2 Hum, 1 sumthin'

[Mr Real Nice]

My original plan was to do a SD Pearly Gates Plus in the Bridge and a SD SH1N '59 in the neck and use a pickguard to cover the third (middle) rout, which I had made in case my plans changed later.  But I was thinking about installing 3 right from the beginning.  If I were to do this, I could use a 5-way strat switch, but I don't want the typical strat wiring because I want to be able to run my two SD's together.  How could I wire this so I could maybe have a typical 5-way setup, then maybe have a button or switch or something to power the bridge and neck together?

 

[DocNrock]

My original plan was to do a SD Pearly Gates Plus in the Bridge and a SD SH1N '59 in the neck and use a pickguard to cover the third (middle) rout, which I had made in case my plans changed later.  But I was thinking about installing 3 right from the beginning.  If I were to do this, I could use a 5-way strat switch, but I don't want the typical strat wiring because I want to be able to run my two SD's together.  How could I wire this so I could maybe have a typical 5-way setup, then maybe have a button or switch or something to power the bridge and neck together?

Consider wiring with a "blender" pot.  This would give a master volume and tone.  The 5 way switch would give the ususal selections, but the third pot would blend in the neck pickup to whatever pup combo you have selected.  Position 1 would be bridge alone, but by rolling up the blender pot, you'd mix in the neck pup.  It can also be done with just a switch.

 

[ironiguana]

What about something like this?

http://www.leisd.ws/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid=14883&sc_id=1199905971

You get hum cancelling in all 5 positions, get 2 autosplit notch positions, plus the push-pull gives you the bridge/neck combo you wanted.  I did this with single coil hums and I like it.

Keep in mind wire colors will be different for SD's.

 

[Mr Real Nice]

What about something like this?

http://www.leisd.ws/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid=14883&sc_id=1199905971

You get hum cancelling in all 5 positions, get 2 autosplit notch positions, plus the push-pull gives you the bridge/neck combo you wanted.  I did this with single coil hums and I like it.

Keep in mind wire colors will be different for SD's.

That looks pretty sweet.  Noob question, though.  Why do you say "you get hum cancelling"?  What does that mean?

 

[GoDrex]

When you split a humbucker it becomes a single coil and will hum like a single coil. But there are ways to wire things up to cancel the hum while still getting some of the tone of split coils.

 

[tfarny]

With a "super switch" from guitarelectronics.com or elsewhere, you could get just about any five combinations you could dream up. Add a push-pull knob or a miniswitch and you can get a lot more options than you'll regularly use. If you can't find a wiring diagram on seymour duncan's or guitarelectronics.com site, send me your idea and I'll see what I can do in paint. I like dreaming up new schematics for whatever reason.