:icon_scratch: I'm at a loss. I have my strat body , neck finished and ready, H/S/S pups ordered and I still don't know how I'm gonna wire it. It's routed for volume and 2 tones as normal but I want to do something different with the 2nd tone knob. Blender is sorta attractive but I was even thinking varitone or some kind of boost ..I just don't know. I read somewhere on here of a push/pull pot that either changed the wiring to series/parallel or split the coils. I don't want to add switches just use the 2nd tone and have a master tone and master volume. sorry if I'm repeating myself. Suggestions?
Suggestions (wiring (and schematics if possible) for wiring my new strat project
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Superbeast520
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Heres some very usable and Cool Mod Ideas......got these from Rothstein Guitars........http://www.guitar-mod.com/rg_diag_strat.html
http://www.guitar-mod.com/rg_dialatap_11.html ........11 Sound H-S-S Strat with Dial-A-Tap
http://www.guitar-mod.com/wiring/dial_a_tap.gif.......• H-S-S STRAT WITH NO-LOAD DIAL-A-TAP -
Same as above, only without the neck-on switch
http://www.guitar-mod.com/wiring/lonestar_strat.gif .......• LONESTAR STRAT -
5 way super switch is used to split the coil of the humbucker when in position 2 as well as to assign a separate tone control to the bridge pickup (with a .022 uf cap) and another tone control for the single coils (.047 uf).
http://www.guitar-mod.com/wiring/blender.gif .......STRAT WITH BLENDER POT -
5 way switch with master volume, master tone and blender pot (works best with a "no-load" blender).
A blender pot allows you to blend (mix) the neck pickup or the bridge pickup into the signal which will provide you with 2 extra sounds, namely: bridge/neck (very Tele like) as well as all 3 pickups on simultaneously. If the 5-way is in the neck position, it blends in the bridge pickup. If the 5-way is in the bridge position it blends in the neck pickup. You can dial in as much or as little as you want. For example, one of Lindy Fralin’s favorite ways to use blender wiring is add just a little bit of the neck pickup to warm up the bridge pickup.
Blender pots ideally should be “no-load” pots (see above) so when the pot is on 10 the pot is completely removed from the circuit, and therefore not loading the circuit in any way (think “true bypass”).
Here is a summary of how the blender works in relation to the 5 way selector switch:
POSITION
ORIGINAL PICKUP COMBO
BLENDER FUNCTION
RESULTING PICKUP COMBO
1
Bridge
Blends in neck pickup
Bridge/Neck
2
Bridge/Middle
Blends in neck pickup
Bridge/Middle/Neck
3
Middle
Non-functional
Middle
4
Middle/Neck
Blends in bridge pickup
Bridge/Middle/Neck
5
Neck
Blends in bridge pickup
Neck/Bridge
http://www.guitar-mod.com/rg_dialatap_11.html ........11 Sound H-S-S Strat with Dial-A-Tap
http://www.guitar-mod.com/wiring/dial_a_tap.gif.......• H-S-S STRAT WITH NO-LOAD DIAL-A-TAP -
Same as above, only without the neck-on switch
http://www.guitar-mod.com/wiring/lonestar_strat.gif .......• LONESTAR STRAT -
5 way super switch is used to split the coil of the humbucker when in position 2 as well as to assign a separate tone control to the bridge pickup (with a .022 uf cap) and another tone control for the single coils (.047 uf).
http://www.guitar-mod.com/wiring/blender.gif .......STRAT WITH BLENDER POT -
5 way switch with master volume, master tone and blender pot (works best with a "no-load" blender).
A blender pot allows you to blend (mix) the neck pickup or the bridge pickup into the signal which will provide you with 2 extra sounds, namely: bridge/neck (very Tele like) as well as all 3 pickups on simultaneously. If the 5-way is in the neck position, it blends in the bridge pickup. If the 5-way is in the bridge position it blends in the neck pickup. You can dial in as much or as little as you want. For example, one of Lindy Fralin’s favorite ways to use blender wiring is add just a little bit of the neck pickup to warm up the bridge pickup.
Blender pots ideally should be “no-load” pots (see above) so when the pot is on 10 the pot is completely removed from the circuit, and therefore not loading the circuit in any way (think “true bypass”).
Here is a summary of how the blender works in relation to the 5 way selector switch:
POSITION
ORIGINAL PICKUP COMBO
BLENDER FUNCTION
RESULTING PICKUP COMBO
1
Bridge
Blends in neck pickup
Bridge/Neck
2
Bridge/Middle
Blends in neck pickup
Bridge/Middle/Neck
3
Middle
Non-functional
Middle
4
Middle/Neck
Blends in bridge pickup
Bridge/Middle/Neck
5
Neck
Blends in bridge pickup
Neck/Bridge
All good options - though I always find that the blender tone is not as cool as the strat's 2 and 4 positions anyhow.
Since your bridge pup is a bucker, you could put in a coil tap option, or a parallel switch, to make the humbucker sound more 'stratty' though it won't sound like an actual strat bridge pup. Either of those could be from a push/pull switch or by turning the knob. A million possibilities really. Since you have an actual humbucker in your bridge, putting the strat pups in series is probably a waste of time in your setup.
Acme guitar parts and seymour duncan have a lot of schematics as well as guitar parts resource, I would browse those to find something that seems interesting to you.
Since your bridge pup is a bucker, you could put in a coil tap option, or a parallel switch, to make the humbucker sound more 'stratty' though it won't sound like an actual strat bridge pup. Either of those could be from a push/pull switch or by turning the knob. A million possibilities really. Since you have an actual humbucker in your bridge, putting the strat pups in series is probably a waste of time in your setup.
Acme guitar parts and seymour duncan have a lot of schematics as well as guitar parts resource, I would browse those to find something that seems interesting to you.
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IMHO, these are the only switching possibilities you will ever need :-
1. Coil split for the bridge humbucker into single coil.
2. Extended tone control for the bridge pickup.
3. Seven pickup up switching - Neck, Neck-Middle, Middle, Middle-Bridge, Bridge, Bridge-Neck and All On (remember there are a few more possibilities with the bridge humbucker in full or split mode).
You will need 2 push-pull pots for this mod..
1. Coil split for the bridge humbucker into single coil.
2. Extended tone control for the bridge pickup.
3. Seven pickup up switching - Neck, Neck-Middle, Middle, Middle-Bridge, Bridge, Bridge-Neck and All On (remember there are a few more possibilities with the bridge humbucker in full or split mode).
You will need 2 push-pull pots for this mod..
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