broiden Posted March 25, 2006 Report Share Posted March 25, 2006 hi all, i'm new here. i looked around on projectguitar.com and didn't find what i was looking for, although they have just about everything else . so here's my situation: i'm trying to wire a pair of evolutions into my ibanez, but i'd like to wire them in parallel instead of in series. the instructions say that series installation solders black and white wires together, with red to hot, and green and bare to ground. parallel instructions say red and white to hot, green and black and bare to ground. with a 5 way switch, how would i go about doing that? the switch diagram in the instructions is confusing and looks nothing like my switch. ex., my switch has 8 different places to solder, the instructions only have 6. any help is appreciated, thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patman Posted March 25, 2006 Report Share Posted March 25, 2006 Welcome to the forum! Your switch is a fender-type five way. I will draw a diagram for you if you want. What pickup combinations do you want with your switch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broiden Posted March 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 i think what i'd like is... neck 1 neck hum, parallel 2 neck single? 3 both pups, parallel 4 bridge single? 5 bridge hum, parallel bridge would something like that be possible? and i really appreciate this, thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwhiteandthemaple Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 Try this Link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 A standard Str@t swuitch is designed to do what you expect a Str@t to do - to do what you want to do, you're gonna need a 4-pole switch, unless you're very clever and willing to invest many hours figuring it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott from _actual time_ Posted March 28, 2006 Report Share Posted March 28, 2006 1 neck hum, parallel 2 neck single? 3 both pups, parallel 4 bridge single? 5 bridge hum, parallel would something like that be possible? only with a 24-pole superswitch. a Strat switch won't do that middle combination, no matter how you wire it. and is that middle combination each pickup wired in parallel, then both in parallel with each other? or each one in series, then both in parallel with each other? you're going to have to decide that before you design your wiring scheme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warped Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 Try this Link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patman Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 (edited) broiden- sorry I didn't reply with a diagram or advice. I was out of town and had no access to a computer. As mentioned earlier, you would need a super-switch to wire it the way you stated. Edited March 31, 2006 by patman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broiden Posted April 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 patman, no problem... i appreciate the offer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ansil Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 if you still need a diagram i can draw you one up. email me or if i have some free time tonight i will hook you up. ansilgregory@yahoo.com ok i did some brain storming i dont' see anyway without using a switch like bill recomoneded or doing some heavy modification to a switch and making it a six way but thats another story. its that middle posisiton. could probaly be done easy in another order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mammoth guitars Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 Here you go...http://www.dimarzio.com/media/diagrams/4Conductor.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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