Lap Steel Guitar Wiring

[solo2racr]

Guitar Wiring - HBucker/Single coil

I'm getting close to the point to where I am going to have to wire the Lap Steel I'm building. I am using 2 pickups with the bridge being a 14.1 ohm bucker and the neck being a 9.98 ohm single coil (reverse wound & polarity). I have 4 500k pots and a Gibson style 3 way switch . Any suggestions on how to wire this thing up? Diagrams are helpful
Thanks

 

[solo2racr]

No takers on this one huh?

 

[tkingen]

Go to seymourduncan.com and check out the wiring diagrams.

 

[solo2racr]

I have checked out the wiring diagrams there and probably 3 or 4 other places as well. NOTHING for one SC & one HB config. The only 2 pickup diagram has been for dual buckers (IE:Gibson wiring). This looks like the route I will end up going. I am thinking tone control for each and a master vol. like this

 

[tkingen]

There's a sc/humbucking diagram in the the Tele wiring section. It uses a push/pull pot to split the humbucking. That might be a cool option for your lap steel -

http://www.seymourduncan.com/suppor...matics.php?schematic=tele_1hum_1sing_pushpull

 

[solo2racr]

I saw that one. If I had a 4 wire HB, that would probably be the way I would go. What I have is a stock Alnico from an LP (2 wire).

 

[tkingen]

Wouldn't any two pickups/two wire diagram work? You might want a pair of 250k pots for the single coil.

 

[solo2racr]

Wouldn't any two pickups/two wire diagram work? You might want a pair of 250k pots for the single coil.

Yea. Any wiring schematic for a 2 pickup setup would work. I was hoping to find someone that has done a setup like this either in a reg. guitar, lap steel, etc. and had some tips for wiring and/or setup. There are alot of different configs for 2 pickup systems so I guess I'll just have to expieriment.

I'm gonna try a 500K pot for the single but I know they DO work better with a 250K pot. We'll see what happens.

Thanks.