Re: off topic : carvin pick up wiring instructions...

["Leander Reininghaus" <l.reininghaus@editionrahe.de>]

Hi Olivier,

 

the white wire on Carvin PUs is just two wires soldered together already at the PU and lead out with only one wire.

So, red is the +pole of one coil, black is the -pole of the other coil and white is the ( humbucking ) connection between the two coils:

 

                     coil 1               coil 2

                    +       -             +      -

                     I       I________I       I

                    red           I            black

                                white

 

Connect either red or black to hot/the PU selector and the other to ground depending if you wish to have an in-phase or out-of-phase sound with your other pickup(s). >>> Same colors means in-, different colors means out-of-phase.

If you connect white to ground ( or to a switch toggeling between on and ground ) you'd get a single coil sound with the one coil on that's connected to hot/the PU selector. If you don't wish to have a single coil sound just tape the white wire and leave it unconnected.

 

Best wishes

 

Leander