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wiring sounds and looks confusing as hell, you could try (if you have room) 3 on/off switches in series, this would make it so u could go 7/15/24 in any combination, just an idea as i cant imagine how a 5way would wire up to those pups

true the metal cover should make the connection but it cant hurt to ground the pots anyway

Cool - a "guess the switch" game!!

You're correct - an on on on switch wouldn't work as wired. But an on off on wouldn't work either - not the way it's wired - you'll get both pickups and two off positions.

I don't think your diagram of an on on on for neck-both-bridge selection will work. I think it'll just give neck-bridge-bridge. I'd extend all three leads directly over to the same terminals on the other pole - easier to wire that way.

Personally I prefer schematics over wiring diagrams - especially when the parts are not indicated.

im not sure which bit wouldnt work ?

http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/7527/wiringwo6.jpg that is correct afaik the middle posistion of the on on on would connect everything (so neck and bridge would be mixed in the center)

the switch i have is on on on and after I posted and read replies I realized it would make more sense to have it wired pickup 1 pickup 2 and both no off position I want volume no tone pot. I'm useing a 500k pot for volume with 1000pF/220K across two of the lugs on the volume pot. Thanks hope this helps

ok if you have an ON ON ON switch just remember that the center is the common lug (in any posistion the center is being connected)

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/862/dpdtonononmb7.jpg it wont work any other way than that

if the original was on on on it would have both pickups on in the center posistion (every lug on each pole is linked when the center is selected) , of course i maybe wrong because im getting confused...

i think it would need to be an on off on switch for the off posistion (in the center)

ignore my babbling i think this picture is correct.

http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/7527/wiringwo6.jpg

i posted all this on my site (http://www.guitarhq.co.uk/toggleswitches.html) a while ago, never got round to finishing the site because my mum got ill, but heres some info about toggle switches

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Toggle switches

SPST - This is the most basic switch, and can be used to turn a portion of a circuit on or off. it is ideal for a killswitch

http://www.guitarhq.co.uk/spst.jpg http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/658/spstdc4.jpg

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SPDT - Toggles between two portions of a circuit, such as, say, two pickups.

http://www.guitarhq.co.uk/spdt.jpg http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/1862/spdtsi2.jpg

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DPDT: ON/ON - Similar to the above, but has two independent poles, it can be used to toggle phase. (sides).

http://www.guitarhq.co.uk/dpdt.jpg http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/7789/dpdted9.jpg

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DPDT: ON/ON/ON - This switch may be used as a series/parallel switch with the middle position providing a coil tap.

http://www.guitarhq.co.uk/dpdtononon.jpg http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/862/dpdtonononmb7.jpg

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DPDT: ON/OFF/ON - Similar to the above, although with a "silent" option in the center position, preventing the passage of any signal.

http://www.guitarhq.co.uk/dpdtonoffon.jpg http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/9533/dpdtonoffonyg9.jpg

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3PDT: ON/ON - Similar to the above, with an Extra row of poles, usually used in effects pedals for 'True bypass' wiring.

http://www.guitarhq.co.uk/3pdt.jpg http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/2658/3pdtpq4.jpg

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edit, added imageshack links since my hosts are not reliable.

thats possible but it wont work as an off posistion then, you would need to get a (on on on) switch and wire the pickups to the outside lugs of the switch and put the middle to the volume pot (when you select the middle of the switch it would put both pickups on)

a picture of the wiring would be nice if you have a camera, i cant really guess what the problem is,

if you have wired it up exactely like the SD diagram it should work...

to hazard a guess because it makes noise when you touch the bridge but not when you play anything it seems like the pickup ground is not connected up right.

i use imageshack.us (just go there you dont need an account) browse the picture on your pc and click host/upload then copy and paste the bottom link (thats a direct link to the picture)

parallel is like strat wiring (all hots are joined together and all the grounds are) although the strat would have a 5way and usually the middle pickup is reverse wound and polarity.

