Free build sheet

Build sheet: parts, specs and wiring

Tell me how your guitar is laid out and pick your pickups. You get one sheet with the maker specs for each pickup, the parts to buy, and a link to a wiring diagram published by the pickup maker. Download it as a PDF or print it.

New to this? Read the step-by-step guide (also as a PDF).

1. Your pickups

Pick a common layout to fill this in, or set each spot yourself. Any mix works.

Neck Middle Bridge

2. Switch and knobs

Pickup switch Knobs

3. Right- or left-handed

Right-handed guitar Left-handed guitar

Which way should the knobs turn up?

Clockwise turns it up (standard pots, the usual choice on right- and left-handed guitars) Counterclockwise turns it up (reverse-taper pots, for players who want the knobs to work the other way)

5. Choose your pickups

Pick the sound you are after and I will rank complete pickup sets that fit your layout. Choose a set, or mix and match one pickup at a time below. You can also skip this and still get the parts and diagram.

Sound you are after Pickup maker Single-coil size

Complete pickup sets for your layout

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Or mix and match

Neck pickup Middle pickup Bridge pickup