Is Fenders Andy Summers Wiring wiring diagram incorrect?

[kevdev01]

I used the below fender wiring diagram for the Andy Summers guitar, and when the tech brought it back it did'nt split the coil of the humbucker. the switch only turned the guitar off.

http://wiki.grahamenglish.net/uploads/7/7e/Andy_Summers_Tele.pdf[/QUOTE]

Upon further examination of the diagram only two of the wires from the humbucker are in the circuit.

Anyone have the soultion?

 

[MIKE RICHARDSON]

The diagram is correct. Andy's guitar DOES NOT have a coil tap. Back in the day when his guitar was modded (by whomever had it before Andy), I doubt that anybody had single-dual coil switches.

 

[Kevin_Lindsay]

Yeah, as stated above, the Andy Summers Tele doesn't have a coil tap facility. The neck pickup is simply wired as a standard humbucker. The two switches in the circuit are for switching the preamp on/off, and for reversing the phase of the pickups.

Neither switch turns the guitar on/off as you mentioned in your original comment. Are you sure the tech followed the wiring diagram correctly?

 

[kevdev01]

My luthier talked me into not screwing the pick up into the body. His reasoning what was that it would make the pick up nonadjustable height wise .That was the problem. The bridge pick up was self grounding. It had a metal plate attached to the bottom of it. As a consequence, the circuit didn't work. When we had the pickups both turned on, The phase switch only worked in one position because of three three grounding points in the circuit. We replaced the pick up screws in the bridge with nylon screws that solved the problem. I imagine most people who follow this wiring diagram screw the bridge pick up right into the body, Or they disable the self grounding plate of the bridge pickup. In any event screwing the bridge pick up into the body has more to do with completing the circuit as well as the sound. Thanks for everyone's help

 

[Newtelefan2015]

I know this is a little late...but if you look at the Andy Summers diagram, the 3rd and 4th wire are joined making it wired just like a 2 wire humbucker. As stated in the previous comments, the old humbuckers did not have the split coil capability.