Wiring problem

[Strat Matt]

I just wired up the pick guard for my strat and I'm having some problems.  I have two humbuckers with separate volume pots and a master tone pot.  Also a three way blade switch where I believe the problem is.  The problem is that both pickups are on all the time, no matter the switch position. 
The really strange thing is, when the switch is in the bridge position, the bridge volume controls both pickups while the neck volume does nothing.  In the middle position, but volumes can turn off all sound.  In the neck position, the neck volume controls both pickups, while the bridge volume does nothing.
Hopefully there is enough of a clue for someone to know what's going wrong.  This is my first time building a pick guard from the ground up and I just can't figure out how to fix it.
Thanks for your help.

 

[-CB-]

PICTURES..... PICTURES

 

[Mor Paul]

+1. Pictures will be a huge help. I think you did wire the switch wrongly, but I don't know enough about blade switches to know exactly what your problem is.
Only advice I can give now is to open up your guitar, look at the wiring and the diagram, and trace every wire. Use a highlighter or something to mark the wires you've checked, and make sure that your switch is in the right way (Look at the stagger of the poles)

 

[tfarny]

Pickup + -> its individual volume control -> three way switch -> master tone -> output. That's your hot signal path. Trace it with your finger for each pickup. It does sound like you wired your switch wrong or its defective.

 

[Strat Matt]

Camera ran out of batteries,  so I drew it.  If there's a better way to draw schematics, I'd like to know about it.

Dimarzio pickups, kept pretty close to their color code.  All bare wires follow the green wires.  Also, I didn't know how to better draw a capacitor than use the technical symbol for it.  I haven't installed this into the instrument, so I rigged up a tool like the guy uses in that 16-part video to test and tapping on the pickups with something metal.  I've been clipping that to the hot output on the switch and the ground on the bridge volume pot.
I've wired it the way that I meant to, so I'm certain that I don't understand how this switch works.  I got it from Carvin several years ago and it didn't come with any instructions.  Had to use a continuity tester to figure out which positions went where.

 

[Mor Paul]

okay, you may want to try a regular CRL blade switch. And also find a diagram online that shows what you're looking for.

http://www.guitarelectronics.com/category/wiringresources.2_pickup_diagrams/

 

[-CB-]

For starters, reverse the wires on your pots.  Make the pickup the middle and the output the end.  If you dont, then either control will work both pickups in the "both" position on the switch.

I'm not familiar with your switch... so its hard to say exactly whats up there.

 

[-CB-]

3 way blade switch like a tele?

 

[Mor Paul]

One good reason to simply get a different switch is that if you ever change wiring later, the blade switches such as CRL, like you'd use on a tele, are industry standard, along with gibson style toggles.

 

[Strat Matt]

Found the problem.  Stew-Mac told me to send the hot to the tip of the output jack, ground to sleeve.  I switched these and it works fine.  Thanks for all of your help.

For starters, reverse the wires on your pots.  Make the pickup the middle and the output the end.  If you dont, then either control will work both pickups in the "both" position on the switch.

Yeah, I found out about this after I had it all wired up.  Will make that change sometime.

3 way blade switch like a tele?

Yeah, three way.

One good reason to simply get a different switch is that if you ever change wiring later, the blade switches such as CRL, like you'd use on a tele, are industry standard, along with gibson style toggles.

I have a standard Fender 5-way ready for when I decide to add a single-coil in the middle.  Most likely won't see this type of switch again, but alas, that was not the problem.

Thanks again for your help.