Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Tech => Topic started by: blfrd on November 12, 2007, 10:30:47 PM
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Got a set of calibrated VHII's a while back and need to start looking at wiring options.
The guitar hasn't been put together yet and the sky's the limit, really.
My first thought is this:
5 way switch - One volume knob - no tone knob.
position 1: bridge humbucker
position 2: bridge humbucker coil tapped ( or split )
position 3: whatever it is they do for Les Pauls in the middle position.
position 4: neck humbucker tapped (north coil, I think)
position 5: neck humbucker
Can someone tell me where I can find a diagram for this?
Other ideas?
Have another strat type guitar (HSS) and only use the 1st, 4th and 5th position on the switch really.
thanks!
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I like the wiring of the Fender Double Fat Strat. It's not quite what you described - instead of the split bridge pickup in position 2, you get the inner coils of both bridge and neck:
http://www.fender.com/support/diagrams/pdf_temp1/stratocaster/0117200A/SD0117200APg4.pdf
http://www.fender.com/support/diagrams/pdf_temp1/stratocaster/0117200A/SD0117200APg2.pdf
You need a double-pole 5-way switch, and the guitar has tone controls but it's easy to exclude them. I think one of the pickups needs to have a "flipped" magnet, PRS style, for position 2 to be hum-cancelling. And the diagram uses Duncan colour coding, you'd need to convert to BKP.
For a less complex wiring scheme, StewMac have Schaller Megaswitches - the "E" model gives splits in positions 2 and 4, and the outer coils in position 3. The "P" model gives the same wiring combinations as a PRS rotary switch, which is quite a neat trick:
http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Electronics,_pickups/Components:_Switches_and_knobs/Megaswitches.html