CARVIN PICKUP WIRING - User Manual

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
All Carvin 22 series pickups have three wires plus a bare shield wire. The shield wire
always goes to ground. The white wire only gets used if you want dual-to-single coil
switching. If you don’t want to use this feature, then tape the white wire back. The
black and red wires are to be used for standard humbucking operation. Solder red to
hot and black to ground. If your guitar sounds out of phase with both pickups on,
reverse the red and black wires of one pickup.
WIRING THE CONTROLS
If you are using one of the Carvin circuits, just follow the desired wiring diagram. 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.
PHASE SWITCH WIRING
A phase switch can be wired into any two or three pickup guitar. As the diagram below
shows, only one pickup is hooked up to the phase switch. The phase switch will only
function when another pickup is used in conjunction with the pickup that is switched out
of phase. The phase switch will give a nasal muted type sound with slightly less output.
Note: Solder green and white wires together unless otherwise specified. For pickups
that do have the green wire disregard this note.
KIT 30
Single pickup guitar with volume, tone & coil splitter.
KIT 40 DC127 (includes 2 coil splitters)
For 2 Pickup guitar. (Used on the Carvin DC127 model)
KIT 40
2 Pickup guitar with a 3-way pickup selector, 1 volume & 1 tone
TOP COIL A
BOTTOM COIL B
R
W
B
G
RED and WHITE wires: Coil A
BLACK and GREEN wires: Coil B
Dual-Single Coil Switch Wiring
To obtain humbucking operation when playing through both pickups in the single coil
mode, wire one humbucking pickup using fig 1 and the other pickup with the diagram
in fig 2 (also see Kit 40 DC127 diagram). Neck pickup coil A together with bridge
pickup coil B sounds more like a telecaster. Neck pickup coil B & bridge pickup coil A
together sound more like a Stratocaster.
Fig 1. Coil “A” on in single coil mode.
S3
PICKUP
WHT
GRN
RED
TO
GROUND
HOT OUT
R
G
B
W
SHIELD
TO
GROUND
TO
HOT TO VOLUME
OR SELECTOR SW.
SERIES/PARALELL
BLK
S3
PICKUP
WHT
BLK
SHIELD
TO GROUND
RED
HOT OUTPUT
TO VOLUME
OR SELECTOR
HOT OUT
BLK & SHLD
to GRND
SERIES/SPLIT/PHASED
ON/ON/ON
R
W
G
GRN
Fig 2. Coil “B” on in single coil mode.
CARVIN PICKUP WIRING INSTRUCTIONS
S2
PICKUP
WHT
GRN
BLK
RED
HOT OUTPUT
TO VOLUME
OR SELECTOR
TO
GROUND
SHIELD
Fig 3. This wiring gives you three different sounds.
1. Top single coil, 2. dual coil humbucking or 3. bottom single coil.
(As used on the TL60-33 circuit)
S4
SWITCH
P1
VOL
P2
TONE
NECK
PICKUP
BRIDGE
PICKUP
L11
JACK
Single
Dual
Single
GND
W
R
B
S
B
R
S
S2
C1
TL60-33
For 2 Pickup guitar. With 3-way Pickup Selector (S4) & 3-way Coil Splitter Switch (S2).
PHASE SWITCH WIRING
76-00015
PICKUP
RED
G
W
BLK
TO
GROUND
SHIELD
TO
GROUND
HOT OUTPUT
TO VOLUME
OR SELECTOR
S3

Summary

Pickup Installation and Basic Wiring

Locating Pickups on the Guitar

Guide on determining pickup placement, marking the guitar, and locating screw holes.

Drilling Pickup Wire Hole

Instructions for drilling holes for pickup wires, including drill bit size recommendations.

Pickup Wiring Basics

Explains standard humbucking wiring (red to hot, black to ground) and shield wire usage.

Wiring the Controls

General advice on connecting potentiometers and installing a ground wire from the bridge.

Phase Switch Wiring

Details on wiring a phase switch for tonal variation and characteristic sound.

Advanced Coil Switching Configurations

Dual-Single Coil Switch Wiring

Guide for humbuckers to operate in single coil mode, offering Strat/Tele-like tones.

Specific Wiring Diagrams for Kits

KIT 30 Wiring Diagram

Wiring for a single pickup guitar with volume, tone, and coil splitter.

KIT 40 Wiring Diagram

Wiring for a 2 pickup guitar with a 3-way selector, volume, and tone.

KIT 40 DC127 Wiring Diagram

Wiring for a 2 pickup guitar with 2 coil splitters for the DC127 model.

TL60-33 Wiring Diagram

Wiring for a 2 pickup guitar with 3-way selector and 3-way coil splitter.

KIT 50 Wiring Diagram

Wiring for a 3 pickup guitar with individual ON/OFF switches.

KIT 50 with 5-way Pickup Selector Wiring

Wiring for a 3 pickup guitar using a 5-way selector switch.

Pickup Routing Templates

AP11 Routing Template

Exact size template for routing AP11 pickups.

C22, H22 & M22 Routing Template

Exact size templates for routing C22, H22, and M22 pickups.

H50 N & J99 Routing Template

Exact size templates for routing H50N and J99 pickups.

CARVIN PICKUP WIRING Specifications

General

Brand	CARVIN
Model	PICKUP WIRING
Category	Guitar
Language	English