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General => Open Discussion => Topic started by: LaceSensor on July 21, 2023, 09:01:15 AM

Title: Humbucker coil splitting advice adventure
Post by: LaceSensor on July 21, 2023, 09:01:15 AM
Hi all

I am intrigued by the Charvel DK24 HH pickup switching options.

(https://www.fmicassets.com/Damroot/Original/10001/highlight_char_controls_DK_2pt_HH_Coil_Split.png)

I have scoured the internet for a wiring diagram and happened across this

(https://forum.seymourduncan.com/filedata/fetch?photoid=6054155)

My issue is I dont have the original pickups to play with (which are expensive SD units)
I do however have some Duncan Design 4-wire humbuckers to experiment on!

Main problem however seems to be the way the hot and coloured wires work on the Duncan Designs
The SD have the North Start (Black) as Hot, and the South Start (Green) as ground
The Dunc Design have the North Start (Black) as Ground, and the South Start (Green) as hot

Would it be so simple as, following the wiring diagram, swapping around the green and black wires?
I assume this, if it worked, would just mean the positions as it relates to the specific "inner/outer" coil that was active might just be flipped over from pos 2 and pos 4 on the selector switch...?

I am hopefully reliably informed that all humbuckers have the same "orientation" of the coils meaning North is always slug, South is Screws

Any help would be much appreciated as Ive never attempted wiring something so complicated and the diagram isnt exactly the best (!)

Cheers
Title: Re: Humbucker coil splitting advice adventure
Post by: LaceSensor on July 21, 2023, 10:23:30 PM
I got it figured out

Cheers if you had a look and were (at first, maybe) as confused as me!
Title: Re: Humbucker coil splitting advice adventure
Post by: gordo on July 21, 2023, 11:22:20 PM
What does the auxiliary switch do?  Otherwise it seems very Ibanez-ish.
Title: Re: Humbucker coil splitting advice adventure
Post by: LaceSensor on July 21, 2023, 11:30:19 PM
Quote from: gordo on July 21, 2023, 11:22:20 PM
What does the auxiliary switch do?  Otherwise it seems very Ibanez-ish.

series / parallel switch
Title: Re: Humbucker coil splitting advice adventure
Post by: gordo on July 22, 2023, 03:03:39 PM
Duh, if I'd taken the time to trace it out.  Thanks!