Duncan SSL-1, SSL-3, SSL-4, SSL-2, SSL-6 Quick Start Manual

Wiring Diagram for

Pickup Models:

SSL-1, SSL-2, SSL-3, SSL-4, SSL-5,

SSL-6, SSL-7, APS-1, APS-2,

APST-1, SSL52-1

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Congratulations on your purchase of a fine, hand-built, Seymour Duncan electric guitar pickup! Installing
this pickup in your guitar isn’t rocket science. And, if you’re already handy with tools, it’ll be a snap for
you–and fun too! But if you have no experience handling red-hot soldering irons, you’d be well advised
to take your new pickup and your trusty guitar to a qualified guitar tech.

The basic steps include:

1. Remove the old strings from your guitar.

2. Unscrew and remove the pickguard and carefully turn it over, taking care not
to scratch your guitar’s finish.

3. De-solder the original pickup’s wires and make sure to remember where they
were connected.

4. Remove the original pickup from the pickguard.

5. Put the Seymour Duncan pickup into the pickguard.

6. First tin and then solder the Seymour Duncan pickup wires in the same spot the
original pickup’s wires were connected.

7. Put the pickguard back in place, taking care to tuck in loose wires.

8. Re-string your guitar and adjust the pickup height so that your new pickup
balances with the other pickups in the guitar. The bridge pickup should be
between 1/8” and 1/16” from the strings and the neck and middle pickups
should be adjusted to achieve the best balance with the bridge pickup.

Confused? Watch the free installation videos on
the Seymour Duncan website (under “Support”).
You’ll see how Seymour himself does it and

you’ll learn lots of great tech tips.

5-Way Switch

Strat and Fender are registered trademarks of FMIC, with which Seymour Duncan is not affiliated.

Wiring Diagram for

Tapped Pickup Models:

SSL-3T, SSL-4T, SSL-5T, SSL-7T

If two pickups sound thin and wimpy when used together, chances are, they’re out
of phase with each other. If you’re combining your Seymour Duncan pickup(s) with
Fender® pickup(s) in the same guitar, you’ll need to reverse the black and white wires
on the Seymour Duncan. In other words, solder the white wire to ground and the black
wire to the selector switch.

For real-time peer-to-peer tech support, consult
the gurus on the Seymour Duncan User Group
Forum. Also, check out the specialty wiring

diagrams available for free on our site.

Switches

Up = Tapped
Down = Full

5-Way Switch

We’re not just pickups anymore. Seymour Duncan also makes super cool stomp boxes.

P/N 501010-100 Rev. B

And our sister company, D-TAR, is turning out some really hip products for

serious acoustic guitarists (d-tar.com).

Visit seymourduncan.com for additional wiring diagrams.