Westone Thunder active guitar wiring
This diagram is based on the
wiring in a mid-1983 Thunder IIA. I have compared that guitars wiring
to the wiring in a 1984 Thunder IA - they were identical. This wiring
diagram should be suitable for any Thunder active guitar with controls
for volume, passive tone and active tone and 3 mini switches for coil
tap, phase reverse, and active on/off
NOTES:
- the white wire from the neck pickup connects directly to the red
wire on the shielded cable to the pickup switch. The join is wrapped in
insulated sleeving
- there is a pcb on the back
of the phase switch which provides the interconnections between the
terminals. If the switch needs replaced the pcb is not needed and can
be replaced by 2 link wires as shown
- this is a bare wire which
connects to single terminals on the coil tap and phase switches and
also is soldered to the bodies of all three mini switches
- this battery earth connects
to the switch terminal on the (3 terminal) jack socket - the circuit is
completed when a jack is inserted, connecting this terminal to earth.
The 3 mini switches are all DPDT. The volume and tone pots are 500K
log, the active tone pot is a 500K linear pot with a centre detent. The
tone cap C1 is a 0.022 microfarad mylar capacitor.
All the passive components on the PCB are easily available, should any
need replaced - the only
active component is the IC, an LA6358 dual op-amp. These may be
difficult to obtain, and can be directly replaced if needed by an LM358.