Seymour Duncan Humbuckers: Series Vs Parallel Wiring

[@the_deadofwinterofficial]

holy crap your video is like someone that studied for a presentation and actually rehearsed it before hand. straight to the point! thank you

[@nebula6084]

Thank you so much dude! Seymour Duncan made this information as hard as possible to find

[@Netanya-q4b]

I was like "man could someone just draw me a picture?" and this man did. Thank you sir!

[@karlalton3170]

Dude you have saved my day 😁 you could not of explained it more simpler or easier for anyone to understand on there first build like me cheers 😁😁😁🤘🤘🤘

[@XxStonedImmaculatexX]

Jesus christ thanks for the short and concise video. I couldn't find anything online or on you tube till I saw your video and it helps a lot!

[@devolve42]

It's been some time, but I finally stumbled across this video and it answers questions that I wasn't able to get a straight answer for until now. Thanks!

[@tonepoet]

Man, super helpful! I have both wiring diagrams and couldn't figure out what to do (neither said in series or parallel). Thanks for clearing this up!!

[@jonboyle7633]

Thanks, man. You clearly answered a very simple question. Green and Bare get wired together as ground.

[@jacksonvand.5016]

This is the best video: straight to the point!

[@TheMitjalovec]

Very simple and good explanation of what comes togeather for each mode. Thank you very much!

[@i3oosted]

Thanks for the colored drawing diagrams in the video, made all the difference!

[@AbigailPender]

glad I rediscovered this video so I could remember what I was doing when wiring my guitar all those years ago

[@minnmounts]

Wow! I'm looking at a Pearly Gates bridge and Vintage Rails from Seymour Duncan. You just told me EVERYTHING I needed! Thanks!!!!

[@Meow-182]

Does this go for neck and bridge

[@rockinroy]

genius is simplicity as you have demonstrated here in this video. it could not have been done any better. awesome demonstration and video.

[@rockitfighter]

Best direction. I went from series to parallel at the neck lil' 59 on my HSH Strat. Dramatic change, got the clarity I needed with little power drop.

[@mramlija]

Thank you! Done parallel wiring on 2 of my guitars. One with pearly gates SD and the other SD humbucking (can't recall exact model) which was too hot sounding. Now becomes more twangy and listenable to my own taste. Dropped volume output is just a minor setback tho.

[@generallee1959]

FANTASTIC. just swapped from series to parallel wiring on a lil 59 and JB jr in my stat.and the result is GREAT. it was just to muddy for my taste, not much loss in power just moved the pickup closer to the strings, and sounds a lot better. thanks for video I had no idea this could be done until seeing it thanks again.😀

[@johnsams6292]

Just put a lil 59 neck pickup in my bridge in parallel. Can't wait to see how it sounds

[@dimebucker]

Thanks for the illustration! Hooked up my TB-4 onto my Ibanez 540R and it sounds great!

[@ronburati257]

I use a short mini toggle between next to my pickup switch to change from series to parallel. Parallel is GREAT! Series has more mids and is definitely darker. I use parallel mostly with a SD SSL-5 Custom single coil at the neck (no middle pickup). Killer set up.

[@trav13371]

Parallel is the best wiring for a SD Invader. Considering keeping it in now! Love the video

[@MichaelBroyan]

Thanks a lot for the video. Helped me in my first installation. Got a Dimebucker for GAX30

[@jo.burgos]

LIFE SAVER - LOVE EM DRAWINGS!!!

[@sebastian993]

couple of points: 1. hot wires are soldered to the input of the potentiometer (left lug, looking from above), not the output lug (middle) which would go to the switch. 2. In parallel, hot (red) & ground are soldered to the top of pot & green goes to input (left lug, looking from above). 2 will give you a slightly brighter, more nasally sound akin to out of phase pickups

[@samuel.langhorne.clemens]

Finally an explanation that makes sense to me! Thank you.

