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i have a 2 humbucker setup, 1 volume, 1 tone, and a 5 way switch. I would like the 5 way to be wired in the following way, but i'm not sure how to get it:

Position 1: Bridge

Position 2: OFF

Position 3: Bridge and Neck

Position 4: OFF

Position 5: Neck

i am using a regular fender style 5 way switch that has 4 leads on each left and right sides of the. do i need to jumper something to get both pickups on in Position 3 of the 5-way switch?

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i also still need some help on another setup with the H/S/H pickup configuration. i can't seem to find any schematic that has H/S/H, 1 tone, 1 volume, and a 5 way switch. The 5 way switch is an ESP one, i think, or at least it came off of an ESP guitar. it is weird though, and I can't seem to find anything on the setup of the 5 way. I would like this to be exactly like a Fender setup, where:

Position 1: Bridge Humbucker

Position 2: Bridge Humbucker/Middle Single Coil

Position 3: Middle Single Coil

Position 4: Neck Humbucker/Middle Single Coil

Position 5: Neck Humbucker

this 5 way switch leads are set up in a line going in a half circle from ground and then number 1 to 7. i'm not sure which lead on that goes with what switch position. as long as i can get it hooked up like that above, i would be happy. none of the humbuckers are coil splittable on either one of these setups. just a hot and a ground wire off the pickups.

if you need a picture of the switches that i am using email me at guitarist_wo@hotmail.com and i can you send you them. any help would be cool. thanks. :D

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i also still need some help on  another setup with the H/S/H pickup configuration. i can't seem to find any schematic that has H/S/H, 1 tone, 1 volume, and a 5 way switch. The 5 way switch is an ESP one, i think, or at least it came off of an ESP guitar. it is weird though, and I can't seem to find anything on the setup of the 5 way. I would like this to be exactly like a Fender setup, where:

Position 1: Bridge Humbucker

Position 2: Bridge Humbucker/Middle Single Coil

Position 3: Middle Single Coil

Position 4: Neck Humbucker/Middle Single Coil

Position 5: Neck Humbucker

this 5 way switch leads are set up in a line going in a half circle from ground and then number 1 to 7. i'm not sure which lead on that goes with what switch position. as long as i can get it hooked up like that above, i would be happy. none of the humbuckers are coil splittable on either one of these setups. just a hot and a ground wire off the pickups.

The second one sounds like a Megaswitch-type thing. Might not be, but sounds like it.

http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Electronics,_p...28.html#details

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yeah it look just like that, but it has 7 lugs and not 8. i think that stewmac megaswitch has 8 lugs plus the ground lug. this one i have has 7 lugs plus the ground and i can't find anything on it. if someone would help me out with these 2 setups, it would b appreciated greatly.

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alright, i decided to switch the two 5 ways in the guitars, since i knew how to wire the 4 lugs-on-both-side switch with the 3 (H/S/H) pickup config. no i just need to figure out how to get the HH guitar wire to the other switch that has a ground and then lugs labeled 1-7 on it.

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If you have a multimeter and 15 minutes, you can find out what any 5-way switch does - just set it to continuity (beep), and start switchin' and checkin', and write it all down. Once you've done that, the pattern should be obvious!

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