2 Humbucker, 2 Volume, 2 Tone, and no switch.

[Axkoa]

Not too important, as this idea is years off from being put together. But how possible would it be to wire this up?

2 Humbuckers
2 Volume
2 Tone
No toggle/switch

Probably would be nice to have the Volume or Tone pots to split the coils on their respective humbuckers.

 

[Cagey]

Not hard at all. Like falling off a log. If you take the typical Les Paul control/wiring scheme and put the pickup selector switch in the middle position (bridge + neck), that's what you've got. Just don't put in the switch. Wire as if it isn't there.

 

[Axkoa]

So Cagey. Would it be like this: http://www.seymourduncan.com/wiring-diagrams?meta_params=guitar-options,2-pickups,neck-h,bridge-h,2-volume,2-tone,3-way-toggle,accessory-none but you connect the 3 bottom wires to the toggle together and don't have that wire going to the top of thee toggle?

 

[Cagey]

Right. You should be aware, however, that you'll end up with the same kind of interactions that you get with the switched version that kind of control scheme. That is, if you adjust a control for one pickup, you'll affect the sound of the other. There isn't a way to isolate multiple sources/controls in passive schemes without physically switching them out; they all end up in parallel. In the worst case, rolling the output level all the way off on one source will shut all sources down. Bottom line is, it's difficult to mix sources. Every adjustment you make has unpredictable side effects.

That's why a single "master" volume/tone control scheme is becoming increasingly popular. If you have to reach down to your controls no matter what you do because the output is always wrong every time you switch pickups, they may as well all be the same control so you don't have to think about it.

 

[AirCap]

If you want to ditch the pick selector, I suggest going with a master blend, a master volume, and 2 tones.

 

[Axkoa]

If you want to ditch the pick selector, I suggest going with a master blend, a master volume, and 2 tones.

Yeah, after reading what Cagey said I think that would be a better idea than what I had in mind. How would I go about that?

 

[Logrinn]

I couldn't find such a wiring scheme at Seymour Duncan. Probably because it's not that common. But it is common on basses and here's almost what you want (just one tone though): http://www.seymourduncan.com/wiring-diagrams?meta_params=bass-options,2-pickups,neck-pb,bridge-jb,1-volume#schematic-results-count

 

[stratamania]

Normally the volumes would be dependent. But just wire it independently for both volume controls.

Here is an explanation of how to do it.

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If you do independent volume controls you might also want to add a treble bleed circuit to the volume controls to keep more high end as you roll back the volume.

 

[Axkoa]

Normally the volumes would be dependent. But just wire it independently for both volume controls.

Here is an explanation of how to do it.

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If you do independent volume controls you might also want to add a treble bleed circuit to the volume controls to keep more high end as you roll back the volume.

So doing it that independent wiring way, and then combining the signal wires that would normally go to the toggle straight to the Tip of the Jack, it would essentially mean that it would work the same as a blend control but I can vary the amounts finely of each guitar in the signal?

I think I'm starting to get the hang of some of this wiring, I'm really looking forward to getting more into it and able to do just make up a wiring diagram when I need one.

 

[stratamania]

Yes that should do it. Remember in this case all the three way toggle is doing is switching which pickups hot output goes to the output jack or both.

Without the toggle its like being in the middle position. But then again without a switch although you can blend you miss out on a lot of the power of preselecting individual volume and tone for each pickup and then select between them.

Note on Les Paul style wiring the pickups go to the volume and tone controls and then you have the switch to select one or both pickups.  On a stratocaster or tele its different, with a master volume the hot outputs of the pickups go to a selector switch and then to to the volume and tone controls and then to the output.