Suhr Guthrie Govan wiring

[raphael]

Tnx John yup I order a zebra color aswell.....I think we can ask endo about the magnet polarity cuz he have a suhr pickups and he already install this wirring........and incase your going to adjust the diagram can u pls put the push pull pot in the tone.......thanks John I will try the second diagram which is based on endos suhr pup....and I think the magnet polarity in the diagram is correct cuz the two cream of the pup is inside and the black color is out side.....thanks John

[newey]

rafael-

Hello and Welcome to G-Nutz2!

We haven't heard from endowug in a year now, so I doubt he'll be by to help with your install of this design. While the polarity should be OK because you're using the same pickups, one of JohnH's last notes on his design was that:

Although we have checked colours and coil connections, we have not quite definitively checked the phase of the middle pickup (although we know its magnet polarity relative to the others). The way I have shown it wired is definitely the most likely and follows the convention, but I suggest when first wired, you leave the middle pickup leads long. There is a slight chance that they need to be swapped, black with white, if the sound of the middle pickup with other coils is thin, ie out of phase.

It doesn't look like that question was ever definitively answered by endowug, so John is rightly advising some easy testing first to be sure. It's always easier to check first than to rewire afterwards!

[raphael]

Thanks newey...yup I will check the phase of the middle pups aswell..hopefully I can post a vid here while doing this wirring.....maybe after a month I'm still waiting the suhr Ssh ssv and fl....thanks newey

[raphael]

Hi John about the middle pups which is the hot wire???is it the white wire or the black wire??if the white one is the hot wire the last diagram is 100% sure...http://www.eyb-guitars.de/Eyb-English/Megaswitch_files/English%20Megaswitch%20E.pdf check this about humbukcer single hum bucker wirring.......same as the last diagram u post except the blower switch

[raphael]

John I have the original wirring diagram of the shur Guthrie govan model suhr email it to me if you have email adress send it to me...can u pls copy this diagram and make it simple it's very complicated

[endowug]

Hi Newey,

after quite some time I was curious enough to have a peek into this thread once more just to notice that someone needed a bit of info from me, and I'm very sorry for not having responded before. As concerns the wiring diagram, I followed exactly John's second diagram, and the middle PU's polarity was exactly as John expected it to be. I don't know if that info helps, if not, ask again, and I promise not to wait another year to answer.

[newey]

endo-

Welcome back! Now you come back, and we haven't heard from rafael in a month! But good info to know nonetheless, it is as we suspected it would be, but it's always better to have confirmation rather than guessing.

So, how is the guitar working out for you?

[endowug]

The guitar works really well, the possible pickup combinations can be used in all kinds of music, and as I'm playing in a cover band this is important for me. The blower switch is great, too, because for smaller gigs I often use my Cornford Roadhouse 30, which is only a one-channel amp, so I have to use the volume of my guitar quite often to control the gain of the amp. Usually I set the volume knob to a decent clean or crunch sound and for soloing I use the blower switch - works great!
Unfortunately, there's always room for improvement. One day in February I took my pimped Ibby and my Cornford and drove to a shop that has Suhr guitars. I tested the Guthrie Govan Signature model for almost 2 hours, always swapping guitars back and forth, and what can I say - of course we all know that the same pickups sound differently in different guitars, but in this case the difference was so remarkable that it's worth the 4000 Euro the Suhr is going to cost me when I pick it up next week!

[50103366]

Hello heheheh ive been reading thru this thread and my problem is im using a crunch lab and liquifire zebra and evo mid .. I cant make outside coil remain active when using a push pull switch is it possible to choose betwee coils which u would rather keep active

[newey]

50103366-

Hello and Welcome to G-Nutz2!

is it possible to choose betwee coils which u would rather keep active

Yes. But we'll need to know exactly how you have it wired now, including wire colors for the type of pickup in question. A diagram is probably your best bet to convey this info. Are you using the Suhr Guthrie Govan wiring, which is the subject of this thread?

[50103366]

Hello chief

Thank you fpr the warm welcome iam indeed following the diagram provided in this thread .. The pickups also has 4 wires and one ground as i tried to split the coils only the inner ones remain active i was looking into having the outer ones remain active my wiring is the same as the diagram minus the blower switch thank you for your quick response cheers


- mike (50103366)

[newey]

The pickups also has 4 wires and one ground as i tried to split the coils only the inner ones remain active i was looking into having the outer ones remain active

Do you mean that, in positions 2,3 and 4 (which are the ones in which coils are split in this scheme), you always have the inner coils?

Only at position 2 (Bridge inner coil + middle) is any inner coil used, so if you're getting more than that, there's a wiring problem somewhere. You should be getting the outer coils in positions 3 and 4.