series is like a humbucker (the ground from one pickup goes to the hot of the other and that makes 1 humbucking pickup) although if the polarity is wrong on one of the pickups there will be some phase differences

the only thing i can suggest is whatever pickups you get altering the height from the strings to 'even' them out or adding seperate volumes for each pickup.

if you want pickup suggestions you really need to say what you're looking for (you might want metal, and we could suggest blues pickups)

also

a capacitor will just dump high frequencys, theres no way to get a highpass filter with just a cap (a cap and a tone pot are a low-pass filter)

the pots dont matter ive used 500k's on all my guitars for years, it just depends which you like more.

not sure what you're asking about the impedance, are you looking for pickups to buy ? or already have some and looking for the best place to put them (bridge/middle/neck)

my question about the tones is referring to what you want them to do in the guitar (a tone for each pickup or 2 tones for both pickups with different caps) doesn't make a big difference either way just changes the wiring a little)

i assume you want to split the humbucker to get the single coil posistion ?

heres a rough diagram (i dont know what seymour duncan wiring is so i guess) mini switch is in the bottom right, i assume the 2 wires (red and white) get grounded to split the coil (ive never had a sd pickup so like i said im just guessing)

Green from the pickups is the ground

black from the pickups is hot (black wires are ground and hot on this diagram)

if anyone spots an error pls say ive been up all night and im prone to mistakes.

http://img461.imageshack.us/img461/2483/wiringpn0.png

you can easily wire this up in series using DPDT toggle switches for each pickup and it will give you every combination,

what do you want the 2 tones for ?

hmm then white is hot and the bare must be ground ?

not sure how that works for phase switching (if the baseplate/cover is shielded by the bare and then becomes hot that may cause noise when you touch the cover or change phase)

just wire it up like a single coil then, and leave the bare wire grounded.

im not sure what the hot wire would be (i guess blue) but cant be sure

lol, lots of people saying its Fake on the comments, i dont think it is though.

heres some funny Fake (miming) videos

awesome amp, id love to try one out, one day i might be able to get one (they are £550 here and right now i cant justify spending that much)

i really wanted a customised matamp might be better off saving up and getting both...

what humbucker is it, how many wires does it have ?

usually you would have to tape two wires together to get the humbucker working 'normally' so this is possible.

now that we are talking bout pots... which one will have more effect tone wise .... the volume pot or the tone pot ?? (about different resistance values)

woot thread kidnapping

which do you think ?

It's the simplest thing in the world. Just connect the one lead on the switch to the middle lead on the volume pot and the other to the ground. That will bypass all the electronics in the guitar when it's depressed.

That works, or, you could also splice the switch somewhere in the positive to the output jack. The first way is easier though...

Damn, look what buckethead started, lol.

i learnt this the hard way (and from people on this forum) that just using a switch to cut the hot lead will make a popping noise when you click it off, the way to stop the popping is to wire it to the ground, "shorting" the circuit out and stopping that nasty popping noise.

do you mean a leaf switch ? thats the most common "arcade button" switch, i think it would be a pain to fit into a guitar, and afaik that isnt how they work or are weird up.

the jack ?

do you mean the output jack or some cable ?

Just wire it across the two lugs on your output jack.

this is the best way, just run a wire from the hot side of the output to the ground so when your switch is flicked it shorts out the guitar.

I remember reading a thread where someone had the idea of having a knob to control the rate at which the signal was cut to ground..

So having the knob rolled to '0' would give you full signal,

and at '10' it would be cutting on/off/on/off like mad.

I've used the search far and wide..but to no avail

sounds like a tremolo effect to me which would be active electronics and not just a simple switch

i think this would work.

http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/4669/laceru8.jpg

wow and just last night i stumbled across this site,

http://www.celebrityrockstarguitars.com/home.htm

some nice guitars on there even if they did cost 20x what they were worth

heres a quick pic of an output jack, just for reference http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/213/qrodwrzy5.jpg