Finally getting off my arse to do this (install Peavey T-60 electronics into....

[Neo Fender]

... a Strat, top-rout body – slight return).

Original post: http://unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=20543.msg303999#msg303999

T-60 Schematic:

Or here: http://www.peavey-t-60-parts-for-sale.com/wiring-diagram.html



Questions:

Would you go with:

(1) A pair of stacked (concentric), 250K pots (a neck vol/tone and bridge vol/tone)?

(2) Three pots (stacked vol, neck tone, bridge tone)?

(3) Three pots (neck vol, bridge vol, stacked tone)?

Going strictly by the schematic, a three way P/U selector switch is needed, plus a two way (on/on) phase switch.  Can I incorporate this function in one regular 5 way Strat switch?  (e.g. four positions – neck only / both in phase / both out of phase / bridge only).  This would be preferable; otherwise the phase switch will have to go where the bridge tone control is typically located.

Thoughts appreciated

 

[bob7point7]

The knob layout is a matter of personal taste, but I would have separate volume knobs with stacked tone knobs since I tend to ride the tone knobs less. You could use a 3 way pickup selector then make one of the pots push-pull for phase, or you could get a 5-way super switch and have an additional option. For example: bridge, both out-of-phase, both in-phase, both-in-series, and neck.

 

[Neo Fender]

Thanks.  That's the way I'm leaning.  I'd rather incorporate the phase function in a 4-way (e.g. Telecaster) or 5-way switch instead of having a second switch.  Bottom line - the more I can make this happpen withing a regular Strat pickguard layout, the better.

The knob layout is a matter of personal taste, but I would have separate volume knobs with stacked tone knobs since I tend to ride the tone knobs less. You could use a 3 way pickup selector then make one of the pots push-pull for phase, or you could get a 5-way super switch and have an additional option. For example: bridge, both out-of-phase, both in-phase, both-in-series, and neck.

 

[Dan025]

i gotta say that's some strange wiring. but if you like it go for it. i can see it has a pickup split built into the tone, when the tone goes up it  blends you into single coil mode. when it goes down you are in humbucher mode and works as a tone. the volume is particularly weird. there is a bleed cap and the pickup gets shunted instead of the output. this allows mixing of the pickups, the cap may cut bass and keep as much treble as possible so it doesn't get muddy from shunting the pickup.

i would think wiring like this would be subject to some noise. but maybe not too much.

i'd stack volume/tone to keep the count of wires from pot to pot down and clean things up internally. but if that doesn't suit your taste then do what makes the most sense as a player.

as far as using a blade switch, they make a 4 position tele switch and yes you can do as you ask. but if you used a 5-way super switch you can do a partial oop mode with a capacitor as well. it is supposed to sound like a strat in the 2/4 position with 2-pickup guitars. i actually wrote up a diagram that had series/parallel/parallel half oop modes with just a 5-way strat switch (not a super switch or mega switch just a factory style strat switch)... looked simple but the function was kinda hard to understand. took me a few hours to think of that one. now if only i could find that piece of paper.

 

[Bob Hoover Ross]

i gotta say that's some strange wiring

...which is precisely why I think this is such a cool idea! The original T-60 and T-40 were almost mind-bogglingly unique, but I think they suffered from a Love-It-Or-Hate-It aesthetic. Really glad to see someone using their electronics in a (presumably) more conventional looking guitar.