Dimarzio Humbuckers: Series vs Parallel Wiring

A short video showing how to wire Dimarzio pickups in Series or Parallel.

[@MetalMan1245]

All I wanted was DiMarzio wiring color codes, and I discovered something that sounds pretty interesting, and I'm pretty sure got what I wanted.

[@colinhorwood363]

Hi Kevin glad to see and hear you on the bands. Colin from the UK 😊

[@SergeiVlassov]

In my experience (have several different humbuckers that can be switched from series to parallel) the difference is not "slightly brighter", but really big! Parallel sounds really single-coilish, with much more open high frequencies, but still hum-canceling. I often prefer parallel to split or real single coils. Having a switch from series to parallel gives very good flexibility in tone. You can use it as a screamer-type booster - playing light crunch in parallel more, but then switching to series for soloing and having the boost in volume and mid frequencies, with smoother trebles, without hitting any pedal.

[@Nijoto]

Hey man, thank you so much for this video. I have been so stumped over the wiring schemes. This is the only video I've seen that is clear, concise, and to the point. Coupled with DiMarzio's wiring diagrams, I can finally make sense of what I am doing. Will you be posting videos on how to wire for splitting pickups? It would be very helpful if you did. Thank again!

[@Brendanglo]

This was a huge help. I used this tutorial on a DiMarzio Tone zone "S" stratocaster pickup. Same wire colour codes.

[@chadaaron8517]

Thanks! Finally got mine workin thanks to your easy illustration. Tone Zone sounds great too.

[@417ah7]

Best explanation I have heard yet, thanks.

[@eduardolussari6834]

Best Powerpoint presentation ever.

[@adamschronk3620]

This told me exactly what I needed to know! Much appreciated!

[@SpiderMan-gv5is]

I usually don't give thumbs up for videos on youtube but this one really deserved one. Thanks dude!!!

[@tekkau2]

Really thanks for sharing this useful knowledge, I fixed my Stratocaster and pickup set both bought second-hand . Now it sounds like heaven:D

[@thephoenixcycle8854]

Nice! Very informative and l appreciate the simple but effective signs. Thank you

[@whateverisclever2759]

Thank you helped me out a lot, been searching all night n now I get it lol

[@mdallen5]

Thank you! The cards allowed me to screen shot for reference.

[@chapperbone]

Thanks mister! Very helpful.

[@leeyandzlim7763]

I kept the black and white wires taped together and used the red wires of each pickup (hot output) for the tone switch. Saved the day for me today! (HSH, Rg370dx) =Air Norton(neck) HS-1(midl) Tone Zone (bridge)😉😎😊

[@ryker6richard]

Excellent demonstration,,,,, Thanks......

[@matiascardo]

Thanks Man! Was Really HelpFull

[@HoosierLine]

Actual can go 3 ways using a mini toggle switch DPDT in on-on-on configeration. Series, parallel ( full left or right position on toggle) and in center position single coil. Works great on a single humbucker guitars. Dimarzio has the wiring diagram on their website. :-)

[@glennpettersson9002]

thank you so much you saved another Dimarzio from the bin.

[@hugodx1000]

You are the best!!

[@AndreaMercurioMusic]

Eccellent video, worked perfectly for me

[@solilacio]

Excellent video dude 😮

[@javierarias1199]

Thanks man ,,, super helpfull

[@drinoyoutubechannel9757]

Thank you!AvClear and really helpful video.

[@richardscali3653]

Wiring in series worked out fine

[@dennislydon-dt4mq]

Great explanation, thanks

[@martkent8210]

watched this vid a few times,then put a dimarzio super distortion into an epiphone lp.thanks!

[@peterstroncek6340]

Hi, Im about to install my new PAF7 pickups. Was skeptical about help, explanation about whole thing...and voila!!! the first video I clicked, everything nicely explained! :D TONS OF THANKS for making this video!!!! Well done!!!!!!! Liked and Sobscribed ;)

[@SharpEdgeStandardOfficial]

Great video thanks!

[@Fenderlin6]

Great demo! So what if i want to make it parallel and intall an external switch to split the pickup manualy i just put the black and green in a pin and the other pin to ground?

