muggatu Posted September 27, 2005 Report Share Posted September 27, 2005 Basicly I don't have room for a 5-way so I am using a 3-way sg style switch. I want to do a H/S/H setup but i can't seem to find a diagram for it. I'm not to familiar with electronics stuff so I can't really figure it out on my own. Is this possible? I'd like to have it so each position is a different pickup. I have a 2 wire strat pickup and 2 3-wire humbuckers. Thanks\\ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GodBlessTexas Posted September 27, 2005 Report Share Posted September 27, 2005 A standard 3 way SG-style switch is designed for two pickups only. You'll need this one instead. How many volume pots? How many tone? Those things are important as well, and with them I can give you a better idea of what your layout will look like. Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggatu Posted September 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2005 Thanks man. I plan to use 2 tone and 2 volume, all 500k. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GodBlessTexas Posted September 28, 2005 Report Share Posted September 28, 2005 That's a rather odd configuration. Doing it with 2 vol and 2 tone is going to result in either one pickup not under tone/volume control, or two pickups selected at the same time with a volume/tone for that pair. You could convert one of those tones to a volume, which will give you one volume control per pickup and one master tone for all right before the output jack. I just got busy at work, but I'll see if I can draw it out in Visio or something before lunch. Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggatu Posted September 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2005 How about 1 volume and 3 tone? I never really change the volume and I always change the tone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ansil Posted September 28, 2005 Report Share Posted September 28, 2005 (edited) basically yes it acan be done.. however i dont' know the diagram for the switch. but heres the rest of the schemaic for you. personally in this setup i would actually wire up the neck pickup as a bass cut that way you can get a better blend on things. but i guess it all depends on how you neck pickup sounds. my neck pickups are usually pretty dark them selves so i would naturaly use a bass cut instead of the treble cut. for the mid pot you could get creative and add a midrange control. but thats another schematic Edited September 28, 2005 by ansil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggatu Posted September 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2005 Thanks man! I'll see how it turns out. What is a midrange control? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ansil Posted September 28, 2005 Report Share Posted September 28, 2005 Thanks man! I'll see how it turns out. What is a midrange control? ← a midrange control is one that will cut your mids or cut bass and treble to give the apearance of boosted mids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GodBlessTexas Posted September 28, 2005 Report Share Posted September 28, 2005 Here it is. Lugs 2 and 5 are jumpered together, with lug 5 being the output lug. Also, I didn't put ground on the switch, but it will need to be grounded. Also, the middle position tone knob will need to be added to the circuit at the switch, not in the middle like it's represented in the diagram; it was just easier to draw it that way. This configuration allows for each pickup to be on by itself depending on the switch's location. I tried doing it in Visio, but it was easier to do by just hacking up the diagrams from Guitareletronics.com. Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggatu Posted September 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2005 I appreciate this a lot man. I hope this is usefull for a lot of guys, but then again I guess it is a pretty rare setup, it just fits my personal needs perfectly. Thanks again. Oh and by the way, Texas is definitly the greatest place in the world! Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggatu Posted September 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2005 Okay, one more question. The humbuckers both have 3 wires each. I'm guessing one ground and one wire for each coil? One wire is red and the other is white. Should both of these be wired to the same place on the switch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GodBlessTexas Posted September 29, 2005 Report Share Posted September 29, 2005 Do you know who made the pickups? They sound like StewMac golden ages. If they are, the red wire is for full hum output. I'd have to check for another manufacturer. Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted September 29, 2005 Report Share Posted September 29, 2005 The humbuckers both have 3 wires each...One wire is red and the other is white. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggatu Posted September 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2005 The humbuckers both have 3 wires each...One wire is red and the other is white. ← Given you know that the ground is obviously there too. Thanks though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted September 30, 2005 Report Share Posted September 30, 2005 OK, measure the resistance from ground to each colored wire with a multimeter - one should be about twice the other. The higher resistance wire should be connected as the hot wire in GodBlessTexas's diagram, and the other should be taped off until you decide to add coil splits to your wiring. Easy peasey, lemon-squeezy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggatu Posted November 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 (edited) Hey, what caps. should I use on those? Does it really make a huge difference? I have a whole load of 0.001's but no 0.020's. Edited November 11, 2005 by muggatu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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