A little bit more than standard jazz master wiring

[Tadaitstyler]

So I'm thinking about doing a custom warmoth build and I have a weird wiring question

It will be a jazzmaster body and I want to do sort of a spin on classic jazzmaster wiring. I want a lead circuit and a rythem circuit like a normal jm, but with a couple tweaks.

I will be using three pickups. I want to do circuit selection via a mini toggle. The rhythm circuit will use neck and middle pickups (preferably in parallel) with it's own volume control (no tone controls for either circuit).

In the lead circuit, I want each pickup to have it's own mini toggle for off/on selection. Much like a jaguar or a bass vi. It will then be sent to the lead volume pot. I want the mini toggles for the lead circuit to not interfere with the rhythm circuit at all.

Drawings are helpful haha.

Thank you.

 

[tfarny]

Sorry, I'm not gonna sit down for half an hour and draw for you, but it doesn't sound like a possible circuit using standard parts. I could be wrong but just thinking about it for a minute, I don't think that's gonna work.

Also, WHY would you want that kind of wiring? It sounds incredibly hard to use and wouldn't even get that much variety of sound. You don't need four switches to get 7 pickup combos.

 

[Cagey]

I can't see it, either.

My white Strat is wired to allow for all 7 combinations possible with 3 pickups - 8, if you count "all off" - and I'm going to change that back to a standard 5-way switch.

All those switches aren't as convenient as you might imagine. When you want a different setup you not only have to select the pickups you want, you have to deselect the ones you don't. That problem doesn't exist with the 5 way switch. The only thing I gained from that switching arrangement is the ability to have the neck and bridge both on, all 3 on or all 3 off. None of those combinations are very useful.