Coil tap on SD Quarter Pounder

[bagman67]

Okay, time for a lesson in wiring.  I knew it would eventually come to this - I'm planning  to start assembling my telecaster (not the "Best Wife EVAR" one, the other one) and I'm looking at the following:

A Duncan Phat Cat neck pickup
A Duncan Quarter Pound Tele bridge pickup with a factory coil tap

A pair of 250k pots

A 1/4" OUTPUT (not input) jack

I'm planning the following switching options, and two possible variations, depending on whether I can source a three-hole Tele control plate (or get someone to drill a two-hole plate with a third hole).

Four-way switch should provide:
Neck only
Neck+bridge (parallel)
Neck+bridge (series)
Bridge-only

Now, either a miniswitch or a push-pull switching pot will engage the coil tap.

There are lots of instructions for how to wire the 4-way, so I'm not worried about finding something workable on the Duncan site, for example.

I guess what I'm wondering is:  apart from the obvious issues of wiring the dang thing CORRECTLY, and soldering it cleanly and with solid, shiny joints,

WHAT ELSE DO I NEED TO BE SCRUPULOUSLY FREAKED OUT ABOUT GETTING RIGHT?

 

[line6man]

Quarter Pounders are not tapped pickups, to the best of my knowledge.

You would get someone to rewind them and add a tap somewhere, though.

 

[bagman67]

There is a version that has a factory-installed tap - which is what I have here.

http://www.seymourduncan.com/products/electric/telecaster/progressive/quarter_pound_f_1/

"available mods
Both lead and rhythm versions available tapped for dual output levels."

 

[line6man]

There is a version that has a factory-installed tap - which is what I have here.

http://www.seymourduncan.com/products/electric/telecaster/progressive/quarter_pound_f_1/

"available mods
Both lead and rhythm versions available tapped for dual output levels."

Cool.

 

[Cagey]

The Phat Cat and the Quarter Pounder are both single-coil pickups, so there's very little you can do about the noise outside of keeping leads as short as possible. I'd also use a shielded bit of cable to get to the output jack. If you've got a wiring diagram you like, you should be good to go. Nothing to be freaked about.