[@andiwaow3327]

the best wiring explanation video

[@aksnak2905]

Andi Waow 100% agree

[@gregmacmillan842]

Thanks for the help. I found the Duncan pick up was out of phase with a fender gen 4 noiseless. I presume the phase is the same when hooked up with this parallel wiring so for me to get it in phase with the gen 4 I would have to run the green and white to hot?

[@ericmcgee323]

Outstanding explanation. Thanks! 🤘🏼😎

[@Micky-yo3ng]

Really nice delivery of information, thanks

[@loud56junior]

Thanks, great advice. I have a P90 stack that I hasn't really hit the spot, I found I prefer the back pickup in Series.

[@joebirddoe3948]

Actually...I have a Jackson Dinky JS 32M on the way...I will be putting a set of SD Black Winters in it...I installed a SD JB in the bridge of my ESP Kamikaze last night using your wiring diagram...works great! Thanks my man!

[@Meow-182]

Does this go for neck and bridge

[@joebirddoe3948]

@Ben-dj3jz It's been so long I can't remember...I no longer own the ESP. I do remember the SD JB is an awesome pickup!

[@OneDamNote]

Sweet, I had a neglected Epiphone G400 Hanging on the wall for a decade. It had a Invader put in before I found it. Worked alright a bit scratch and gritty with the old knobs, Replaced all those with new ones and wired for 50s Style, not bad for a 250 dollar guitar.

[@sevennotes8940]

I got caught off guard by the term output switch. I saw one video you did using the output jack as a switch for lighting I think. Is it the pickup selector switch you are referring to? I haven't been into a guitar in some time to see where wires go to and come from. Thanks.

[@joses.a.2]

Great video!!....thanks!

[@charlesabbott9605]

If I have a two wire EVH Frankenstein Humbuckers could you explain how to wire them in parallel? I thought they were made by Seymour Duncan but I may be wrong. Also this is a PRS Custom 24 with one volume one tone pot. Both pots are push pull American made aftermarket.

[@sashabagdasarow497]

You cannot, you need to have more wires.

[@MNGuitars]

Very helpful!! I have the jb, and a 59 neck, how would it sound with the neck series, bridge parallel? Can i wire the 59 parallel? It has the braided ground n inner hot

[@todds5956]

I’m putting Seymour Duncan invaders in my Sterling JP150 I matched color for color like the pickups that were in it and it cant be right. All works but sounds weird. The factory pick ups had the black and white soldered together. I did that with these and must not be correct.

[@dominicanboyz]

Is gibson pick up the same or how do you do it ????

[@CarlosMartinez-rh2tj]

Hi, need help, I bought new Seymour humb, I connect it as shown..black hot...wont work...however, I connect green as hot and it works...dont understand...

[@prhtasecuritycommittee8657]

Hi I used that combination with a seymour tb4 but got no sound...could it be that the other humbucker is not seymour and wiring is the normal with green hot....could that be it?

[@Shawn-rq4py]

I recently wired in new SD Pearly Gates pickups in my Epiphone LP. I wired it the first way and it sounds great if I use any of my pedals. However if I don't use any pedals the high treble strings are ear piercing loud while the lower strings sound great. Ive adjusted the height by Gibson standard height and also have played around w the height. Is there anything I can do to stop the harsh treble strings?

[@MultiDragola]

Shawn sounds like you pickup is too high on the the high e. Lower your pickup height on the right and should help

[@gitarbangsatchanel8036]

Humbucker bridge+neck with mode series and pararel..is it posible if i use just one switch?

[@Meow-182]

Does this go for neck and bridge?

