donbenjy Posted January 5, 2005 Report Share Posted January 5, 2005 (edited) hey, i'm just about to order a KA motherbucker and a P90 for my strat (yeh yeh, im copying matt bellamy from muse, whatever )and i was reading about this guy who rewired the 5 way selector switch just for the MB! i realyl like this idea, but this guy is just ignoring my requests for help/schematics so anyway, i hope someone can help, his setup is as follows okay.. pickup wiring etc.. as you know, the motherbucker has 4 coils, and i wanted to use them all in many ways, so i made a schematic with the fender 5way super switch and 2 push/push pots... it works this way: the fender super switch is just for the motherbucker first pos: 1 coil (the one, near to the bridge,so singlecoil sound, very tele-like) second pos: 2 coils (both near the bridge, kind of lead sound) middle pos: all 4 coils (you can change parallel/serial wiring with one of the push/push pots) fourth pos: 2 coils (both "near" the neck pickup, out-of-phase) fifth pos: 1 coil (near the neck pickup, out of phase) the other push/push pot is for switching the neck pickup off or on obviously the p90 push/pull pot would turn off the MB as i have no need for a mellow sound with the full noise of the MB screaming over the top so bascially, im competant with a soldering iron, but i have NO idea how id go about wiring the MB or the P-90 into this position. so what im asking is for someone who knows alot mroe than me about wiring than me to possibly do me a nice little diagram or even to just explain to me what to solder where and how to not short my guitar or blow myself up im totally comprehensive of compontents etc. i just dont get how to wire things 100% and i also havn't ever looked properly at a 5 way switch before. oh also, i'd prefer the bridge positions at the postions closer to the bridge i.e/ where the bridge pickup is on a regular selector, it just makes more sense to me to have the bridge options closer to the bridge, but its not all that important cheers in advance Edited January 5, 2005 by donbenjy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donbenjy Posted January 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2005 oh btw, its a SUPER switch...which is jsut more confusing :S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donbenjy Posted January 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2005 *cough* bump*cough* seriously im sure someone here would know how to do this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazzles Posted January 9, 2005 Report Share Posted January 9, 2005 I admire anyone who can do this for you....i'd give it a shot but i know i wouldn't want advice from an amatuer so i'm certainly not gonna be a hypocrite lol...Good luck though!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donbenjy Posted January 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2005 woo! a reply! seriously, if you could give it an attempt, if you think you might be able to do it....itd be much apreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mj_gant Posted January 9, 2005 Report Share Posted January 9, 2005 http://guitarelectronics.zoovy.com/category/wiringresources/ Maybe something usefull in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted January 10, 2005 Report Share Posted January 10, 2005 http://www.kentarmstrong.com/KA_Pickup_Wir...nstructions.pdf That and the previous link should give you all you need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donbenjy Posted January 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2005 ok cool...btw im using 2 mini switches instead of push/pull pots, cos i dont use the tone pots anyway still not actually 100% sure of how to do this... but ill have a go at describing the wiring, and maybe you guys could correct me? if im wiring it to 5 different positions, does that mean i just need to split each of the 8 wires on the MB so that i can connect it right? would i get a junctionbox? or could you just take asnother wire off a solder point of the previous one? for example, solder the first position on (front rail, out of phase) and then take the wires from thoses lugs, to the next position along with the ones from the other rail? i had a look at my current 3 SC set up but i really got confused, there are 8 lugs, 7 in use, the 3 hot wires to it with the other terminals just connected from the other wires for the mixed positions, but it was too confusing, how does a normal 5-way work? oh also, the 4 wires in a MB, except the grouding, are these hot and earth for each rail? if so, which ones which? i think i can wire alot of that pretty well, the only couple of things that are niggling though, are, how do i connect it to a dpdt on/off/on mini switch for seriel/parellel? im not actually sure how the lugs are arranged on one either? so the 1st question is how do you wire a standerd HB in parellel/seriel to a switch? and secondly, the phasing confuses me i dunno if the guy made a mistake (hes german, writing in english) but i wouldnt know how to make the front 2 rails out of phase with each toher using just 4 wires the one rail alone will be easy...i take it all KA pickups will be wound the same way in order to make them automatically in phase with each other, so i just do the reverse phase wiring in the instructions to make the front reversed phase for when i use the P90 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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