Duncan SH18 User manual

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Wiring Diagram for
All Seymour Duncan
Humbucker Pickup Models
Basic Installation:
1. Remove the strings from your guitar.
2. Remove the back plate and flip it over.
3. De-solder the original pickup’s wires from the controls. Be sure to remember where
they were connected. A photo or sketch may help.
4. Remove the original pickup from the pickup cavity.
5. Put the Seymour Duncan pickup into the pickup cavity.
6. Tin the wires from the Seymour Duncan pickup, and then solder them into place.
7. Replace the back plate.
8. Restring your guitar.
9. Adjust the pickup height. Your pickup should be between 1/8” and 1/16” from
the strings when the strings are pressed down at the highest fret.
Congratulationsonyourpurchaseofafine,hand-built,SeymourDuncanelectricguitarpickup.
Installingthispickupisn’tcomplicated.Ifyou’rehandywithtools,itwillbeasimpleandfunproject.But
ifyouhavenoexperiencehandlingred-hotsolderingirons,werecommendhavingaqualifiedguitar
tech install your pickup.
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P/N 501005-110 Rev. I
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Additional Wiring Options
Series/Parallel (with Push/Pull)
Series/Split/Parallel (with on/on/on mini-toggle)
Phase Switching
Coil Splitting