borge Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 I've allways wondered why strats have tone on the neck and mid but not the bridge where i feel its possibly more useful. So Im wireing up a strat with 2 knobs and a 5 way and was thinking a bridge tone (or maybe bridge+mid tone?) would probably be more useful than a master tone, any thoughts? also i cant find a schematic for it so any help on that would be much appreciated cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borge Posted November 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 (edited) so i modified a SD diagram, im not sure if its right, but my switch isnt like that: it has 7 lugs all on one side, 3 at each end then 1 in the middle hmmm i dont think i explained that very well. so how would i modify it to suit my switch? cheers Edited November 26, 2007 by borge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnewman Posted November 28, 2007 Report Share Posted November 28, 2007 (edited) Sorry, just realized my post doesn't help you at all. Edited November 28, 2007 by jnewman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acousticraft Posted November 28, 2007 Report Share Posted November 28, 2007 (edited) I have an inline switch that has 8 terminals and have just wired up my Strat so the middle tone control works in switch position 1 and 2, no tone for 3 and rear tone does 4,5. It is the suggested setup. Check this site. http://www.guitarnuts.com/wiring/menu.php I used my multi-meter to find out which terminals were conected in each switch position and wrote them down. On my 5 way switch starting from the jack end as number one. Terminals 4&5 are bridged on my switch. Pos 1= 1,4,5,6 Neck Pos 2= 1,2,4,5,6,7 Neck middle Pos 3= 2,4,5,7 Middle Pos 4= 2,3,4,5,7,8 Middle,Bridge Pos 5= 3,4,5,8 Bridge So 1 is neck pickup wire 2 is middle pickup wire 3 is Bridge pickup wire 4-5 is wire to left term. vol pot. 6 is wire to middle term. middle tone pot 7- No wire 8 is wire to left term. rear tone pot. There are other options by bridging 7 and 8 so tone control is on every position. . Edited November 28, 2007 by Acousticraft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borge Posted November 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2007 thanks guys, i got it wired up last night, its great, im thinking about wiring my strat (this is a friends) a similar way: neck+mid vol, bridge vol, bridge tone. any one tried anything like that? ive always wondered why strats have no tone control on the pup that IMO needs it the most. i mean really, does anyone use the neck tone?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanthus Posted November 28, 2007 Report Share Posted November 28, 2007 ive always wondered why strats have no tone control on the pup that IMO needs it the most. i mean really, does anyone use the neck tone?? Hard to play me some jazz without having control over my neck volume and tone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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