(Two Pickup Guitar Diagram) SC/HB, 5-Way Switch, 1Vol, 1Tone

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I need a diagram for Tele style:

1 Single coil
1 Humbucker ( Bridge )
5-way switch ( 8 pins )
1 Vol.
1 Tone



Thanks in advance :D
 
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If he does that, he will have an empty spot in the 3 possition on the switch.

Why are you using a 5-way insteed of a three way is the question.

A standard 5-way strat switch like that is not very versitile, so you will have a hard time wiring anything interesting into it. So what do you want to do?



Light

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Light said:
If he does that, he will have an empty spot in the 3 possition on the switch.
Light
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You're correct. I jumped the gun and posted that before looking close at it. Thanks for pointing that out.
 
I want:

1:Neck single
2:Neck single & one bridge coil
3:Neck single & Bridge hum
4:Bridge single coil only
5:Bridge humbucker

my humbucker only has 2 wires and the 5-way switch has 8 pins

:D
 
This diagram is very close to what i want, but i don't know how to translate the 5-way switch, to the one that i have.

"switch.jpg" is the one that i have right now. ( don't get excited with my paintbrush skills ) :D

If anyone could help me to translate the pins, that would be useful. :)
 

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underp said:
I want:

1:Neck single
2:Neck single & one bridge coil
3:Neck single & Bridge hum
4:Bridge single coil only
5:Bridge humbucker

my humbucker only has 2 wires and the 5-way switch has 8 pins

:D
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You can't do it. Sorry. You would need a different switch and a 4-conductor humbucker, and there is just no way around that. Sorry.

Now, if you had a four conductor humbucker, I could do:


1: Neck single
2: Neck single & one bridge coil
3: Neck single & one bridge coil
4: Bridge humbucker
5: Bridge single coil only


But, as you can see, positions 2 and 3 are the same, and 4 and 5 are reversed from your desire.

Now, if you get the 4 conductor humbucker, and a Super Switch, then we can make something happen, but I am afraid that with your current parts, it can't happen.

The problem is that a standard 5-way switch is NOT actually a 5-way switch, but a three way switch with intermediate stops, based on the fact that people would take Strats (which used to have 3-way switches) and they would "balance" the switches between positions to get that "in between" Strat sound. It took Fender almost 20 years to catch on to that one. At any rate, what this means practically is that position 2 will always be a combination of whatever is in positions 1 and 3 while position 4 will always be a combination of positions 3 and 5. There is no way around it.


Light

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M.K. Gandhi
 
Ok let's forget about that setup.

My Humbucker has 2 wires(black & White), and a red cable in between.

I want to know if i can CUT the (red cable) and put an extension, to make the diagram above possible.

If not, i think i'll be fine with the setup you mention. ( but i can't get the super switch ) . The only switch i have, only has 8 pins.


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5-way Switch and Humbucker (Pics)
 

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OK, first off, replace that POS switch. Really, trust me, it will make your life MUCH easier. Switches are cheep, spend the money.

The red wire is going between the two coils, and yes, you could solder on an extension, but I wouldn't want to, but yes, it would then work as a coil tap.


But I would use the setup in the diagram you have. Series setups sound cool.



Light

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Light said:
OK, first off, replace that POS switch. Really, trust me, it will make your life MUCH easier. Switches are cheep, spend the money.
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Light, I don't live in the US, i live in the middle of the jungle :D. I know i'll have to replace my parts eventually, but for now i need to translate the standart 5-way switch to the "YM-50" type.

Don't you see that i'm dying here ? :) . I have this guitar that i can't use, because of it's total mess with the wiring.
 
apl said:
EVH didn't need no stinkin' switch, or pots or nothin'! :D
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Oh, he needed the pot alright. Used it all the time. Wore them out, I understand.

As for the switch, it is two poles, with one comon lug and 3 position lugs for each pole. As to which is which, I don't know. I would have to do continuity tests. But it should be pretty easy to figure it out.


Light

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