Duncan HyperSwitch Install Manual

HYPERSWITCH
Install Guide
Part I: Preparing for HyperSwitch Installation.
Thanks to the screw terminals on the HyperSwitch, installation is fairly simple,
but a bit of preparation is needed, such as removing the stock pickup selector switch
and adding a ground wire to the back of the volume or tone pot.
The HyperSwitch can replace any standard 3-way, 4-way, or 5-way blade switch,
most commonly found on Stratocaster type guitars.
• Refer to the Hyperswitch wiring diagram at the back of this document that applies
to your pickup configuration (single coils, single coil sized humbuckers, full sized
humbuckers, stacks, etc) so you will have an idea about which wires will route to the
HyperSwitch screw terminals.
• Remove or loosen your strings.
• For Guitars with Pickguard Mounted Controls:
o Remove your pickguard by unscrewing the pickguard mounting screws. It may be
a good idea to place the screws in a small container so they do not get misplaced.
o Turn the pickguard over.
• For Guitars with non-pickguard mounted controls and switches:
o remove the screws holding the control cavity cover in place and remove
the control cavity cover.
• Make note of where any wires connect to the volume pot. Taking a picture can help.
Pickup ground wires will need to be relocated to HyperSwitch.
• In particular, look for the following:
Hot wires coming from the pickups
These will be attached to the pickup selector switch. Seymour Duncan color
codes the hot wires as black for humbuckers, single coil sized humbuckers and
rails. Single coils and stacks have white as the hot wire.
Ground wires from pickup leads
The ground wires from pickups are often soldered to the back of the volume pot.
If you have Seymour Duncan humbuckers or single coil sized humbuckers and/or
rails, these will be green and bare wires. For Single coils, these will be black.
For Stacks, black and bare. If your green and bare wires (or black and bare wires
for stacks) are connected to each other, separate them.
Series connect wires
If you have Seymour Duncan humbuckers or single coil sized humbuckers
and rails, these will be white and red wires. Stacks have a single red wire for this
connection. Single coils do not have series connect wires.
Tone control wires
Each tone control will have a wire connected to the 5-way switch.
If you have one tone control, this wire is attached to the same lug on the volume
pot as the "input" wire from the switch.
Hot wire
A hot wire coming from the pickup selector switch to the "input" lug of the
volume pot.
• Once you've identified these wires, unsolder them from the 5-way switch.
• Remove the 5-way switch.
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Part II: HyperSwitch Installation
Connections are all made using the screw terminals. The pickups will connect to
the "piggyback" terminal strip. The power positive and negative, hot out, ground,
and tone controls will connect to the screw terminals on the side of Hyperswitch.
Use the provided screwdriver, or a small flat blade jeweler's screwdriver (1.4mm).
HyperSwitch is packaged with the screw terminals in "closed" position. Turn each
screw counter-clockwise a couple of turns to "open" the terminal before inserting
the wires.
We've designed Hyperswitch to install with the "piggyback" terminals facing
the "pot side" of the wiring.
• Identify the wiring diagram for the type of pickups that you have in your guitar.
• Wire the pickup lead wires to the appropriate terminals on the diagram.
• Because it can be a bit tricky to maneuver a screwdriver around the pots and wiring,
it may be easier to make connections to the HyperSwitch prior to mounting the
switch on the pick guard.
• Wire each pickup to its respective terminals.
• Connect the red positive wire and black negative wire from the battery clip to the
HyperSwitch, making sure that they are in the correct location. WARNING: If the battery
is connected backwards, it can potentially damage the HyperSwitch beyond repair.
• Connect the wire from the volume pot to the Output terminal.
• Connect a wire from the Ground terminal to the back of a pot or other ground
station on the guitar.
• Connect the wire from the lug from the pot of the upper tone control to TC1.
Also use TC1 if you only have 1 tone control
• Connect the wire from the lug from the pot of the lower tone control to TC2.
• Connect a new 9-volt battery to the battery clip.
o On most Strats, there is room between pots and the bottom of the control
cavity to place the battery.
• Wrapping the battery in a small plastic bag, or a thin piece of foam, or tape will
keep it insulated and keep it from accidentally grounding with other components
or wires in the control cavity.
• If you disconnected the hot wires and ground wires from your output jack and the
bridge ground wire, reinstall them. Hot to the output jack will get soldered to the center
lug of your volume control. The ground wires will get soldered to the back of a pot.
After installing your pickguard and strings, you will be ready to pair the HyperSwitch
to the HyperSwitch app.
Go to the HyperSwitch App Set Up and Navigation Guide to learn how to pair with
the app and set up your HyperSwitch!
Seymour Duncan Wiring Color Codes
(other pickup manufacturers may use different color codes, especially for humbuckers)
Humbuckers, Single Coil Sized Humbuckers, Prails, and Four Conductor Stacks
• Black: Hot
• White and Red: Series Connection
• Green: Cold
• Bare: Shield
Stack Plus with 3 conductors
• White: Hot
• Red: Series Connection
• Black: Cold
• Bare: Shield
Single Coils
• White (or yellow, depending on pickup model): Hot
• Black: Cold