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==Phase==
4-wire humbuckers or pairs of pickups can be wired in-phase or out-of-phase. Typically, they are wired in-phase, meaning pickups reinforce each other, providing a solid frequency response across the entire frequency spectrum through the resonant peaks. However, sometimes they are wired for an out-of-phase tone, which can sound a bit thin and scooped (low midrange). This is nice for certain effects, or a "spankin" funky type sound.
Generally, you don't want them to be out-of-phase, so keep that in mind when wiring them. If a humbucker or pair of pickups sounds strangely weak and scooped, the wiring may be wrong. But if you want more tonal options, you can purposefully wire a pair or two out-of-phase.
==Wiring==