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PickupColor Codes |
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4 and 5 Wire Pickups |
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Brand | Model | Coil Start | Coil Finish | Polarity | Coil Start |
Coil Finish | Polarity | Ground | |
Anderson | standard | Black | White | - South | Red | Green | + North | - | |
Bartolini | standard | Green | White | - South | Black | Red | + North | - | |
Benedetto | standard | Green | White | - South | Red | Black | + North | - | |
Bill Lawrence | standard | White | Green | - South | Red | Black | + North | Blue Shield |
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DiMarzio | standard | Green | White | - South | Red | Black | + North | - | |
*Fender | Standard | Red | Black | - South | Green | White | + North | ||
Gibson | standard | Black | Green | - South | Red | White | + North | - | |
Gotoh | standard | Green | Red | - South | Black | White | + North | - | |
Jackson | standard | Black | Red | - South | Green | White | + North | - | |
Lawrence | standard | Green | Black | + North | White | Red | - South | - | |
Lace | standard | Orange | White | - South | Orange/Black | White/Black | + North | Green | |
Lindy Fralin | standard | White | Green | - South | Red | Black | + North | Black | |
Schaller | standard | White | Green | - South | Brown | Yellow | + North | - | |
Seymour Duncan | standard | Green | Red | - South | White | Black | + North | - | |
EMG | - | - | - | - | -- | - | - | - | |
Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Carvin | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Joe Barden | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
LR Baggs | |||||||||
<< Note >> Some Fender pickups only have
Black and white wires. Black is usually ground and the white wire is hot. Also,
the phase on some pickups are reversed to match the other pickups in the guitar.
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2and 3 Wire Pickups | ||||||||
Brand | Pickup Model |
Hot | Coil
Tap or Ground |
To Power | Passive | To Switch | Active | Ground |
Bill Lawrence | L-710 Steel Gtr. |
White | - | - | yes | White | no | Black |
Emmons | Steel Gtr. Pickup |
White | - | - | yes | White | no | Black |
Encore | Standard | Red | Yellow | - | yes | Red | no | Black |
*Fender | Standard | White | - | - | yes | White | no | Black |
Ibanez Bass |
ADX5 | - | - | Red | no | White | yes | Bare wire |
Ibanez | standard | White | Red | - | yes | - | no | Shield |
EMG | Standard | - | - | Red | no | White | yes | Metal braid |
EMG | Standard | White | - | - | yes | White | no | Yellow |
Lace | Standard | Orange | Green | - | yes | Orange | no | White |
Lindy Fralin | standard | White | Red | - | yes | White | no | Black |
Seymour Duncan | Vintage | - | - | - | yes | Red | no | White |
Shadow | Standard | Red | White | - | yes | Red | no | Bare wire |
Peavey | Standard | White | Red | - | yes | White | no | Greenor Black |
Color Code for Accessory Circuits | ||||||||
Brand | Signal in | Signal out | Power Feed | Signal & power ground | ||||
EMG | - | White | Green | - | Red | Black | - | |
Black Ice | - | Bare wire |
Bare wire |
- | - | - | - | |
Carvin | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
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