monchavo
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Hello Warmouthers! My next build uses a gorgeous Warmoth roasted maple Strat headstock Pro neck with some very tasty thick and tall stainless wire. The body is an MJT reliced strat-shape. The pickguard and electronics are ... unusual and I humbly request the collected wisdom here to help guide me. I have included a wiring diagram of what exists already plus my goals.

Pickups and electronics:
The pickups, volume and tone B have been directly transferred from the donor guitar into this scratch plate. The five way switch is an Oak Grigsby.
The coil tap when UP put both humbuckers into tapped mode in the donor guitar. I wish to retain this on the new setup.
Wiring configuration commentary (to match the enclosed diagram)
Neck Humbucker
Bare Ground is connected to the body of the coil tap
White Wire (shown as a blue dashed line on the diagram) is connected to the body of the coil tap
Black Wire is connected to lug 5 on the coil tap
Red Wire is connected to lug 4 on the coil tap
Middle Single Coil
White (shown as a blue dashed on the diagram) is connected to L2 on the 5 way switch
Black is connected to the VOL ground.
Bridge Pickup
Bare Ground is connected to the body of the coil tap
White Wire (shown as a blue dashed line on the diagram) is connected to the body of the coil tap
Black Wire is connected to lug 6 on the coil tap
Red Wire is connected to lug 3 on the coil tap
Coil Tap
Lug 5 is connected to LEFT 1 on the 5 way switch
Lug 6 is connected to LEFT 3 on the 5 way switch
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I wish to:
Goal 1: Add Tone A to the circuit and enable it to control the tone sweep of the middle pickup and add an appropriate capacitor to enable this
Goal 2: Prevent Tone B from being able to adjust the tonal control of the Single Coil middle pickup.
Questions:
monchavo

Pickups and electronics:
- Neck and Bridge Humbuckers from a 1982 Kawai Acquarius.
- Middle Pickup is a single coil stratocaster middle pickup, custom wound by Chris Hernandez Pickups, marked 5.78k “CW” B400 A4
- Volume is an early 80s Japanese pot
- Tone A is a modern Alpha pot (as yet unconnected)
- Tone B is an early 80s Japanese stacked coil tap pot.
The pickups, volume and tone B have been directly transferred from the donor guitar into this scratch plate. The five way switch is an Oak Grigsby.
The coil tap when UP put both humbuckers into tapped mode in the donor guitar. I wish to retain this on the new setup.
Wiring configuration commentary (to match the enclosed diagram)
Neck Humbucker
Bare Ground is connected to the body of the coil tap
White Wire (shown as a blue dashed line on the diagram) is connected to the body of the coil tap
Black Wire is connected to lug 5 on the coil tap
Red Wire is connected to lug 4 on the coil tap
Middle Single Coil
White (shown as a blue dashed on the diagram) is connected to L2 on the 5 way switch
Black is connected to the VOL ground.
Bridge Pickup
Bare Ground is connected to the body of the coil tap
White Wire (shown as a blue dashed line on the diagram) is connected to the body of the coil tap
Black Wire is connected to lug 6 on the coil tap
Red Wire is connected to lug 3 on the coil tap
Coil Tap
Lug 5 is connected to LEFT 1 on the 5 way switch
Lug 6 is connected to LEFT 3 on the 5 way switch
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I wish to:
Goal 1: Add Tone A to the circuit and enable it to control the tone sweep of the middle pickup and add an appropriate capacitor to enable this
Goal 2: Prevent Tone B from being able to adjust the tonal control of the Single Coil middle pickup.
Questions:
- What wiring changes to I need to perform to achieve the above goals
- What wiring changes do I need to correct any issues or miswiring in the existing setup
- Don't I need the pots grounded together with a wire connecting them to the ground?
monchavo
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