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The Pickup Place / Wiring Ideas for AT-1 and Chopper

« on: October 16, 2018, 04:23:34 PM »

Building a Partcaster (Soloist body) and plan on using an AT-1 in the bridge and a Chopper in the neck.  I would like to keep it simple in terms of switching - I don't need it to do everything (I have other guitars), but would like a little versatility.  Here is what I'm considering so far:

1 Volume, No tone pot, 1 5-way blade switch if I can get away with it.

Pos 1: Bridge in series
Pos 2:
Pos 3: Bridge and Neck together in series (some will say it's too muddy, but it's worth a try to get that fat, boosted tone)
Pos 4: Neck in parallel
Pos 5: Neck in series

Any ideas for Position 2?

Also, can I do everything above with nothing but a 4 pole 5-way switch?

I thought about Bridge and Neck in parallel for position 2, but from everything I have read, the differences in impedance may make that a poor choice (16.3 vs. 9.16 KOhm).

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The Pickup Place / Bridge HB to go with Chopper in the neck

« on: October 03, 2018, 11:05:33 AM »

I'm building a partcaster and was going to do a Humbucker (Bridge) Single Coil (Neck) config, and leaning toward the Chopper in the neck position.
What would be a good bridge humbucker to balance with that?  I was thinking maybe the AT-1...
Anyone tried that combo?  Also looking to split and combine coils.