Members The Trump Posted January 15, 2008 Members Share Posted January 15, 2008 I'm in a pickle. I got a hot rails to put in my Mustang Bridge, but the thing is, I used to have a single coil in there, and now I have a mini-humbucker. The problem with that is that it's got 4 wires coming out of it, instead of two. How can I wire this up so that it's always a humbucker, and not a single coil? Would this be a good idea? A mustang has a out of phase/off/on switch for each pickup, so if I drop a hotrails in the bridge, would that mean that I'd have to redo the switch so that it'd be Single coil / humbucker/ out of phase or something like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pillimees Posted January 15, 2008 Members Share Posted January 15, 2008 To wire it so that it's always a humbucker, solder together the red and white wires and tape them off, then solder the green and bare wire to ground, and the black wire to wherever the signal goes (switches, pots etc). This way you shouldn't have to modify your switch either. If you're combining it with Fender pickups, though, you might have to solder the black (and bare) wire to ground instead, and green to the switch/pot. Otherwise the pickups might end up being out-of-phase when they should be in-phase, causing the little switches to behave wrong. If you want coil split (not coil tap, those are different things), see the instructions here:http://www.seymourduncan.com/images/products/electric/stratocaster/501015-100.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members scottso Posted January 16, 2008 Members Share Posted January 16, 2008 Forgive my ignorance but you mentioned that coil tap is not the same as coil split? What exactly is the difference? I always thought they were two phrases for the same thing, splitting a humbucker so only one coil is active... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Deaf Eddie Posted January 17, 2008 Members Share Posted January 17, 2008 The idea is correct and the advice is good, IF your pickup uses the Seymour Duncan color code. If it's a DiMarzio, the colors will be different: black and white are soldered together, red is hot and green is ground. Other brands may have still another color code. If you're not sure, read this: Testing a four-conductor pickup Here a little something you might want to read concerning coil-TAP, coil-SHUNT, coil-SPLIT, etc. A coil-tap is NOT The same as a coil-shunt or split. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pillimees Posted January 18, 2008 Members Share Posted January 18, 2008 The idea is correct and the advice is good, IF your pickup uses the Seymour Duncan color code. The OP mentioned using a Hot Rails humbucker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Deaf Eddie Posted January 18, 2008 Members Share Posted January 18, 2008 Your "tap and shunt" elocution is right on. Sorry, IMHO, the term "hot rails" has become too generic for me to assume that he has a Seymour Duncan pickup: A specific make and model number would help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pillimees Posted January 21, 2008 Members Share Posted January 21, 2008 I haven't heard of Hot Rails being used as a generic term for a rail-type humbucker, but then again I'm more of a traditional single-coils-and-PAFs kind of guy anyway. So I'll trust your experience in this and agree that, if the pickup isn't a Duncan, more info is needed to provide the correct wiring scheme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members munkie Posted January 23, 2008 Members Share Posted January 23, 2008 I've rarely seen many HB hot rails. do exist. Kent Armstrong Mother bucker is a Dual hotrail ( this but 2 in a HB spec ). that's about as HB size you can get as far as i know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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