[@guitaristpankajgoswami8548]

Hello sir thanks for this video.i bought seymour duncan yjm fury stk-10 pickup set.i installed pickups in my(lefty mexican fender strat) exact the diagram.now i have some issue with this pickups 1.its fully noiseless but my pickups has noise issue. 2.i think its righty pickup,but i installed in lefty guitar so the poles hights are change for my guitar.i can't get the actual tone of stk s-10 pickups. Now my quistion is how can i remove the noise and buzz from my guitar??? And is it possible to adjust the pole hight according to my requirements?if possible then how? Please sir Help me out from these problem.

[@cellulosefdr]

Parallel is so much better and more usable than coil split...I always add an extra push pull so I can make both humbuckers dual sound

[@nightshift-riffs8053]

Hi...My brand new Jackson has seymours that have the green wires going to the 3 way selector switch and red and white together and the black and bare to ground....i want to switch pickups but I dont understand why it came from the factory like this.....Can someone explain

[@stewarttomkinson3356]

OK well how do you wire them to a Stratocaster three-way 500 K pot switch?

[@GusMonkey13]

I'm gonna try it on my invaders, they really have too much power and not too much bright! Thanks, good video

[@sploosh0627]

How did it turn out

[@GusMonkey13]

They sounded much brighter and like p90. Turns out both were bridge pick ups and finnaly got the fishman fluence modern. But this is a great solution for rock sounds indeed

[@sploosh0627]

@@GusMonkey13 that's cool I have my guitar with a jb jr and one volume knob and it works great

[@GusMonkey13]

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[@nicvortec]

very apreciate, thank you

[@jedidiahvanfossen9725]

Okay I got a hot rail that came pre wired with tone, volume and 3-way switch. Can't find any diagrams to check it. It has the black and bare soldered to 3 way then to volume pot. White to 3 way. Red and green soldered together and taped. Is this right and what does the 3 way do in this configuration?

[@mikmo9269]

Mr VanFossen If it's an SD pickup then the red and green are the ground and hot from one half of the pu so what you describe means that half of the rail is isolated and inoperative. The other half is equally useless as both leads go to the selector and none to ground. Have a look on the SD website for wiring options.

[@anthonyarredondo2682]

Thank you !!!😁👍

[@aStrayforMyTime]

nice my exact guitar and was looking for this vid

[@AlHuerta]

Thank you sir!

[@apeekaboo]

Thanks! I'm gonna test the parallel setup. Seymour Duncan could have explained it this simple, but they didn't...

[@rogerrabbit710]

Hi sir, i have a question, hmm can i split the series wiring to parallel wiring with a pushpull or taping potensio? Thank you

[@austinshaw9111]

I'm pretty sure you can, I've seen people do it with toggle switches

[@abhishekmusic90]

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[@mrkentleong]

The best

[@darenpearse733]

Thanks great help

[@bretthuhn8666]

Awesome!

[@CarlosCastilla]

thanks!!!!!

[@allenbundy2771]

Thanks

[@hadleymanmusic]

I got some fleor rails wired like this code.

[@wrenchhead4378]

Great, great video... i love youtube

[@hadleymanmusic]

This is like the fleor

[@BobZed]

Install a push pull pot and you can switch between series and parallel.

[@xfighter1117]

Bob Z how can u? Please explain I want to do that with my bridge tele hot rail

[@ianseward9928]

SD do not show a correct electrical diagram . Lollar do and are correct . It would appear that SD connect in series but out of phase ? It should read end of coil connects to start of the next coil . They don’t . They have ends connected to ends .

[@simonebalboni8049]

Very useless video guitar guts! But what goin' on if a have a guitar with 2 Hum (for ex: JB on Bridge, 59 on neck pos) 1 volume, 2 tones and 2 mini switch for splitting the hum's into single coils? What is the correct wiring? Thank you for the answer!

[@guitarguts5530]

When you start throwing in mini switches, things get confusing pretty fast. It depends on what you want the switch positions to do. Seymour Duncan's website a lot of great wiring diagrams.

[@simonebalboni8049]

Ok dude! I'll give a look! Thank you!

[@laChupaWhat]

Great explanation!! thank you so much!