rgx120d

I actually have another question about this. On the page for the schematic, there is a note that says "It is necessary to separate pickup cover's ground and pickup's ground." I'm not sure what this means. I don't have a pickup cover (solid mounted pickups, everything is in the back), but I do know that some guitars have shielding on the back electronics cover. What do I do in my case? Ignore this note and ground everything normally?

psw, wow, great website, thanks for the link! That looks pretty much like the circuit I was thinking of. For actual materials . . . originally the guitar was not shielded, I guess since it has dual humbuckers. Since I am putting in P90s, which are known for humming, do I need to put shielding in the cavities, or can I get away with using shielded wire? (I would prefer the shielded wire since the cavity covers are actually clear, but if it won't work, I can deal with that). Thanks again. Eric

Hey all. I have a '95 Yamaha RGX-120d which I am in the process of completely reworking in the pursuit of "that sound." I am going to be installing two Wilkinson P-90s in it (they're what I could afford) and want to try some fancy stuff with the wiring. The guitar currently has one selector switch, a volume knob, and a tone knob. I want to maintain that factory look, but have more sound options. What I was thinking of doing was using a stew-mac five way super switch to have these options: 1. Neck pickup 2. Both, parallel 3. Both, out of phase 4. Both, series 5. Bridge pickup I am not completely new to electronics so don't be afraid to use jargon, but I'm not very good at coming up with complex wiring schemes, so this is where I am running in to trouble. After drawing circuit after circuit, I just can't figure out how to get these options with just the five way switch. Actually I'm not sure if its even possible at all. I've thought of using a small selector switch and a push-pull tone pot, but that is where I am really in over my head. Basically, I have no idea what to do. help! On an aside; has anyone heard good/bad things about these pickups? I've seen a few good reviews. Also, would you recommend I just stick with modern electronics, or try to nail some vintage caps to help out the tone that little bit? Lastly, when people do out of phase mods, are the pickups in series or parallel out of phase?