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The Pickup Place / Re: HSS Pickups Wiring

« on: December 17, 2015, 06:41:27 AM »

I would just try to wire it on a standard 5 way, along with 500k pots with .22 capacitors

Thank you very much for the info! I'd also like to put push-pull pot, for splitting the humbucker into single coil. However, I haven't done all this before (soldering I have, but I was never doing pickup wiring), so I'd appreciate a detailed explanation or scheme on how to do it (which wire/capacitor goes where, etc). Sorry for these noob-ish questions, but I'm sure there's no better place to seek for an advice on this than DM Forums

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The Pickup Place / HSS Pickups Wiring

« on: December 16, 2015, 07:14:02 PM »

Hello everyone!

I'm about to purchase this pickup combo from DM:

PAF Master (Bridge)
Virtual Vintage Blues (Middle)
Fast Track 1 (Neck)

These are the short specs of the guitar I wish to upgrade with these pups:

Construction: Neck-thru
Body: Ash
Neck: Hard maple
Fretboard: Palisander rosewood
Number of Frets: 24
Bridge: Licenced Floyd Rose
Pickup configuration: HSS



My idea is to replace muddy stock pickups (all three around 7,8-8 DC resistance) with these Dimarzios, in order to achieve more clarity, more dynamics and more versatility. I play a lot of different styles, all the way from electric blues, rock'n'roll, old school heavy metal, neo-classical, to old school thrash metal.

I wanted to ask you guys if you could provide me with an advice or two, maybe the wiring scheme for combining these 3 pickups, and tell me what pots/switch, etc should I put in with them to unleash their full potential.

Best regards!