CARVIN TBH60 User manual

CARVIN TBH60 TWINBLADE PICKUP WIRING INSTRUCTIONS
Shield
Coil Split
Switch
Red
White
To Ground
To Ground
Black - hot output
Green
Standard Humbucking Operation with Coil Splitter
* If using two TBH hum-
bucking pickups and one is
out of phase with the other,
reverse the black and green
wires on one pickup.
Red
White
Soldered together
and taped
Black - Hot output
Green
Shield
To ground
L11
JACK
S5
5 POSITION SWITCH
SIDE VIEW
SWITCH POSITIONS:
1. NECK
2. NECK/MIDDLE
3. MIDDLE
4. MIDDLE/BRIDGE
5. BRIDGE
C1= 100v, .022mf capacitor
GND
BLK
GROUND WIRE
FROM BRIDGE
RED
ON
OFF
S3
BRIDGE
PICKUP
MINI SWITCH
C1
SHIELD
SHIELD
SHIELD
BLK
BLK
BLK
RED
WHITE
RED
WHITE
BRIDGE
PICKUP
NECK
PICKUP
MIDDLE
PICKUP
P1
VOL
P2
TONE
GREEN
GREEN
GREEN
TBH60 TBH60 TBH60
RED
WHITE
THE RED AND
WHITE WIRES
ARE SOLDERED
TOGETHER AND
TAPED
MOUNTING PICKUPS ON THE GUITAR
Carvin TwinBlade Humbuckers are replacement pickups for standard single coils. Mount them into a single coil pickguard opening.
PICKUP WIRING
The shield wire always goes to ground. For standard humbucking operation, solder the Red and White wire together and cover it with tape to insulate. Solder
the Green wire and shield to ground. The Black wire is the hot output. ( See fig.1 )
WIRING THE CONTROLS
You should install a ground wire that runs from the tailpiece or bridge to the control area. Solder this ground wire to the back of one of the potentiometers. Be careful not
to use excessive heat when soldering to the potentiometers or switches as you may damage them. ( See fig.2 )
PICKGUARD WIRING WITH
BRIDGE SWITCH
FIG 3 shows wiring with a mini-switch used to
turn the bridge pickup on when the 5-way posi-
tion switch is on either the middle or neck posi-
tion. This is the standard wiring configuration
for the Carvin Custom Shop when TBH60’s are
installed in a pickguard.
Fig. 1
Fig. 3
Standard Humbucking Operation (no Coil Splitter)
Fig. 2
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L11
JACK
S5
5 POSITION SWITCH
SIDE VIEW
SWITCH POSITIONS:
1. NECK
2. NECK/MIDDLE
3. MIDDLE
4. MIDDLE/BRIDGE
5. BRIDGE
C1= 100v, .022mf capacitor
GND
BLK
GROUND WIRE
FROM BRIDGE
RED
ON
OFF
S3
BRIDGE
COIL SPLITTER
MINI SWITCH
C1
SHIELD
SHIELD
SHIELD
BLK
BLK
BLK
RED
WHITE
RED
WHITE
BRIDGE
PICKUP
NECK
PICKUP
MIDDLE
PICKUP
P1
VOL
P2
TONE
GREEN
GREEN RED
WHITE
GREEN
TBH60 TBH60 TBH60
THE RED AND
WHITE WIRES
ARE SOLDERED
TOGETHER AND
TAPED
L11
JACK
GND
BLK
GROUND WIRE
FROM BRIDGE
RED
C1
SHIELD
SHIELD
SHIELD
BLK
BLK
BLK
RED
WHITE
RED
WHITE
BRIDGE
PICKUP
NECK
PICKUP
MIDDLE
PICKUP
P1
VOL
P2
TONE
GREEN
GREEN RED
WHITE
GREEN
TBH60 TBH60 TBH60
THE RED AND
WHITE WIRES
ARE SOLDERED
TOGETHER AND
TAPED
PICKGUARD WIRING
WITH COIL SPLITTER
FIG 5 shows wiring with a mini-switch used to
tap (shut off) one coil on the bridge pickup. To
tap all three pickups, a total of 3 mini-switches
must be used–one for each pickup.
PICKGUARD WIRING WITH NO
MINI SWITCH
FIG 4 provides a common wiring diagram for
use with a single volume and tone pot.
Fig. 5
Fig. 4