch
black bridge SC red parallel HB series HB hot (black) white ground green shield DPTT (on-on-on) switch
black red parallel HB series HB hot (black) white ground shield green DPDT (on-on) switch PICKUPS AND ELECTRONICS
Switch Wiring for Dual Coil Pickups with 4-conductor cable
black series HB white neck SC bridge SC hot (black) red
green ground
shield SPDT (on-off-on) switch
neck pu. green red
hot (neck) dual coils black outer SC's inner SC's white shield ground bridge pu. shield green red DPDT (on-off-on) switch white hot (bridge) black (all positions humbucking) Switching to the outer single coils gives a "Tele" like sound for guitars and a "J" like sound for basses (if BOTH pickups have magnet North (or both magnet South) toward the neck) Switching to the inner single coils gives a fuller tone with more mids.
HB = humbucking (dual coils with both coils on) SC = single coil
SERIES WIRING PARALLEL WIRING red black + red ground + + green _ neck coil _ neck coil _ bridge coil hot hot green white ground + bridge coil white _ black highest output level - best midrange 1/2 the output of series wiring with 50% more treble but less mids black (hot) black+red (hot) series wiring parallel wiring red ) (use tape or white shrink tubing green to prevent grounding) white shield +green ground ground +shield + red (neck)
