H+S wiring with a twist - how to wire it?

[Rocktrond]

Hi,

I have a strat in the making with the following pickups

Seymour Duncan JB Trembucker and Seymour Duncan SSL 5 (tapped)

Output Trembucker:
Bridge: 16.4 k (not sure of coil tapped output)

Output SSL:
Tapped: 6.6 k
Full: 12.9 k

I also want a three way switch and two volume pots - and want it to work the following way:

Switch down position: Trembucker only, through volume pot 1
Switch middle position: Coiltapped trembucker + single coil, throug volume pot 1
Switch up position: Single coil only, through volume pot 2

Initial question:
Would I in the middle position get a more balanced sound if I also tapped the single coil?

Main question:
How would this be wired up?

Bonus question:
In adition to the above possibilities would it be possible to have push-pull for tapping the pickups in the up and down position+ Volume 1 would tap the humbucker in the down position and volume 2 would tap the single coil in the up position. If so - how would this be wired up?

Thanks a lot in advance for your advice!

 

[line6man]

That's not going to be possible unless you want to get into some crazy relay-driven switch circuits.

Firstly, is the humbucker tapped, or splittable? Tapped humbuckers are very rare, but I know that one of the major pickup manufacturers makes something now. If it's tapped, that would probably be two coils to switch, unless you want to just tap one coil. (Which might affect humcancellation capabilities.) Two coils would require two poles of switching. One coil, or a standard humbucker splitting scheme, would require one pole. The single coil will also require one pole. The two pickups cannot share a pole, the way they would on a common blade switch Strat-style scheme, because of the switching pattern that would be found on any suitable switch with many poles. (Unless you choose not to tap both pickups at the same time, in position two.) For the pickup selection, two poles will be required. Again, you can't get by with one pole, the way a Strat-style scheme would, because of the switching pattern of most multi-pole switches. Finally, you're going to need one more pole to do the volume pot routing. At 5+ poles, you will have a hard time finding a three-position switch for this application.

You might consider something more practical. If you did the coil tapping on seperate switches, you could maintain your pickup selector switch with volume pot routing. And you would gain tonal flexibility by having additional switching options.

Bridge: 16.4 k (not sure of coil tapped output)

DC resistance is NOT a measure of output. It is the measure of resistance to current. The only relation you will find between the two is that both resistance and output will increase if you wind more wire on a pickup.

 

[Rocktrond]

Thanks for the answer.

I will go for a simpler solution. I'll let the two pickups go to different volume pots - and have a mini-switch witch will tap/split both of the pickups, no matter what position the selector-switch will be in.

Should be pretty straight forwards - something like this: http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/wiring-diagrams/schematics.php?schematic=2h_2v_3w_1pp

Only thing I will miss, is a single volume to turn down when both pickups are chosen. But that is something I would rarely use anyway.