[@johnmac9002]

Great video thanks

[@trafalgarsquare9019]

Un héroe que haga este video en español por favor !!!!!!

[@crummockiphail9720]

I was looking at how the pickups were wired inside my Ibanez (factory stocked with Dimarzio) and it looks like the bridge is wired in series, but the neck... It's got white wired as hot, red and green soldered and taped off, and black and bare as the ground. Any idea what that is?

[@xviltheone]

I recently bought two DiMarzio DP-166 humbucker pups and I have an ESP LTD M-50 which had esp factory pickups installed.I tried installing my new pups according to this video (the wiring diagram provided with the pups was the same) but I get no sound from my guitar. Any ideas why this is happening?I soldered and tapped the black and white wires together, soldered the bare and green to the ground and the red wires which is supposed to be the hot I wired them straight to my three way 8-plug switch.What am I doing wrong?

[@GuitarZen83]

If I want to tap the hum bucker and I want the coil closest to the neck to come on when split how would I wire it?

[@richardscali3653]

Just bought DiMarzio Ultra-Bass pickups and wired them in series. After awhile I tried to wire them in parallel in accordance to this video and 3 other articles. It seemed simple enough but there was no sound at all after wiring in parallel

[@Makish...]

Hi sir, i have the following in my Ibanez RG3250MZ: Neck = Air Norton Middle = True Velvet Bridge = Tone Zone I do not know yet if its wired in Parallel or Series. I do not modified the wiring yet. I plan to remove the tone knob so that it will sound like Paul Gilbert guitar. But, should my pickups be wired to Parallel or Series? Which wiring should i use?

[@fraterlemuele.s.l.d.6435]

What about a video explaining Splitting coils and the different wiring variations of your experience?thank you for this!

[@swmorgan515]

Thanks, very helpful. I was hoping I could wire up a two-hum, 3-way setup (classic LP) so that the middle toggle flips to the neck hum in Parallel, but the other two settings are the pickups in series. Is this possible?

[@guitarguts5530]

I don't know how you would do that with a standard Les Paul switch.

[@nethbt]

Hi guitar guts, If I convert my Dimarzio humbucker to a 2 conductor wiring scheme, will it affect the sound?

[@skipbass2771]

i was wondering can you wire this up to a push pull pot down would be series up parallel?and if you had 2 humbucker guitar could this be done useing 1 push pull for both pickups or would you have to have a push pull for the neck and a push pull for the bridge?

[@TheIronWord]

3:27 if your putting this in a les paul and want it wired normal in series.

[@giutarmastersergey]

Really Thanx a lot

[@electricbogan8162]

im new to this so bare with me now lol, my buddy just gave me a bridge dimarzio humbucker and i believe its a 2 conductor. it has black wire white wire, and a ground.. i have my white soldered to the 3 way selector on one lug and my ground soldered on the selectors ground.. now i have black where does it go?

[@jhelmuth87]

I just wired my hss ibanez in series following this video with a PAF pro in the bridge. When I have the bridge and middle on it sounds very thin and low output. The bridge by itself sounds good and middle by itself sounds good. Any help is appreciated.

[@VViNeTu]

*Great channel! Could you help me please; I ve got Dimarzio Cruiser bridge humbucker and neck Seymour D. Quarter pounder single coil...what would be the best way to wire them together (3 way toggle, 1 volume and 1 tone pot)?*

[@johannessilver8653]

Thanks but how do the wires go in these Pups in case you have both series and parallel alternatives in use like older ones do have? I am about to put Titan neck pup in with that feature.

[@thecyberpatch]

hi there! I usa the serial mode, but I used to solder the white and black wire together to the 6th point (8 points total in my 5 position switch). when I use the second position the sound seems out of phase... it is quite good, but I thought it could be bettere as the link from the humbucker and the single coil in the middle position. HAve you some suggestion for me? I'm pretty unexperienced. thnx

[@MardianGitar-xy6hh]

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[@georgeg4136]

How to convert a 3 wire humbucker in to 2 wire, like standard LP humbucker?

