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Stratocaster HSH wiring

2 Stratocaster HSH wirings side by side, each with its full diagram and every sound it makes — series, parallel, phase and hum-cancelling worked out per switch position.

Standard 5-way

5 distinct sounds.

Parts

• Neck humbucker (4-conductor)
• Bridge humbucker (4-conductor)
• Middle single coil
• 5-way blade
• 2× 500k audio
• 0.022 µF tone cap

Every distinct sound this wiring produces, worked out from the circuit.

Sound	Switch setting	Hum-cancelling	Phase
Bridge humbucker	Selector: 1 (bridge)	Yes	In phase
Bridge humbucker + Middle	Selector: 2	No	In phase
Middle	Selector: 3 (middle)	No	—
Middle + Neck humbucker	Selector: 4	No	In phase
Neck humbucker	Selector: 5 (neck)	Yes	In phase

Wiring list

Every wire in solder order — grounds first, output last. The list is generated from the same netlist as the diagram.

1. Grounds first
2. Solder a black wire from the second leg of 0.022 µF to the south start lead from Neck.
3. Solder a black wire from the south start lead from Neck to the ground lead from Middle.
4. Solder a black wire from the ground lead from Middle to the south start lead from Bridge.
5. Solder a black wire from the south start lead from Bridge to lug 1 on Volume.
6. Solder a black wire from lug 1 on Volume to the sleeve lug on the jack.
7. Internal links
8. Solder a white wire from the north finish lead from Bridge to the south finish lead from Bridge.
9. Solder a white wire from the north finish lead from Neck to the south finish lead from Neck.
10. Pickup hots
11. Solder a red wire from lug 1, pole 1 on Selector to the north start lead from Bridge.
12. Solder a yellow wire from lug 2, pole 1 on Selector to the hot lead from Middle.
13. Solder a green wire from the north start lead from Neck to lug 3, pole 1 on Selector.
14. Controls
15. Solder a gray wire from common lug, pole 1 on Selector to lug 1 on Tone.
16. Solder a gray wire from lug 1 on Tone to lug 3 (CW end) on Volume.
17. Solder a gray wire from the first leg of 0.022 µF to lug 2 (wiper) on Tone.
18. Output last
19. Solder a gray wire from lug 2 (wiper) on Volume to the tip lug on the jack.

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Coil toggles + bridge always-on

the on-on adds the bridge to any 5-way position

Parts

• Neck humbucker (4-conductor)
• Middle single coil (RWRP)
• Bridge humbucker (4-conductor)
• 5-way blade
• 2× on-on-on (middle closes 1-2 + 5-6)
• DPDT on-on (mini-toggle)
• 2× 500k audio
• 0.022 µF tone cap

Every distinct sound this wiring produces, worked out from the circuit.

