any idea is this will work?

[rightintheface]

I'm fairly noob when it comes to semi-complicated wiring (only ever done a single HB with t/v).

I am planning a tele with 2 HBs and p-90 middle.

i want to have mini switches to split the HBs, with a regular 3-way switch controlling them (as per, say a regular LP).

with the p-90, i want to wire ANOTHER 3-way, with these position:
1.off
2.p-90 on combined with whatever HB is selected on the other 3-way switch
3. p-90 on only (cuts off HBs)

my idea is to have regular HB switching (with coil tap switches), and then the ability to add the p-90 in combination or simply on its own.
any idea if this is possible? it was just an idea i ame up with, as i don't want to roll through an entire 5-way switch to get from bridge to neck and vice versa. ideas?

 

[DiMitriR33]

sure it will work. just wire the hb's normal. seymour duncan has many diagrams for popular combos. start there for a scematic with the coil taps. then take the wire that normally goes to the volume(if only one) usually the center post on the switch.
and run it into the other 3-way as if it is from a p/u and the p-90 to the other post.
the volume/tone hooks to the center post on the second switch as it normally would on the first one.
don't forget to tie all your grounds together

 

[Jwheeler]

I'm actually doing nearly the exact same thing on my telecaster body that I just got!  You can see pics on this threadhttp://www.unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=1518.0

What I am going to do with it is have a mini switch for each pickup only.  The humbuckers will be hum-off-coil tap, and the p90 will be just an on off switch.  That way I have the most combinations that I want, with the fewest switches.  Just another idea for you.

 

[neilium]

I've got a similar arrangement with a strat (HSH). After rewiring it a bunch of ways and figuring out what I actually use, I finally settled on this:

Fender tele 4-way switch for the two humbuckers 1. bridge, 2. neck+bridge parallel, 3. neck, 4. neck and bridge in series out of phase (essentially a 4-coil humbucker, very woolly sounding).

That goes to one volume control with a master tone control.

The middle pickup is on a separate volume control, like a blend pot. I never use it by itself. I had a push-pull pot that switched the phase on the middle pickup, but I got the most out of it when the middle pickup is out of phase. So it's now wired that way without a switch.

I use the middle pickup like a tone control. I bring it up a little to add some twang to the humbuckers. All the way up, and it sounds like an AM radio, but there's a lot of great sounds in all the in-betweens.