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Mustang wiring
The Mustang wiring diagram, plus all 4 sounds it makes — series, parallel, phase and hum-cancelling worked out for every switch position.
Factory wiring (phase sliders)
4 distinct sounds.
Parts
- Neck single coil
- Bridge single coil (RWRP)
- 2× Mustang 3-pos slide
- 2× 250k audio
- 0.047 µF tone cap
| Sound | Switch setting | Hum-cancelling | Phase |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridge + Neck | Neck slide: on · Bridge slide: on | Yes | In phase |
| Neck | Neck slide: on · Bridge slide: off | No | — |
| Bridge + Neck | Neck slide: on · Bridge slide: reverse phase | No | Out of phase |
| Bridge | Neck slide: off · Bridge slide: on | No | — |
| Silent (no output) | Neck slide: off · Bridge slide: off | — | — |
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 0.047 µF to lug 1 on Volume.
- Solder a black wire from lug 1 on Volume to the sleeve lug on the jack.
- Solder a red wire from the hot lead from Bridge to a3 lug, pole 1 on Bridge slide.
- Solder a red wire from a3 lug, pole 1 on Bridge slide to a5 lug, pole 1 on Bridge slide.
- Solder a green wire from the hot lead from Neck to a3 lug, pole 1 on Neck slide.
- Solder a green wire from a3 lug, pole 1 on Neck slide to a5 lug, pole 1 on Neck slide.
- Solder a gray wire from the ground lead from Bridge to b4 lug, pole 1 on Bridge slide.
- Solder a gray wire from b4 lug, pole 1 on Bridge slide to b6 lug, pole 1 on Bridge slide.
- Solder a gray wire from a1 lug, pole 1 on Neck slide to b8 lug, pole 1 on Neck slide.
- Solder a gray wire from b8 lug, pole 1 on Neck slide to a1 lug, pole 1 on Bridge slide.
- Solder a gray wire from a1 lug, pole 1 on Bridge slide to b8 lug, pole 1 on Bridge slide.
- Solder a gray wire from b8 lug, pole 1 on Bridge slide to lug 1 on Tone.
- Solder a gray wire from lug 1 on Tone to lug 3 (CW end) on Volume.
- Solder a gray wire from the ground lead from Neck to b4 lug, pole 1 on Neck slide.
- Solder a gray wire from b4 lug, pole 1 on Neck slide to b6 lug, pole 1 on Neck slide.
- Solder a gray wire from b2 lug, pole 1 on Neck slide to a7 lug, pole 1 on Neck slide.
- Solder a gray wire from a7 lug, pole 1 on Neck slide to b2 lug, pole 1 on Bridge slide.
- Solder a gray wire from b2 lug, pole 1 on Bridge slide to a7 lug, pole 1 on Bridge slide.
- Solder a gray wire from the first leg of 0.047 µF to lug 2 (wiper) on Tone.
- Solder a gray wire from lug 2 (wiper) on Volume to the tip lug on the jack.
Something wrong, or missing?
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