Here's the wiring of the original dual rail pickup. Note that the original pickup is wired in series.
The Seymour Duncan Little 59 can be wired in Series/Parallel using a DPDT mini-toggle switch. The wiring diagram for this configuration and the alternative Series only configuration can be downloaded from the Seymour Duncan support web site at http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/wiring-diagrams/
Note that Seymour Duncan has a different colour coding of pickup wires than the original pickup.
In the following picture you can see the mini-toggle switch installed and partially wired up. The pots have not been replaced and measure 500K.
Here's the Little 59 pickup attached to the metal surround.
Finally a picture with all the connections wired up.
I drilled the hole for the mini-toggle too close to the tone pot. I'd suggest you position it closer to the jack socket.
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The sound of the little 59 is a bit more crisp and even across the frequency range compared to the original dual rail pickup. However it is not a big difference in my opinion. The dual rail has a resistance of 11.7K compared to the 14K of the Seymour Duncan when wired in series making the little 59 somewhat hotter!
When the little 59 is switched to parallel it gives an almost Fender Telecaster reminiscent kind of sound.
why not a little diagram?
ReplyDeleteHi There,
ReplyDeleteI know this is like 5 years too late, but I just bought a traveler guitar pro series, and I want to swap out the factory installed single coil with a lil ’59 as I’m a big humbucker fan over single coil.
The problem I’m facing is that the pro series have the detachable lap rest and that connected by a standard 1/4” guitar jack.
I’m a big confused as to where to attach the hot and ground wires to the guitar jack.
I haven’t removed the original single coil so I’m not sure what I’m going to find inside there, so any advice on which connection is the hot and which is the ground would be helpful so I don’t muck up the wiring.
Thanks for any help in advance.
You need get a wiring diagram for the pickup you are installing. I installed a Seymour Duncan replacement pickup and found various wiring diagrams on the Seymor Duncan web site.
ReplyDeleteThe hot wire normally goes to the tip.
Hi Martin,
DeleteHow did you get the wires soldered to the 1/4" jack? I tried in vain to get that thing out and all I accomplished was ripping the wires out of the single coil instead.
Would it be too much to ask to post a simple set of instructions on how to replace the pickup and pull out the jack to do the wiring?
Thanks
Shawn