Single coil / Humbucker ...volume/ tone on strat

[Superbeast520]

Hey guys, just wanted to get some feedback on this......

here's the deal  2 Fender single coils Neck and Middle and Gibson Humbucker in Bridge....On strat pickguard

The Questions.....Could I use 250k pots and 47uf caps just like a traditional Fender on the Volume and tone controls as usuall Fender style...and then use a  500K/500K Concentric Pot and 22uf caps in the third tone control position on the strat pickguard for the Gibson Humbucker....thus keeping the strat looking typical strat with just 3  control knobs..... yet still keeping the respective pot and cap values as is traditional for single coil and humbucker in tact.......  

The important part......Can I use a standard 5 way switch with this configuration ??  .......or do I need to wire the single coils and humbucker seperate as in say ....use a 3way switch for the single coils and a On/off toggle for the Bridge humbucker ????

I know I could just use 500k pots and 22caps and wire it standard for all the pickups....but Im hell bent on 100% pure single coil strat tones or true Gibson Humbucker tones......or would it be an apples oranges difference in a sound comparison to the above configuration???

Also since Im not splitting the Gibson Humbucker would 2 conductor wiring be best as opposed to 4 conductor wiring.....or dosn't it matter as far as tone and wiring goes????

Thank you for any help you guys can offer.....I know I can research this stuff and will, but its nice to get the feedback from real people that know. Thanks again.

 

[bpmorton777]

Hey SB,

is it typical for you to use multiple vol/tone while playing? not trying to beat a dead horse here but if your not gonna use multiple vol/tone, just keep it simple with the 500k pots and turn down the tone a bit when using the sc's although I dont think youll really need to.

Brian

 

[Superbeast520]

Hey Brian, no would be the answer to that, Im just concerned not wiring it traditional would take away the true tone of the respective pickups...though I don't know that for sure thus the questions...

I guess the simple question then would be if I wired it as you suggest would the single coils still sound true Fender in tone....????

 

[Dan025]

you can use 500k volume and tone and so the second pole on the 5way shorts a 500k resistor to ground for the single coil positions i've even grounded the extra lug of a tone pot through the switch so that the cap is shorted against itself when the tone is at 10.
this works ok but if you got a humbucker that sounds good w/250k potsit would be more strait forward.
"fat strats" like the lonestart strat use 250k's with humbuckers that are lower impedence/inductence, more vintage like. the bright nature of the strat and closeness to the bridge make it work. maybe not true gibson tone but you wont get exactly that anyway.