[schizo_deluxe]

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! 

[KH Guitar Freak]

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

[schizo_deluxe]

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

[DarthPhineas]

DiMarzio.com has diagrams for most wiring options.

http://www.guitarelectronics.com/category/wiring_resources_guitar_wiring_diagrams.3_pickup_guitar_wiring_diagrams/ also has some options.

[buddroyce]

Honestly, I would just wire it as a standard HSS with a coil tap when you're in between the bridge and middle pickups. I personally have never found a use for coil tapping the bridge pickup alone, but that's me.

[Pablo]

My favourite HSS wiring is as follows:

1) Bridge in series (traditional humbucker tone)
2) Bridge in parallel (to me more stratty than a split humbucker - no hum)
3) Bridge in parallel + middle (traditional Knopflerish tone)
4) Middle + neck
5) Neck

I essentially ommit the usual position 3 option of the middle PU by itself (as I never use it) and add a viable stratty bridge tone in its place.

With the PUs you've chosen, I would simply go with a 500kOhm logarithmic volume. Moreover, I only have one tone tone control on my HSS guitars and I always wire it to the neck PU. I usually use a 250kOhm no-load pot for this application.

Cheers

Eske

[buddroyce]

I gotta say, I do like Pablo's HSS wiring setup.