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How to Swap Passive

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PICKUP INSTALL COURSE

2 Humbucker Style Guitar

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Summary of Contents for 2 Humbucker

Page 1: ... 2020 Seymour Duncan 1 How to Swap Passive for Active Pickups seymourduncan com PICKUP INSTALL COURSE 2 Humbucker Style Guitar ...

Page 2: ...ps for active humbuckers in a 2 humbucker guitar This workbook is a supple ment to the video course and provides additional information to help you along the way Swapping pickups is an easy process But take your time going through the course And always use safety when working with hot irons Need Help 1 Join the Community Go to the introduction section at the beginning of the course and click How t...

Page 3: ... soldering iron Cloth for protecting guitar s finish Safety glasses Blue painter s tape Shrink tubing Pen Pencil pad of paper Camera phone for documenting the process Trays or cups to hold parts Allen wrench to remove volume and tone knobs Reamer 3 8 4 3mm diameter if needed 9 Volt Battery Socket set 3 8 4 3mm to remove and install new pots Optional Helping hands Solder Sucker or Solder Braid Neck...

Page 4: ...nything And remember the iron is VERY hot Be careful when using it Taking pictures of each step of the process It is an excellent way to document the be fore and after The better the documen tation the less chance of something going wrong You ll want to make sure you have plenty of light so you can see clearly Be sure to have some eye protection Getting some solder in the eye is not a fun experien...

Page 5: ... the wires and components and may cause a short The battery could also make it difficult to fit the back cover on You may have to move things around for everything to fit We recommend wrapping the battery in foam to keep it from touching anything live and to keep it from bouncing around You can also use one of the plastic bags to cover the bat tery Lets dive right in 1 Document current specs Measu...

Page 6: ...ve them from the tuning machines Pull the strings from the ball end until the strings are free from the guitar It may be necessary to cut the loose strings with your heavy duty cutters to remove them 3 Remove or secure any loose parts Note which side of the bridge the intona tion adjustment screws are on Great time for a photo Carefully remove or tape the loose tail piece and bridge from the guita...

Page 7: ...to the ground Some guitars have a copper lined control cavity or formed metal liners These liners are used to ground the pots The pots will be grounded to each other as soon as they are securely fastened All that remains is to ground one pot to the ground terminal of the output jack If you don t have a metal liner you will need to make sure the pots are grounded This can be done using an extra wir...

Page 8: ...Volume 1 Tone 3 way switch Solder neck hot lead white to neck termi nal of the switch Solder bridge hot lead white to bridge terminal of the switch Connect the hot lead from the 3 way switch terminal to lug 3 of the volume pot you can use the previous wire Connect both pickup ground wires to the outer casing of either volume potentiom eter Solder ground wires to switch casing Only If the switch ca...

Page 9: ... You may have to get creative for everything to fit We recom mend wrapping the battery in foam or one of the plastic bags to keep it stable and from shorting any circuitry ELECTRONICS TEST 28 Plug your guitar into an amplifier 29 Using a screwdriver tap the pickup If you hear a pop through your amplifier the pickups are working 30 Repeat for each pickup position SETUP PICKUP HEIGHT 31 Replace the ...

Page 10: ...LIPERS Measure the width of the included 25k pot 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 WITHOUT CALIPERS Press the reamer into the pot route With moderate downward pressure slowly turn the reamer clockwise After every few turns check to see if the 25k pot fits into the widen...

Page 11: ...ngs This connection can come disconnected and it is not easy to reattach Before removing them record the pickups height from the top of the pickup to the top of the mount ing ring 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 PRO TIP You can fine tune the...

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Page 13: ...ur website We have diagrams for tons of different setups single coils humbuckers HSS HSH and much more Plus info on switches pots coil splitting and beyond Have a specific technical question Head over to the Seymour Duncan Knowl edge Base on our website our compilation of more than 45 years of detailed note taking on everything guitar and pickups If you have a question we likely have the answer Al...

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