PickUp Connection Wiring Theory

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There are different patterns for pick up connection wiring that are used throughout the years and on different

models . Generally the pickups should be wired 1/2 in 1 phase/polarity and 1/2 in the other . In considering that

the magnets all face the same direction (and they MUST * ) , their fields are all side by side . My idea is that in

wiring the pickups there are 3 possible scenarios that a pickup can have with respect to the 2 neighbouring

pickups beside it . Firstly , a pickup can be between 2 that are both wired oppositely to it . I believe that as a tine

approaches a pickup , its magnetic field will focus in (contract?) toward the tine . This contraction will allow both

of its 2 neighbours to expand in reaction . As the tine moves away from the pickup its field will expand again and

in reaction the neighbours will contract .  The double opposites of magnetic field change and wiring connection will

 create the same phase or polarity signal . This would create the strongest signal . 

  By comparison , the other configurations would yield less signal .

  For a pickup with both neighbours wired the same as itself , the signal from the neighbours would be working

against it giving the least powered signal .

  For a pickup with 1 neighbour wired the the same as itself and 1 wired oppositely , the signal from the neighbours

would be working against each other and hence would cancel each other out and not contribute nor take away

from signal .


  Toward regulation and with that information in mind the choices are as follows .

   1. You cannot wire the pickups so that they all have neighbours wired the same way (unless you build a Faraday

Cage around it entirely) . Regardless , this produces the weakest level signal .

   2. You can wire the pickups so that 1 neighbour pickup is the same and the other is opposite by going in pairs .
 
In this scenario the neighbours are cancelling each other out .  If the neighbours are contributing to the timbre at

all then I believe this would be minimized .

   3. You can wire the pickups alternating so that both neighbours are oppositely wired . I like this idea and will test

 it . The neighbours will contribute to signal level and as well if they have timbre contribution it should come

through X 2 .


   The Pattern will be Series Parallel starting with a group of 4 then 3s . Back side loops will be horizontal then

vertical in the same area .


   Back side RCA-1-3-5-7   2-4-6-8-10-12   9-11-13-14-16-18   15-17-19-20-22-24   21-23-25-26-28-30

   Front side           1-2-3-4-5-6-7   8-9-10-11-12-13   14-15-16-17-18-19   20-21-22-23-24-25   26-27-28-29-30-31



   Back    27-29-31-32-34-36   33-35-37-38-40-42   39-41-43-44-46-48   45-47-49-50-52-54   

   Front                     32-33-34-35-36-37   38-39-40-41-42-43   44-45-46-47-48-49   50-51-52-53-54-55   


   Back   51-53-55-56-58-60   57-59-61-62-64-66   63-65-67-68-70-72   69-71-73-Lug

   Front                   56-57-58-59-60-61   62-63-64-65-66-67   68-69-70-71-72-73



  *  When pickup magnets are side by side with opposite polarity the magnetic field will be concentrated directly

 from pole piece to pole piece . Tine movement will have little to no effect on the field .


  Let me know if you have any thoughts or questions  , Thank you

[CanisLupus]

Another point or issue that needs to be addressed or tested/proven is the

following . In the above mentioned connection method there is also a difference

in that the neighbour pickups are in a different parallel group . There are a

few cases in which all 3 pickups are in different parallel groups .

  How does the arrangement of a pickup and its neighbours within parallel groups affect signal level ?