ebenezer shred Posted October 8, 2006 Report Share Posted October 8, 2006 I have a guitar with a current setup of h/h, and i have an extra humbucker that I want to wire in the middle of them. The guitar has two humbuckers, a three way toggle switch, and a volume. I just want to wire the new pickup in, not add any more pots. (by the way, all three of the pickups have two leads and a stranded ground). Can anyone help me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jozer99 Posted November 16, 2006 Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 The only stock wiring like this would be the 3 HB Gibson customs. They use a special 3 way switch (available on Stewmac and elsewhere) that selects as follows: Switch 1. Bridge HB 2. Middle HB 3. Neck HB They also used 6 knobs, volume and tone for each pickup. Some other ideas: Wire it like a 2 HB Gibson, but with a push pull that adds the middle HB in parallel with whatever pickup you have selected. Wire it like a Strat, with the 5 way switch, just treat each pickup like a single coil. Do funky things with 10 knobs and 20 switches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert_the_damned Posted November 16, 2006 Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 either buy the special 3-way switch for three pickups (the stated one available from stew mac will NOT fit a les paul) or use a the three way to control the rythm and treble pickups and use a push/pull pot to turn on the middle pickup. Personally I'd wire up three independed volume controls and one master tone control. as per this diagram: http://guitarelectronics.zoovy.com/product/WDUHHH3T2202 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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