CARVIN HB PICKUP WIRING Manual

CARVIN HB PICKUP WIRING INSTRUCTIONS

LOCATING PICKUPS ON THE GUITAR

Determine where you want to locate your pickup(s). Then find the center line of the
neck and draw a center line on the body. Use the paper template on the back of this
sheet to locate the routing and the pickup mounting screw holes.

DRILLING PICKUP WIRE HOLE

If you are mounting the pickup directly on a wood body, you must drill a hole for the pick-
up wire. Use a 3/16" or 1/4" drill bit. If you have to drill through more than 2" of wood,
you should use a special 12" long drill bit, which is available at most hardware stores.

PICKUP WIRING

The shield wire always goes to ground. For standard humbucking operation, solder
the Red and White wire together. Solder the Green wire and shield to ground. The
Black wire is the hot output. See fig.1.

WIRING THE CONTROLS

You should install a ground wire that runs from the tailpiece or bridge to the control area.
Solder this ground wire to the back of one of the potentiometers. Be careful not to use
excessive heat when soldering to the potentiometers or switches as you may damage them.
To Ground
for HB4, HB5, HB5W & HB6 humbucking bass pickups

Standard Humbucking Operation with Coil Splitter

Coil Split
Switch
Fig. 1
* If using two HB humbucking
pickups and one is out of
phase with the other, reverse
the black and green wires
To Ground
Soldered together
and taped