[@pedroalagos9771]

The inner wires are all black how to know wich one is red, black or green??

[@Easystreet208]

Would you Recommend soldering the blk and wht together?

[@thephoenixcycle8854]

So i want my X2N to be as badass and rowdy as possible would keep as a series or make it a parallel?

[@drankurbaruah]

I understood all 4 conductors.. and the series and parallel wiring completely. I can visualise the coils and understand how the thing works. What I don't understand is the bare conductor which goes to ground. Where does it come from within the pickup? Let's say green is the beginning of one coil.. and ends as black wire. And white is the beginning of the other coil and ends as the red. Ergo, black + white puts the two coils in series. And red is the final "hot" output of the two coils and goes to vol pot, carrying signal with it. Understood. Where does the bare wire figure in this? Where does it rise from?

[@carpediemarts705]

That is a good question.

[@musikbandcocktail]

The Seymour Duncan standard wiring diagram says you have to soldered red& white togehter and taped them off. The green/bare goes to the ground and black is the output!?

[@djgaryowens]

SD and DiMarzio have different colour codes why cant there be one standard for all it gets confusing dosent it.

[@guitarguts5530]

Black is the hot output on most Seymour Duncans. Red is hot output on most Dimarzios.

[@guitarguts5530]

Correct.

[@grofmerty]

Hi ! What happens if I just split black and white wire? - Thanks man ! 😎👍 👍

[@mtaygoldin]

great help. thanx a lot!

[@thecoverstory1]

Just ace

[@melexdy]

i ve heard people say neck parallel might sound like a high output single coil .

[@guitarguts5530]

Not exactly. It sounds more like a lower power, subdued version of the Humbucker to me. Split coil might do what you are talking about.

[@abhishekmusic90]

Sir, please make video......HOW CONNECT A DMARZIO OR another PICKUP TO DIRECT FEMALE JACK ? No need to require equalizer

[@carpediemarts705]

Red and ground to jack.

[@roncarter2188]

So most guitars that come with two humbuckers, 1 volume, 1 tone and a three-way switch, are usually wired in series? Is that correct?

[@danieldebiaze9379]

correct man ;-)

[@dekzan]

Please, does it matter which side the pole pieces are placed ?

[@guitarguts5530]

Yes, with many pickups, it can change the tone based on how the pickup is oriented in the pickup cavity. If you google "Dimarzio pickup orientation", you can find a list published by Dimarzio that describes the differences.

[@dekzan]

@@guitarguts5530 Thank you !

[@guitarforumdude]

Thank you! I have a Chopper T I want to install, but the generic instructions mentioned a "bare" wire, BUT THERE'S ONLY 4 WIRES ON THE CHOPPER T! DiMarzio, you can do better than this for those of us that aren't interested in being a luthier ffs!

[@LHoriginal]

my red wire is soldered to the white, and the green is soldered to the ground

[@kurtcobain9776]

Configuración de Humbucker Dimarzio From Hell EN SERIE Resultado : Sonido : Muy frío y con poco brillo Interferencia : ninguna El volumen : no tiene mucha ganancia El tono : sin ganancia o casi nula ------------------ EN PARALELO POLARIDAD INVERTIDA Resultado: Sonido : poderoso para los riff , buen bajo , buen brillo Interferencia : mucho ruido de interferencia al tocar partes de la masa de la guitarra Volumen : alta ganancia Tono : trabaja normal --------------- EN PARALELO Resultado : Sonido : tiene buen cuerpo los bajos , medios y agudos Interferencia : ninguna Volumen : buena ganancia Tono : trabaja normal

[@pmorra6608]

It would help if the companies making pickups knew how to explain things so clearly, rather than just saying red is hot, bare is ground, blaaaah, etc. Often the instructions coming together with the pickups are not half this crystal clear.

[@path8375]

Single coil pickup with 4 conductor leads?! Nah uh...

[@sachiplummer962]

stacked single actually a humbucker . supposed to sound like a single but quieter.

[@hadleymanmusic]

Possible full single coil or tapped into 2 coils

[@pat_rickh9117]

pls dont do this videos,

[@montag4516]

pls dont do this comments,