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Jazzmaster wiring
The Jazzmaster wiring diagram, plus all 3 sounds it makes — series, parallel, phase and hum-cancelling worked out for every switch position.
Dual circuit (lead/rhythm)
3 distinct sounds.
Parts
- Neck single coil
- Bridge single coil
- 3-way toggle
- DPDT slide switch
- 2× 1M linear
- 1M audio
- 0.033 µF tone cap
- 50k linear (roller)
- 0.022 µF tone cap
| Sound | Switch setting | Hum-cancelling | Phase |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neck | Lead toggle: rhythm (neck) · Circuit selector down | No | — |
| Bridge + Neck | Lead toggle: middle (both) · Circuit selector down | No | In phase |
| Bridge | Lead toggle: treble (bridge) · Circuit selector down | No | — |
Wiring list
Every wire in solder order — grounds first, output last. The list is generated from the same netlist as the diagram.
- Solder a black wire from the second leg of 0.022 µF to the ground lead from Neck.
- Solder a black wire from the ground lead from Neck to the ground lead from Bridge.
- Solder a black wire from the ground lead from Bridge to the second leg of 0.033 µF.
- Solder a black wire from the second leg of 0.033 µF to the sleeve lug on the jack.
- Solder a red wire from bridge lug on Toggle to the hot lead from Bridge.
- Solder a green wire from middle (common) lug, pole B on Circuit selector to the hot lead from Neck.
- Solder a gray wire from out lug on Toggle to lug 1 on Lead tone 1M.
- Solder a gray wire from lug 2 (wiper) on Lead tone 1M to the first leg of 0.033 µF.
- Solder a gray wire from down-row lug, pole B on Circuit selector to neck lug on Toggle.
- Solder a gray wire from up-row lug, pole B on Circuit selector to lug 1 on Rhythm tone 50k.
- Solder a gray wire from the first leg of 0.022 µF to lug 2 (wiper) on Rhythm tone 50k.
- Solder a gray wire from middle (common) lug, pole A on Circuit selector to the tip lug on the jack.
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