Super Switch: Pickup Specs and Color Codes

Pickup manufacturers - specs and color codes

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Pickup Manufacturer	Adjustable Pole			Slug Pole			Winding Direction	Notes and Special Instructions
Pickup Manufacturer	Start "A"	Finish " B"	M.P.	Start "C"	Finish "D"	M.P.	Winding Direction	Notes and Special Instructions
Tom Anderson Humbucker	Black	White	South	Green	Red	North	B/W coil is CW G/R coil is CW	Anderson winds one coil opposite the other; therefore they tie a finish with a start. Both coils are slugs—no adjustable polepieces. Inspect bottom of pickup and trace colored wires to their coils.
Tom Anderson Single-coil	NA	NA	NA	Black	White, Red, Purple or Yellow	North	CW	Reverse-wound reverse-polarity pickups are opposite these specs. Tapped single-coils are black, white, and red, RW/RP black, yellow and purple.
WD/Kent Armstrong Humbucker	Red (Pink)	Blue (Black)	South	Green	White	North	CW
WD/Kent Armstrong Single-coil	NA	NA	NA	Black	White	South	CW	RW/RP has north top polarity.
Joe Barden Humbucker	Green	Red	South	Black	White	North	CW	Output wire always exits under south polarity coil. All pickups are humbucking with stainless steel blade polepieces. Ceramic magnet applies magnetic field.
Benedetto Humbucker	Green	White	South	Red	Black	North	CCW	Coil above "Benedetto" in the cover has a south Humbucker polarity.
DiMarzio Humbucker	Green	White	South	Red	Black	North	CCW	Output wire always exits pickup's baseplate under the south polarity coil.
DiMarzio Single-coil	NA	NA	NA	Black	White	South	CW
Seymour Duncan Humbucker	Green	Red	South	Black	White	North	CW
Seymour Duncan Single-coil	NA	NA	NA	Black	White	South	CW	Antiquity pickups are wound CCW. RW/RP single-coil pickups are opposite the given specs.
Fender Stratocaster	NA	NA	NA	Black	White	South	CW	First few production years have north polarity.
Fender Telecaster Lead	NA	NA	NA	Black (or blue)	White (or yellow)	South	CCW	Magnetic polarities varied during early production years.
Fender Telecaster Rhythm	NA	NA	NA	Black	White	South	CCW	Magnetic polarities varied during early production years.
Fender Humbucker	Ground	Series-link	South	Hot	Series-link	North	CCW	The "south" polarity coil is the top coil or above the "Fender" in the cover. Polepieces (adjustable & non-adjustable) are all made from the magnetic alloy CuNiFe (Copper-Nickel-Ferrite). At the time of this pickups production, CuNiFe was the only magnetic alloy that could be threaded. Fender used the finishes for the series-link.
Gibson Humbucker	Black	Green	South	Red	White	North	CCW	For 2-conductor humbuckers the outer-braid is ground, inner is hot.
Gibson P-90	Black	White	North	NA	NA	NA	CCW
Gibson P-100	Black	White	North	Black	White	North	CCW	Coils are wired in parallel, in-phase. This allows the pickup to be hum-canceling, but retain single-coil type tones. The lower coil is inverted (rotated 180 degrees) to achieve the reverse wind direction and electron flow.
Lindy Fralin Humbucker	Black	Red	South	White	Red	North	CCW	Lindy ties the finishes together into a single tapped output (red). Some models may have opposite magnetic poles.
Lindy Fralin Single-coil	NA	NA	NA	Black	White	North or South	CW or CCW	50's model pickups are wound CW and have "N" top polarity. 60's model pickups are wound CCW and have "S" polarity.
Schaller Humbucker	White	Green	South	Brown	Yellow	North	CW
Schaller Single-coil	NA	NA	NA	Black	White	South or North	CW	South polarity for S6 and T6, North on S6 Vintage. The output wire is coaxial, so black (outer-braid) is ground and the white (inner-wire) is hot.

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