Ibanez Pickup Wiring Reference

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Ibanez Pickup Wiring

⚠️ None of this is guaranteed to work. Use at your own risk.

Pickup Pinout

Seymour Duncan

Color	Coil	Connection
Black	North	Start
White	North	Finish
Red	South	Finish
Green	South	Start
Bare		Ground

N.B. Applies to Black Winter, Distortion, JB, Jazz, Nazgul, Sentient, etc.

Switch Pinout

3SWLSC 5-Way Switch

Position	Configuration
1	Neck (North and South, Series)
2	Neck (North and South, Parallel)
3	Neck (North and South, Series), Bridge (North and South, Series)
4	Neck (North only), Bridge (North only)
5	Bridge (North and South, Series)

N.B. Applies to RGA742FM-TGF, RG421EX-BKF, RG320EX-BKF, etc.

                                        /\
                                       /  \
                                      ------
                                       |  |
                                       |  |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|   [01] GND           |                                              OUT [06]    |
|   [02] COLD (Upper)  |                                              GND [07]    |
|   [03] HOT  (Upper)  |-> Neck    ** 3SWLSC **           |           GND [08]    |
|   [04] COLD (Lower)  |                         Bridge <-|           TAP [09]    |
|   [05] HOT  (Lower)  |                                  |           HOT [10]    |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Pickup Wiring

Dual Humbuckers

Seymour Duncan

Pin	Pickup	Connection	Color
01	Neck	Ground	Bare
02	Neck	South Start	Green
03	Neck	South Finish	Red
04	Neck	North Finish	White
05	Neck	North Start	Black
06		Output
07		Ground
08	Bridge	Ground, South Start	Bare, Green
09	Bridge	North Finish, South Finish	White, Red
10	Bridge	North Start	Black

N.B.

• North coil has Slugs
• South coil has Screws
• Neck Upper means South coil
• Neck Lower means North coil
• North coil Hot is Start, Cold is Finish
• South coil Hot is Finish, Cold is Start