Alexander Posted August 15, 2004 Report Share Posted August 15, 2004 Hokay, so it's like this: I've successfully wired up a motherbucker in one of my guitars, following the instructions on the official wiring diagram: http://www.kentarmstrong.com/KA_Pickup_Wir...nstructions.pdf (at the very bottom of page 2) Now, it consists of two two-way switches and one 3 way switch (on-on-on in my case). All the switches work, and they all alter the sound of the guitar, but rather embarrassingly I don't know what they actually do. Could someone please tell me what switching each switch in that diagram will do, before someone asks me and I have to make something up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted August 15, 2004 Report Share Posted August 15, 2004 It's at the bottom of the page - DPDT Mini switches: 2-WAY "on/off" = series/parallel 3-WAY "on/off/on" = series/off/parallel 3-WAY "on/on/on" = series/split/parallel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted August 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2004 Yeah I read that, but what do the other two switches do in that case? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted August 15, 2004 Report Share Posted August 15, 2004 The leftmost switch selects series/parallel/split (with an on-on-on switch) for pickup #1, the middle switch does the same for pickup #2, and the rightmost switch selects series/parallel for the pair of pickups together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted August 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2004 Right! So if I've got an on-on, an on-on and an on-on-on, it will give me series /parallel on pup1, series/parallel on pup2, and series/split/parallel on both. Right? Sorry I'm a bit of a dunce... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted August 16, 2004 Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 Right, except "split" on both means only one pickup is working. Use an on-on here, and the on-on-on switches for the individual pickup switches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted August 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 Doh! I've done it the other way round, with on-on for each pickup and on-on-on for the "master" switch. Oh well, something to change next time I've got the pickguard off I suppose! Thanks a lot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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