How are the Double Neck S, Double Neck T and Double Neck S/T intended to work, wiring and switching wise?

[ThisIsHuhWow404]

Sorry if this question has been asked before or if it’s supposed to be self-apparent.

Like a lot of others, I spend a lot of time playing around with the Warmoth website and fantasizing about builds I could maybe do one day. I’ve taken an interest in the double neck offerings lately.

The only double neck guitar I’m kind of familiar with is the Gibson EDS-1275. To my understanding, on that guitar, one three way toggle switch controls which half of the guitar is on, the other one controls pickups, and each side has one volume and one tone knob.

How does Warmoth intend people to wire their double neck guitars? I’m especially curious about the S/T version. The control part is only routed for Telecaster controls, which seems like a really small route for a guitar that I’d imagine would have a lot of stuff going on in that area. I can kind of imagine getting a lot done with maybe a rotary switch or a free way switch, but even there it seems pretty limiting with what you can actually do down there and actually have a functioning Strat and Tele in the same guitar. Wouldn’t it make more sense to have the Strat part on the bottom and the Tele part on the top?

Has anyone successfully built a Double Neck S/T before?

 

[teleme01]

I see what you are saying, my gut tells me it's about the neck dive. That is no excuse for the lack of wiring opertuninities , looks like a lot of terrain behind the bridge... I don't know, perhaps a double neck s/jazzmaster,

 

[stratamania]

How does Warmoth intend people to wire their double neck guitars?

There is no published intent from Warmoth about that. It is really down to the individual to figure that out.

Even @aarontunes, who works for Warmoth, had to ask for help on that. He went for one switch as he only has one neck on at a time. See this post.

Thread 'Wiring help needed for my double-neck video! (Super switch content.)'

Jan 1, 2021

I need help figuring out the wiring for the double neck I'm building in the newest Warmoth video. Here's the scenario: the upper neck is a 12-string, lower neck is 6-string. I don't want an extra switch to toggle between the necks, so I'm trying to rig a solution using a single 5-way blade switch. In order to accomplish this I am using three pickups, thusly:


6-string neck = one humbucker pickup in the bridge position
12-sting neck = two single-coil-sized humbuckers in the bridge and neck position

My initial thought was that I could simply wire the switch as if all three pickups were on...

• aarontunes
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• Forum: General Guitar Discussion

There is also a video series that Aaron did. Here is a link to part 1 and the wiring is discussed in one of the later parts.

Other users have added an extra switch and volume, for example.

Post in thread 'My Doublecaster'

Apr 17, 2017

Cool version of Voodoo Child (Slight Return).

How do you find having the 12 string neck on the bottom versus for example on an EDS1275 12 string neck being the top neck?

                                                                                     
    I have an EDS1275 12 from 1982 and always thought I would like the 12 on the bottom more. I was right. Since I never much do any serious picking on the 12 string , I can set the 6 to the most comfortable height, then I can chord or do some light (wanted dead or alive) type picking if the guitar was to my knees if I had to...

• Jamie John

Another idea would be to use concentric dual pots if limited for space.