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Need help with determining wiring on item

Elderer

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Well,how to explain this.
I want to buy this one*(link at the bottom), but not sure does it have the unique wiring it should have. Tried to contact manufacter/seller-no answers so far.
The thing is, this one with pickups should feature this:

1: full bridge
2: full middle inside bridge
3: full middle
4: full middle outside neck
5. full neck

the tone controls are only for the neck and bridge pickups.

I like that setup- ive played a guitar with it and tone possibilities are limitless.

Oh and Fender sent me this picture of how they wire that strat.Just want to know can you proffs see it from the picture down there, at least what I see is that its not wired as Id like it to be.









http://cgi.ebay.com/USA-Fender-Billy-Corgan-Strat-LOADED-PICKGUARD-DiMarzio-/360356389496?_trksid=p5197.m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D3%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D8634093211182345293
 
It looks to me like Fender's diagram will do what you describe. But, rather than agonize over who's right, why not save some money and get one you know is right? Musician's Friend has these for $20 cheaper than that eBay offering and doesn't charge for shipping, so you'd save almost $30 for a guaranteed/warranted/returnable part. Plus, you have your choice of black or white.
 
Ah, I see. Didn't know where you were.

Well, as I said, the wiring diagram looks like it follows the switch position vs. pickup arrangement chart you described, so if that's what you want, you're good to go.

Basically what that wiring schedule does is treat the three pickups as a standard Strat single coil setup, but shorts out the appropriate coils to get the inside/outside coils from the neck/bridge pickups mixed with the full middle. It requires the "super strat" switch, which is a 5 position 4 pole switch that isn't as familiar-looking as the standard 5 position Strat switch.
 
that could be done with a normal strat 5-way. but you need to swap wireing around to make it perfect. if you don want to agonlze over inside/outside coils then you can use a diagram from seymour duncan and substitute the dimarzio color codes. if you want exactly what is described you would use the seymour duncan wiring but on one pickup you'd connect the red and green together instead of black and white. i'll look into exactly what to do later tonight and edit the diagram i am thinking of then post it.
 
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