Emmons Wiring Diagram

Henry Matthews · Post by **Henry Matthews** » 25 May 2009 9:04 am

Does anyone have a 70's P/P D-10 wiring diagram for the neck and tone switch. I put a Wallace True tone pickup on my Emmons and decided just to rewire the whole switch because it had quit a bit of solder build up and looked sorta nasty so took every thing loose to redo it. I think I may have gotten something wrong. The C6th is fine but the True Tone on E9th is noisy and sounds like a single coil pickup. The Truetone may be a single coil, don't know. Any help would be appreciated.----Henry

Larry Hutchison · Post by **Larry Hutchison** » 25 May 2009 5:16 pm

Henry I got this years ago when I replace pickups on an Emmons PP D-10. Hope it helps. Larry Hutchison

Pete Walthall · Post by **Pete Walthall** » 25 May 2009 6:09 pm

henry that is a single coil pickup you can't depend on glen for anything. pete.

Henry Matthews · Post by **Henry Matthews** » 25 May 2009 7:38 pm

Larry, thanks very, very much, exactly what i needed.

Yeh, I know Pete, can't Travis either, that's where I got it. LOL
Thanks again guys---Henry

Don Benoit · Post by **Don Benoit** » 18 Mar 2010 4:23 pm

I just aquired a 1976 D-10 push pull guitar with the wiring as above with dual coil wiring. The original coils seem to be wound in series. The two way switch (not the 3 way switch) merely doubles the coil resistance. The coils have two white wires and a shield. Without unsoldering wires, I would guess that the way 2 way switch on the guitar just selects single or dual coil in series. The pickups only have a single row of magnets. Am I right in saying that these pickup coils are not humbucking because of the single row of magnets and that the pickup is simply a tapped coil pickup?

CrowBear Schmitt · Post by **CrowBear Schmitt** » 19 Mar 2010 12:45 am

CAP: 0.47

John Lacey · Post by **John Lacey** » 19 Mar 2010 4:47 am

Don, I'm pretty sure you're guitar has single coil pickups. Whether they're tapped or not, I don't know.

Burton Lee · Post by **Burton Lee** » 7 Feb 2016 3:56 pm

I'm in the midst of redoing my electronics, and a friend drew this schematic based on the pencil drawing. I figured I'd post it to this thread since it's been a pretty handy reference on wiring up the Emmons.

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Waisznor · Post by **Waisznor** » 26 Mar 2020 11:08 am

Which is the right wiring for an S10 single coil pickup?

Glenn Suchan · Post by **Glenn Suchan** » 3 May 2025 4:27 am

Reviving this old thread, I'm in need of replacing the tone Capacitor in my 1977 Emmons, D10 push/pull.

In the preceding posts it's been stated that the cap would likely be .047 or .05 microfarad. Along with that, what is the voltage rating and is it an electrolytic cap? If it is an electrolytic cap, which soldering point is the positive (+)?

Keep on pickin'
Glenn

Jerry Overstreet · Post by **Jerry Overstreet** » 3 May 2025 5:21 am

Glenn, this is a cap that came out of a steel tone circuit, I'm pretty sure. It may be from my old Emmons PP or another guitar, I'm not sure, it could be from another device.

You can see one end is different from the other. I'm assuming that indicates polarity along with the arrows. There is also a resistor in line on this one. Hope this will help.

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EDIT: If memory serves, the cap I had for the Emmons went to someone who bought the switch, so that's not from the PP but from other electronics tone circuit.

I suspect it's very similar, if not the same, as a tone circuit in a pedal or other guitar.

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