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JazSeven

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Wiring questions
« on: November 17, 2011, 01:59:47 PM »
hey

i have 2 questions, both of these relate to a 2 hum, 1 vol + 1 tone guitar with 'ultra' 5way switch wired for series/parallel, the problem being that the way it is currently wired means both pickups are active in all positions so i am trying to make it so it's position- 1bridge S - 2 bridge P - 3both S - 4neck P - 5neck S - if you see what i mean?

1) due to the way i've had to wire the switch to get it to do series/parallel both the hots (red) are wired together. the black and white are already grounded, if i ground the green too will it kill the hot of both pickups?

alternatively...
2) both the black and white are still grounded. if i where to mod the switch so that the green wasn't connected to anything but the red was still going to the hot would the pickup still sound?


many thanks in advance, sorry if i've been a bit vague i can supply any additional info if needed  :)


darkbluemurder

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Re: Wiring questions
« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2011, 02:47:49 PM »
For such exotic wirings you may look at www.guitarnuts2.com. Maybe somebody there has used the wiring you want.

To your first question: Yes - if you have both coils in parallel and short one coil to ground you kill the entire signal.

Cheers Stephan