Summary of Contents for Duncan 2 Humbucker
- Page 1 PICKUP INSTALL COURSE How to Swap Passive for Active Pickups: 2 Humbucker Style Guitar seymourduncan.com © 2020 Seymour Duncan...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
WIRING ROCK OUT! USING A REAMER Welcome! This is the companion workbook to your Seymour Duncan Tech Pickup Install Course. HOW TO USE THIS MODULE This course teaches you how to swap passive humbucking pickups for active humbuckers in a Download and save the workbook before starting 2-humbucker guitar. -
Page 3: What You Need
• Shrink tubing • Guitar polish • Pen/Pencil pad of paper • New Strings • Camera phone for documenting the process • Trays or cups to hold parts • Allen wrench to remove volume and tone knobs © 2020 Seymour Duncan... -
Page 4: Workspace/Starting Tips
Ensure there is nothing between your guitar, your hand, the soldering station, and the soldering sta- tion’s electrical outlet. You don’t want the iron’s cord getting hung up on anything. And remember, the iron is VERY hot. Be careful when using it. © 2020 Seymour Duncan... - Page 5 (more on this later). cardboard or wood. This will hold your elec- If you are replacing a Seymour Duncan Active tronics in place while soldering. It will also cre- pickup set with a new Seymour Duncan Active ate a convenient drop-in electronics harness.
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Page 6: Wiring
• If the original pickups utilize mounting rings, remove them from the rings and set 4. Document the orientation of the original pick- the pickups aside. ups. • Note the shape, placement, and curvature of the mounting rings. © 2020 Seymour Duncan... - Page 7 Align the arrow on the from shorting out other wires. quick connect Tone Pot Lug 2 © 2020 Seymour Duncan...
- Page 8 • Solder ground wires to switch casing (Only If the switch casing is grounded). Option 2: Hot leads to the pots (2 Volume Pots, 2 Tone Pots, 3-way switch). • Connect the neck hot lead (white) to lug 3 © 2020 Seymour Duncan...
- Page 9 35. Make height adjustments • By turning the pickup mounting screw in the pickup rings, raise or lower the pickups until both the treble and bass side read approximately 3/32” (2.38mm). © 2020 Seymour Duncan...
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Page 10: Using A Reamer
• Use this meaurement to mark the reamer with a Sharpy. • Insert the reamer in the pot hole and slowly turn clockwise. • Stop once you’ve reached the marking on the reamer. © 2020 Seymour Duncan... -
Page 11: Troubleshooting
That way, you’ll be close to optimal pickup height when you install the new pickups. • Removing a Les Paul’s pickguard, keep track of which mounting screws go where. They are often different sizes. © 2020 Seymour Duncan... - Page 12 © 2020 Seymour Duncan...
- Page 13 If you have a question, we likely have the answer. Also, keep an eye on the Seymour Duncan blog, which we update weekly with detailed technical, wiring, and pickup info. And follow #seymourduncantechtips on social media to stay up-to-date on all our great tech posts!
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