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wiring a split coil mini humbucker

First off let me apologize if this info is already out there, but I couldn't find it. I have a 5 wire mini humbucker I want to coil split. The green and red wires are soldered together, and the black and unshielded ground wire are soldered together.

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unbalanced pickups

I've just finished a CBG with 2 mini humbuckers. The neck pup is much louder than the bridge pup. The neck pup measures 6.7K and the bridge pup measures 7.5K. I wired with a master volume/master tone so after the selector switch both pups share the s

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4 conductor humbucker color codes

If this has been discussed before please forgive me. I searched but couldn't find it. I bought a humbucker online and discovered when it arrived it is a 4 conductor pickup. It didn't come with any info on how it's wired. I figured the color code must

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Onboard EQ/preamp bypass

I'm looking to build a CBG using Gitty's EQ-7545R EQ/preamp. I want to add a bypass switch to send the piezo signal straight to the jack in case the battery goes dead or the preamp craps out in the middle of a gig or jam. I'm thinking a simple SPDT s

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