Capacitors

[christ462000]

I want to install neck and middle single coil pickups and 1 humbucker on my strat build with coil tap on the humbucker,what capacitor do i need.Also does anyone know of a wiring diagram for this
Thank's

 

[Sovereign_13]

The wiring diagram will depend on what your control setup is, and how you want to engage the coil tap.  Separate switch?  Push-pull pot?

Capacitor choice depends on what tone you're going for.  With a capacitor, you're creating a variable RC low-pass filter between the pickups and the output jack.  Which frequencies you want to bleed off (or keep) when rolling back your tone knob will dictate the value of your capacitor.  0.022uF and 0.047uF are pretty "standard" values.

 

[Cagey]

Welcome to the forum!

Tone control and treble bypass capacitor sizing and type is subject to some variation due to personal desires, but in general a .022µF cap for tone control and a .001µF for bypass works well for a wide variety of needs. Don't waste your money on fancy packaging or high working voltage parts, they all work the same in a guitar/bass no matter what anybody else tells you. Also, audio taper pots at 500K are generally a safe choice for everything.

There are jillions of guitar wiring diagrams all over the world wide wibble, but a couple sites have become go-to resources since you often get a hit on your desired configuration in one stop. One is Seymour Duncan's site, and the other is Guitar Electronics.

For what you're planning, this diagram should work great...

...but if you go to the main pages above there are variations on those themes you can select by answering a few questions.

 

[rgand]

Welcome to the forum. Looking forward to seeing what you put together.

 

[christ462000]

I am going to put dimarzio dp 100 in the bridge and single coils in the neck and middle with 1 vol.2 tone and 5way switch.
Thanks