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JonnyScaramanga

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Strat with two volumes
« on: October 05, 2007, 05:53:18 PM »
I've just had my tech put a BKP VHII in my Strat, so now it's an HSS guitar.

To get the best from all the pickups, I wanted it wired like this:

Pot 1: 500k volume (bridge humbucker only)
Pot 2: 250k volume (neck and middle single coils only)
Pot 3: 250k tone (neck and middle only)

My tech has wired it incorrectly, and he says he can't figure out how to do what I want. Currently, Pot 1 acts on the bridge pickup only as required, but pot 2 acts as a master volume on all three pickups. So the bridge is going through TWO volume controls, which must be costing me some output and high-end.

Please could anyone tell me where to find a wiring diagram for  what I want? I think it's possible, since I've read that this is how Matthias Jabs (Scorpions) has his Strats wired.  I'll be very grateful for any pointers.
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Strat with two volumes
« Reply #1 on: October 05, 2007, 07:10:46 PM »
I would like the Matthias Jabs wiring diagram as well
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« Reply #2 on: October 06, 2007, 12:28:47 AM »
I've found this:

http://guitarnuts2.proboards45.com/index.cgi?board=wiring&action=display&thread=1163817284

and this:

http://guitarnuts2.proboards45.com/index.cgi?board=schem&action=display&thread=1165712655

I believe this is what I was looking for, although I don't know the first thing about wiring. What do you think about it, Jonathan?
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« Reply #3 on: October 06, 2007, 12:56:48 AM »
Yep - this will work
It's pretty cool
Think I will do a Matthias Jabs  style strat at some point
Will do it 22 fret though - 24 seems overkill

You could put in a toggle switch to coil split the bridge HB so you can sound all stratty in position 2
MJ also has a mini switch that switches the regular output to a direct humbucker to output - bypassing all controls - a solo switch
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« Reply #4 on: November 13, 2007, 09:43:28 PM »
I'm planning to do this wiring too. But using those diagrams, how would I go about wiring it up with a master tone? I don't want to use a push/pull or anything like that, and rarely use a tone control anyway.
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