Carvin TBH60 User Manual
CARVIN TBH60 TWINBLADE PICKUP WIRING INSTRUCTIONS
Standard Humbucking Operation with Coil Splitter
* If using two TBH humbucking pickups and one is
out of phase with the other,
reverse the black and green
wires on one pickup.
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 position switch is on either the middle or neck position. 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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Shield
Green
Black - Hot output
White
Red
Soldered together
and taped
TBH60 TBH60 TBH60
To ground
Red
To Ground
White
Black - hot output
Green
Shield
To Ground
Coil Split
Switch
GROUND WIRE
FROM BRIDGE
NECK
PICKUP
MIDDLE
THE RED AND
WHITE WIRES
ARE SOLDERED
TOGETHER AND
TAPED
S5
5 POSITION SWITCH
SIDE VIEW
PICKUP
GREEN
RED
WHITE
BLK
SHIELD
GREEN
RED
BLK
WHITE
SWITCH POSITIONS:
1. NECK
2. NECK/MIDDLE
3. MIDDLE
4. MIDDLE/BRIDGE
5. BRIDGE
C1= 100v, .022mf capacitor
SHIELD
PICKUP
BRIDGE
P1
VOL
BLK
L11
JACK
GND
RED
C1
P2
TONE
BRIDGE
PICKUP
MINI SWITCH
S3
SHIELD
GREEN
RED
WHITE
BLK
ON
OFF
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
TBH60 TBH60 TBH60
GROUND WIRE
FROM BRIDGE
NECK
PICKUP
THE RED AND
WHITE WIRES
ARE SOLDERED
TOGETHER AND
TBH60 TBH60 TBH60
TAPED
PICKUP
MIDDLE
RED
WHITE
BLK
SHIELD
GREEN
RED
WHITE
BLK
SHIELD
GREEN
PICKUP
BRIDGE
P1
VOL
BLK
L11
JACK
GND
RED
C1
P2
TONE
SHIELD
RED
WHITE
GREEN
BLK
GROUND WIRE
FROM BRIDGE
NECK
PICKUP
THE RED AND
WHITE WIRES
ARE SOLDERED
TOGETHER AND
TAPED
5 POSITION SWITCH
SIDE VIEW
PICKUP
MIDDLE
RED
BLK
WHITE
S5
SWITCH POSITIONS:
1. NECK
2. NECK/MIDDLE
3. MIDDLE
4. MIDDLE/BRIDGE
5. BRIDGE
C1= 100v, .022mf capacitor
PICKUP
BRIDGE
SHIELD
GREEN
RED
WHITE
BLK
SHIELD
GREEN
VOL
P1
RED
C1
P2
TONE
SHIELD
GREEN
BLK
S3
BRIDGE
ON
COIL SPLITTER
OFF
MINI SWITCH
RED
WHITE
L11
JACK
BLK
GND
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