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Two-Pickup Guitar Wiring Guide

The document provides a detailed hookup diagram for a two-pickup guitar with a Sustainiac installed, including instructions on soldering connections and grounding. It emphasizes caution against soldering the ground wire and includes specifications for different types of pickups. Additionally, it outlines the orientation of connectors and wiring to avoid interference and ensure proper functionality.

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Two-Pickup Guitar Wiring Guide

The document provides a detailed hookup diagram for a two-pickup guitar with a Sustainiac installed, including instructions on soldering connections and grounding. It emphasizes caution against soldering the ground wire and includes specifications for different types of pickups. Additionally, it outlines the orientation of connectors and wiring to avoid interference and ensure proper functionality.

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CAUTION: Do not solder ground wire HOOKUP DIAGRAM 2PU-5

"DUMMY COVER"

BRIDGE PU
to switch body of pot/switch control. TWO-PICKUP GUITAR

DRIVER
Solder to potentiometer section or to small
WITH SUSTAINIAC INSTALLED

IF HB SIZE
solder tab. Switches have plastic parts
inside which will melt!
OR,
TWO-POT STYLE,
POTENTIOMETER solder TELE-TYPE 3-POSITION SWITCH
Solder ground to tab (must give up tone control, or add
connection here. optional toggle switch harmonics control.
First, file off plating. FOR IBANEZ GUITARS:
SWITCH Use existing output jack
jack. Connect
not here green wire to the unused terminal.
PE
TY
EL Y
RR BOD
BA A DED
RE
BOTTOM VIEW RING TH

OF PU SELECTOR HARMONICS. Make sure all shields


TIP
TIP
RING
mix cap and pot bodies are
RING

SHIELD
polarity MIX connected to ground
B C not
CAP. OFF VOL. TIP
important
both RING
B ON
DUNCAN humbuckers:
N Output ("hot") is BLACK.
both Coil tap wires white/red.
Ground wire is GREEN,
C also BARE (shield) wire.
N
PULL Dimarzio humbuckers:
MIX Output ("hot") is RED.
Coil tap wires white/black.
These wires might Ground wire is GREEN,
need shielding if also BARE (shield) wire.
grunge is present.
OPTIONAL IN-LINE TYPE PU SWITCH

Harmonic RED
WHT Splice
B1 M1N1C1 C2 B2 M2 N2

Mode gain

10-pin connector
GRY
8-pin connector

VIO
GRY Keep white, orange, (8-pin)
BRN
BLK and bridge pu wires SHORT. BLK
YEL Orient board so that 8-pin connector
GRN
XX ORN
is close to pickup selector
BLU VIO
PU level
ORN WHT
1
sustainer BLU 2
4
5

BATTERY
gain YEL 3 6
NPU
BOOST
Twist and SWITCH

keep short and away Orient board with DRIVER POLARITY: If you don't get
mostly fundamentals in NORMAL mode, BOOST
from guitar signal 8-pin connector

9V
then reverse the red/black driver wires. OPTIONAL NECK PICKUP
wires. (may need close to pickup
It means that your bridge pickup has BOOST/EQ SWITCH
shielding if grunge selector. Cut white (can be push-pull, etc.)
or oscillation present) reverse polarity from most bridge
and orange wires short. If not used, cut violet,
pickups. white off short.

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