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circuit.construction...
body neck circuit pickups

 inside the circuit cavity

How the circuit works
circuit diagram wiring schematic varitone - check these as well

What happens when you select differing pickup combinations

bulletNeck position - with the pickup selector set towards the neck
bulletThe neck pickup is selected. 
bulletThe dummy coil is connected in series with the neck pickup.
bulletThe way the pickup and dummy coil are configured and connected means that hum is cancelled.
bulletMiddle position - with the pickup selector set upright
bulletThe neck pickup is selected with the "treble bleed network"* in series with the pickups. 
bulletThe bridge pickup is selected and connected in series with the neck pickup.
bulletThe way the pickups are configured and connected means that hum is cancelled.
bulletBridge position - with the pickup selector set away the from the neck
bulletThe bridge pickup is selected. 
bulletThe dummy coil is connected in series with the bridge pickup.
bulletThe way the pickup and dummy coil are configured and connected means that hum is cancelled.

pickup switch
the pickup switch
        
  
output jack socket, 
plate mounted on the 
bottom edge of the guitar

* The "treble bleed network" is a capacitor and resistor connected in parallel with each other, and in series with the pickups, when both pickups are selected. This gives the sound (in the words of Guitarist magazine's Dr Robert) "a more Strat-like twang".treble bleed network

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