jm55
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I have to admit my understanding of pickup wiring is spotty. I've even made my own single coils in the past, but four wire humbuckers are a bit of a mystery to me, and more so now since I peeked in the cavity of my new 2016 Les Paul Standard and discovered the BB Pro's connect to the PCB with a five pin connector with five wires coming from the pickup. Can someone attempt to school me on why this is, or direct me to an online reference that might help?
In case anyone thinks I'm wrong about the anomaly of a pickup being called a four conductor by everyone including the manufacturer yet actually being a five conductor, consider that a conventional humbucker is described as a two conductor, and there are indeed two conductors, one of which is ground.
In case anyone thinks I'm wrong about the anomaly of a pickup being called a four conductor by everyone including the manufacturer yet actually being a five conductor, consider that a conventional humbucker is described as a two conductor, and there are indeed two conductors, one of which is ground.