Sound	Switch setting	Hum-cancelling	Phase
Bridge humbucker in parallel	Selector: 1 (bridge) · Neck coils: up · Bridge coils: up · Bridge always on down	Yes	In phase
Bridge (split, north coil)	Selector: 1 (bridge) · Neck coils: up · Bridge coils: middle · Bridge always on down	No	—
Bridge humbucker	Selector: 1 (bridge) · Neck coils: up · Bridge coils: down · Bridge always on down	Yes	In phase
Bridge humbucker + Middle	Selector: 2 · Neck coils: up · Bridge coils: up · Bridge always on down	No	In phase
Bridge (split, north coil) + Middle	Selector: 2 · Neck coils: up · Bridge coils: middle · Bridge always on down	Yes	In phase
Bridge humbucker + Middle	Selector: 2 · Neck coils: up · Bridge coils: down · Bridge always on down	No	In phase
Middle	Selector: 3 (middle) · Neck coils: up · Bridge coils: up · Bridge always on down	No	—
Middle + Neck humbucker	Selector: 4 · Neck coils: up · Bridge coils: up · Bridge always on down	No	In phase
Bridge humbucker + Middle + Neck humbucker	Selector: 4 · Neck coils: up · Bridge coils: up · Bridge always on up	No	In phase
Bridge (split, north coil) + Middle + Neck humbucker	Selector: 4 · Neck coils: up · Bridge coils: middle · Bridge always on up	Yes	In phase
Bridge humbucker + Middle + Neck humbucker	Selector: 4 · Neck coils: up · Bridge coils: down · Bridge always on up	No	In phase
Middle + Neck (split, north coil)	Selector: 4 · Neck coils: middle · Bridge coils: up · Bridge always on down	Yes	In phase
Bridge humbucker + Middle + Neck (split, north coil)	Selector: 4 · Neck coils: middle · Bridge coils: up · Bridge always on up	Yes	In phase
Bridge (split, north coil) + Middle + Neck (split, north coil)	Selector: 4 · Neck coils: middle · Bridge coils: middle · Bridge always on up	No	In phase
Bridge humbucker + Middle + Neck (split, north coil)	Selector: 4 · Neck coils: middle · Bridge coils: down · Bridge always on up	Yes	In phase
Middle + Neck humbucker	Selector: 4 · Neck coils: down · Bridge coils: up · Bridge always on down	No	In phase
Bridge humbucker + Middle + Neck humbucker	Selector: 4 · Neck coils: down · Bridge coils: up · Bridge always on up	No	In phase
Bridge (split, north coil) + Middle + Neck humbucker	Selector: 4 · Neck coils: down · Bridge coils: middle · Bridge always on up	Yes	In phase
Bridge humbucker + Middle + Neck humbucker	Selector: 4 · Neck coils: down · Bridge coils: down · Bridge always on up	No	In phase
Neck humbucker in parallel	Selector: 5 (neck) · Neck coils: up · Bridge coils: up · Bridge always on down	Yes	In phase
Bridge humbucker + Neck humbucker	Selector: 5 (neck) · Neck coils: up · Bridge coils: up · Bridge always on up	Yes	In phase
Bridge (split, north coil) + Neck humbucker	Selector: 5 (neck) · Neck coils: up · Bridge coils: middle · Bridge always on up	No	In phase
Bridge humbucker + Neck humbucker	Selector: 5 (neck) · Neck coils: up · Bridge coils: down · Bridge always on up	Yes	In phase
Neck (split, north coil)	Selector: 5 (neck) · Neck coils: middle · Bridge coils: up · Bridge always on down	No	—
Bridge humbucker + Neck (split, north coil)	Selector: 5 (neck) · Neck coils: middle · Bridge coils: up · Bridge always on up	No	In phase
Bridge (split, north coil) + Neck (split, north coil)	Selector: 5 (neck) · Neck coils: middle · Bridge coils: middle · Bridge always on up	No	In phase
Bridge humbucker + Neck (split, north coil)	Selector: 5 (neck) · Neck coils: middle · Bridge coils: down · Bridge always on up	No	In phase
Neck humbucker	Selector: 5 (neck) · Neck coils: down · Bridge coils: up · Bridge always on down	Yes	In phase
Bridge humbucker + Neck humbucker	Selector: 5 (neck) · Neck coils: down · Bridge coils: up · Bridge always on up	Yes	In phase
Bridge (split, north coil) + Neck humbucker	Selector: 5 (neck) · Neck coils: down · Bridge coils: middle · Bridge always on up	No	In phase
Bridge humbucker + Neck humbucker	Selector: 5 (neck) · Neck coils: down · Bridge coils: down · Bridge always on up	Yes	In phase

Wiring list

Every wire in solder order — grounds first, output last. The list is generated from the same netlist as the diagram.

1. Grounds first
2. Solder a black wire from the south start lead from Neck to the bare lead from Neck.
3. Solder a black wire from the bare lead from Neck to the ground lead from Middle (RWRP).
4. Solder a black wire from the ground lead from Middle (RWRP) to the south start lead from Bridge.
5. Solder a black wire from the south start lead from Bridge to the bare lead from Bridge.
6. Solder a black wire from the bare lead from Bridge to lug 6 on Bridge coils.
7. Solder a black wire from lug 6 on Bridge coils to lug 6 on Neck coils.
8. Solder a black wire from lug 6 on Neck coils to lug 1 on Volume 500k.
9. Solder a black wire from lug 1 on Volume 500k to the second leg of 0.022 µF.
10. Solder a black wire from the second leg of 0.022 µF to the sleeve lug on the jack.
11. Pickup hots
12. Solder a red wire from lug 1, pole 1 on 5-way to lug 3 on Bridge coils.
13. Solder a red wire from lug 3 on Bridge coils to lug 3 on Bridge always on.
14. Solder a red wire from lug 3 on Bridge always on to the north start lead from Bridge.
15. Solder a yellow wire from lug 2, pole 1 on 5-way to the hot lead from Middle (RWRP).
16. Solder a green wire from the north start lead from Neck to lug 3 on Neck coils.
17. Solder a green wire from lug 3 on Neck coils to lug 3, pole 1 on 5-way.
18. Controls
19. Solder a gray wire from lug 1 on Bridge coils to lug 5 (common) on Bridge coils.
20. Solder a gray wire from lug 5 (common) on Bridge coils to the north finish lead from Bridge.
21. Solder a gray wire from lug 2 (common) on Bridge coils to the south finish lead from Bridge.
22. Solder a gray wire from common lug, pole 1 on 5-way to lug 2 (common) on Bridge always on.
23. Solder a gray wire from lug 2 (common) on Bridge always on to lug 1 on Tone 500k.
24. Solder a gray wire from lug 1 on Tone 500k to lug 3 (CW end) on Volume 500k.
25. Solder a gray wire from the north finish lead from Neck to lug 1 on Neck coils.
26. Solder a gray wire from lug 1 on Neck coils to lug 5 (common) on Neck coils.
27. Solder a gray wire from the south finish lead from Neck to lug 2 (common) on Neck coils.
28. Solder a gray wire from lug 2 (wiper) on Tone 500k to the first leg of 0.022 µF.
29. Output last
30. Solder a gray wire from lug 2 (wiper) on Volume 500k to the tip lug on the jack.

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