Members Belva Posted April 11, 2009 Members Share Posted April 11, 2009 I recently aquired a pickguard from a strat type guitar. The pickups on this one have 3 wires. Red, shield & white. The pup covers say "duncan designed". The red & shield were hooked to ground while the white hooked to the switch in typical strat fashion. What the heck do I have? Can I series/ parallel these? Anyone seen these before? I only been playing with guitar wiring for about a year so I'm still a noob. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members katillac Posted April 12, 2009 Members Share Posted April 12, 2009 If it's a single coil, there is no series/parallel. It's the same principle as a four-wire humbucker with shield - one wire is north, the other is south, and, of course, the shield is ground. On a four-wire humbucker, there are two wires for each coil (one north, one south). I think if you reverse the red and white, you're reversing phase or it's like using a reverse wound pickup. One of those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WRGKMC Posted April 12, 2009 Members Share Posted April 12, 2009 Its a low hum design only. I have a demarzio the same way. It just helps to ground out hum. I suppose you could center tap a single coil, but a center tap would only make the same sound weaker, maybe a littel more high end like a high ohm vs a low ohm coil would have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members katillac Posted April 13, 2009 Members Share Posted April 13, 2009 How do you center tap a single coil? I need to find an online resource for more information on pickup design. Google time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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