borge Posted June 7, 2007 Report Share Posted June 7, 2007 im rewiring my strat and it has a dpdt on-on mini switch which adds the neck pu to the bridge pu, while it was useful i was wondering what other possibilities i could use the dpdt for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegan Posted June 7, 2007 Report Share Posted June 7, 2007 (edited) You can also have it do all three pups at once, lemme try to find you a schematic. Wiring: http://www.glguitars.com/schematics/S-500_...lockdiagram.pdf What it looks like on the outside: http://www.glguitars.com/schematics/s500-c...e-switching.pdf That's all you can really do with s-s-s, though. Edited June 7, 2007 by Keegan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southpa Posted June 8, 2007 Report Share Posted June 8, 2007 http://www.deaf-eddie.net/drawings/ I tried the "strat-series-2" and like what I got. Those push/pull pots are basically the same as your DPDT, just separate one from the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black_labb Posted June 8, 2007 Report Share Posted June 8, 2007 (edited) why not put 2 of the pickups in series to give it a himbukerish sound? (id do the middle and the bridge as the middle is usually out of phase with the others to cancel hum. the bridge just because you usually want a humbucker for heavier sounds. doign all 3 in paralell wont give a sound all that different in my opinion. if you get another dpdt you can get an out of phase sound aswell, which will be the wiring setup on the guitar im working on now,expcept i will be using 2 single coils instead of 3 Edited June 8, 2007 by black_labb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borge Posted June 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 why not put 2 of the pickups in series to give it a himbukerish sound? (id do the middle and the bridge as the middle is usually out of phase with the others to cancel hum. the bridge just because you usually want a humbucker for heavier sounds. doign all 3 in paralell wont give a sound all that different in my opinion. if you get another dpdt you can get an out of phase sound aswell, which will be the wiring setup on the guitar im working on now,expcept i will be using 2 single coils instead of 3 that sounds good, do you know where i colud find a schematic for that? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setain Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 The Strat Lover's Strat: http://www.guitarnuts.com/wiring/stratlovers.php Just bypass the phase switch and you're set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarcrazy Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 im rewiring my strat and it has a dpdt on-on mini switch which adds the neck pu to the bridge pu, while it was useful i was wondering what other possibilities i could use the dpdt for? Borge , if your budget permits , swap out your single coils for stacked coil humbuckers . there is no refitting or changing the guitar in any way . But with 3 stacked humbuckers , you can take 3 dpdt mini switches with the on/off/on configuration and totally turn your guitar into a tone killer . you have the option of wiring the pickups as single coil / off / double coil , and that gives you 21 tonal combinations . Or you could wire each pickup as your guitar is presently and have a in phase /out of phase option a la Brian May . My personal favorite is 3 Tom Anderson humbuckers all coil tapped as single on / pickup off / humbucker on . 1 Volume & 1 tone pot . You can mix single & humbucking modes on any or all pickups at the same time . what you get is tone options not available on any strat or les paul ! Check it out ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 "that gives you 21 tonal combinations " Dang, brotha! My main guitar has 4 sounds, and I generally use two of them. But, to each his own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregP Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 The sheer # of tonal combinations isn't as important as if they sound good. I could be wrong, but I understood the original post as, "here's what I HAVE, what can I do with it?" which doesn't extend to adding extra switches and pickups anyhow... or did I read wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black_labb Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 why not put 2 of the pickups in series to give it a himbukerish sound? (id do the middle and the bridge as the middle is usually out of phase with the others to cancel hum. the bridge just because you usually want a humbucker for heavier sounds. doign all 3 in paralell wont give a sound all that different in my opinion. if you get another dpdt you can get an out of phase sound aswell, which will be the wiring setup on the guitar im working on now,expcept i will be using 2 single coils instead of 3 that sounds good, do you know where i colud find a schematic for that? thanks basically you want take the 2 pups toy want to do it with and make it so that the leads coming out (other than the ground) are attached twice, not sure how you would want to do it but there are a few ways, take the second pair, and put them so that the 2 are in series (from one to the other) behind eachother, (make sure its start to end into the start then the end, as opposed to start to end to end to start) then run that to one selection of the dpdt switch, and run the other wiring to the other selection of the dpdt switch, then run that into the output. that will give you a choice of regular wiring, or the series with the ones you wired up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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