Duncan AHB-11S Gus G. FIRE Quick Start Manual

Gus G. FIRE™ Blackouts System

Congratulations on your purchase of the Gus G. FIRE™

Blackouts System. By combining a pair of passive
humbuckers with a high-output, low-noise Blackouts™
active preamp, this system blends the rich tone and
expressive character of traditional pickups with the
power and punch of Blackouts™. It’s the most organic­sounding active pickup set you’ve ever heard.

Wiring Diagram for:

AHB-11S Gus G. FIRE™
Blackouts System

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The Solderless Connector Stations

The System’s preamp has two easy-to-use
solderless wiring connectors: the ten-sta­tion Pickup Connector and the eight-station
Output Connector.

The Pickup Connector is where you’ll in­sert the bare-wire pickup leads from your
passive pickups. Just match the wire col­ors of the pickups’ wires as indicated in
these diagrams.

The Output Connector is where the preamp
connects to the rest of your guitar’s con­trols. Output 1 and Output 2 are the hot
outputs for your bridge and neck pickups,
respectively. The +9V station is where you’ll
connect the red wire from the battery clip.

Connecting wires to the stations is simple:
Just insert the bare wire into the station and
tighten the screw to lock it into place.

Installing the Preamp

1. Draw a diagram of your guitar’s wiring

for reference.

2a. If you’re migrating from a passive­pickup setup, remove your output jack and
all of the volume and tone potentiometers
from your guitar. You’ll be replacing the jack
with the included stereo output jack and
replacing your potentiometers with the 25K
pots included in this package.

2b. If your guitar already has an active
system, remove the battery. Clip and strip
the end of the battery clip’s red wire,

leaving as much wire length extending from
the battery clip as possible. Do the same for
any output or ground wire that was previ­ously connected to the potentiometer that
the new preamp will replace. This will pre­pare everything for solderless connections.

The Pickup Connector and Output Connector

Continued on other side.

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3. The new preamp will take the place

of one of your volume pots. Install the

Blackouts Modular Preamp through the

hole where your original potentiometer

was located. Depending on the diam­eter of your existing pot, a reamer may

be required to open the hole. Use the

washer and nut to secure it snugly to

the guitar.

4. Install all remaining 25K potentiometers.

5. Install the battery clip, and connect the

red wire from the battery clip to the +9V

station on the Output Connector. (Don’t

install a battery yet.)

6. Insert the wires from all pickups into the

Pickup Connector. Tip: Tweezers can make

this step go much faster. Tighten the connec-

tor screws using the included screwdriver.

7. For the remainder of your guitar’s wir-

ing, either follow the diagram below, or visit

www.seymourduncan.com/wiring to find

the control setup that matches your guitar.

8. Once the wiring is complete, install a

fresh 9-Volt battery (not included) into the

battery clip, plug your guitar in, and fire

it up!

One Volume, One Tone, and a Pickup Selector Switch

Simple Setup

For more wiring diagrams, visit

www.seymourduncan.com/wiring

Two Volumes, Two Tones, with Blackouts Modular Preamp as the Bridge Volume

The Bridge pickup output
goes directly into Pot
Signal In, along with the
connection to the bridge
tone control.

Les Paul® Wiring

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