Carvin TBH60 Quick Reference Guide

Carvin Musical Instruments Quick Reference Guide - TBH60.
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CARVIN TBH60 TWINBLADE PICKUP WIRING INSTRUCTIONS

Shield

Coil Split 

Switch

Red

White

To Ground

To Ground

Blac

k - hot output

Green

Standard Humbucking Operation with Coil Splitter

* If using two TBH hum-
bucking pickups and one is
out of phase with the other,
reverse the black and green
wires on one pickup.

Red

White

Soldered together 
and taped

Black  - Hot output

Green

Shield

To ground

L11

JACK

S5

5 POSITION SWITCH

SIDE VIEW

SWITCH POSITIONS:
1. NECK
2. NECK/MIDDLE
3. MIDDLE
4. MIDDLE/BRIDGE
5. BRIDGE

C1= 100v, .022mf capacitor

GND

BLK

GROUND WIRE

FROM BRIDGE

RED

ON

OFF

S3

BRIDGE

PICKUP

MINI SWITCH

C1 

SHIELD

SHIELD

SHIELD

BLK

BLK

BLK

RED

WHITE

RED

WHITE

BRIDGE

PICKUP

NECK

PICKUP

MIDDLE

PICKUP

P1

VOL

P2

TONE

GREEN

GREEN

GREEN

TBH60

TBH60

TBH60

RED

WHITE

THE RED AND 

WHITE WIRES 

ARE SOLDERED 

TOGETHER AND 

TAPED 

MOUNTING PICKUPS ON THE GUITAR
Carvin TwinBlade Humbuckers are replacement pickups for standard single coils.  Mount them into a single coil pickguard opening.

PICKUP WIRING
The shield wire always goes to ground.  For standard humbucking operation, solder the Red and White wire together and cover it with tape to insulate.  Solder
the Green wire and shield to ground. 
The Black wire is the hot output. (See fig.1)

WIRING THE CONTROLS
You should install a ground wire that runs from the tailpiece or bridge to the control area.  Solder this ground wire to the back of one of the potentiometers.  Be careful not
to use excessive heat when soldering to the potentiometers or switches as you may damage them. (See fig.2)

PICKGUARD WIRING WITH
BRIDGE SWITCH
FIG 3 shows wiring with a mini-switch used to
turn the bridge pickup on when the 5-way posi-
tion switch is on either the middle or neck posi-
tion.  This is the standard wiring configuration
for the Carvin Custom Shop when TBH60’s are
installed in a pickguard.

Fig. 1

Fig. 3

Standard Humbucking Operation (no Coil Splitter)

Fig. 2

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