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Pickup wiring diagram help?


tomteriffic

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I've looked around the usual haunts and I'm coming up empty on this idea I've got.  What's worse, I know of the existence of the 5-way "superswitch" but have zero experience with such a beast.  Here's what I want to do, assuming 2 4-conductor humbuckers and a 5-way (probably a superswitch from what I can gather):

Pos. 1: Neck humbucker full

Pos. 2: Neck single coil (I'm assuming outer coil since that's usually the one under the imaginary 24th fret)

Pos. 3: Both pickups full humbucker

Pos: 4 Inside coils, both pickups

Pos: 5 Bridge humbucker

If anybody has a clue and can draw me up a diagram (let's assume a Seymour Duncan color code scheme), I can make it worth your while somehow.

Thanks in advance!

Tom

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Got sidetracked, Jay, but I had already checked that Guitar Electronics site and didn't come up with anything that was exactly like what I wanted.  Ree-shard suggested I call the Seymour Duncan guys, said that they're very helpful.

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I think this Oak Grigsby switch would be able to get all those combinations.  One pole for each coil.  My brain is too frazzled right now to suss the details out.  Maybe later. :wacko:

http://www.stewmac.com/Pickups_and_Electronics/Components_and_Parts/Oak_Grigsby_Super_Switch.html

http://www.stewmac.com/How-To/Online_Resources/Learn_About_Guitar_Pickups_and_Electronics_and_Wiring/Super_SwitchI1.html

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Er... Tom... I had a few minutes and decided I'd take up the challenge.  As I began to draw it out I had this feeling I'd seen this before. And then it hit me: Fender called that their Big Apple Strat (aka Double Fat Strat).  McChris has one I absolutely love:

BigAppleStrat.jpg

At any rate, the complete wiring diagram (as well as complete parts list) can be found here (and be very glad I'm posting this link rather than a hand-drawn mess!).  ;):)

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Well, I'll be dipped in ocelot scat and southern fried.  There it is!  I think I can figure out a single tone control arrangement from this.  Many thankyous, sir.  I'd been around the bush so many times I met myself coming and going.

And yes, Chris' Big Apple Strat is a beaut.  :wub:

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The only difference with a single Tone control is that the lead to the Tone control comes from the master Volume rather than the pickup selection on the Super Switch.  Like this, paying attention on this diagram to only where the Tone control lead enters the equation.

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