Did I mess up?

[exaN]

I brought my Warmoth parts to the local tech to get it assembled and he said I inverted 2 of the connections on the 3 way switch. Can you guys confirm that this is correct or not? It's for a standard 3 way switch.

 

[stratamania]

I think what he means is that he may be used to seeing the wires cross from each blade and so forth on the opposite blade which then would mean the input from each pickup goes to the common at each side. Perhaps yours is not set up so that the pickup inputs go to the commons in which case it will not give the expected results.

This is how it needs to be wired.

https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/19691-mod-garage-how-to-wire-a-stock-tele-pickup-switch

 

[exaN]

I think what he means is that he may be used to seeing the wires cross from each blade and so forth on the opposite blade which then would mean the input from each pickup goes to the common at each side. Perhaps yours is not set up so that the pickup inputs go to the commons in which case it will not give the expected results.

This is how it needs to be wired.

https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/19691-mod-garage-how-to-wire-a-stock-tele-pickup-switch

Ah I see. On my 3 way switch, the blade pattern seemed to be reversed (as in the closest blade to the pot started on the left instead of on the right) which made me think I also had to reverse it. Maybe I was wrong then. Thanks for the reply!

 

[Cagey]

This is why I dislike using wiring diagrams. They're just a drawing of how things should look if you use the parts the original builder used/specified. But, many devices look the same or similar while operating differently; switches are notorious for this. Plus, you can't tell how a circuit works from a wiring diagram for the same reason - you can't be certain how some devices work.

 

[exaN]

This is why I dislike using wiring diagrams. They're just a drawing of how things should look if you use the parts the original builder used/specified. But, many devices look the same or similar while operating differently; switches are notorious for this. Plus, you can't tell how a circuit works from a wiring diagram for the same reason - you can't be certain how some devices work.

Yeah, time for me to stop being lazy and learn how the thing actually works :icon_biggrin:.

 

[stratamania]

Indeed, wiring diagrams are useful and show how the thing should look but unless you understand the circuit if there is a deviation you won't know what the issue is.

I make wiring diagrams from time to time and have posted a few, but tend to sketch them out more as a circuit. Probably the best would be to provide a circuit and pictorial diagram.

 

[Cagey]

They're helpful for production purposes, where people may not have the skills to interpret schematics. Also, with more complex devices they're great time-savers in that they can identify wire routings and parts without having to trace out a circuit. But for figuring out how things work? Good luck. It can be done, if you make some assumptions and have a lot of time, but it's a crap shoot. What I've always thought was unusual is that for guitars, schematics are almost non-existent. They're pretty simple circuits so if you already know how they work then you don't need them anyway. I mean, who's ever seen a schematic for a house? They're essentially non-existent as well, for the same reason.