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The Pickup Place / Re: Wiring diagrams for HH, 1 tone, 1 volume, 1 mini-switch configuration

« on: April 22, 2019, 04:02:35 PM »

Ziggy made some good suggestions.

Keep in mind that to select between series and parallel coils for a humbucker you need a DPDT switch (most push-pull pots are this way). So if you get two push-pull pots to replace your volume and tone controls you can select series or parallel for each humbucker, which will get you the 4 must have selections.

With a three way blade switch you can then have the neck and bridge pickups in parallel. You can then select
- bridge series in parallel with neck series
- bridge series in parallel with neck parallel
- bridge parallel in parallel with neck series
- bridge parallel in parallel with neck parallel

That makes it 8 sounds.

For out-of-phase you also need a DPDT-switch but that would have to be an "on-off"-type. I would only use it with the individual pickups selected for series mode as the out-of-phase combination thins out the tone already - with individual pickups in parallel it could be too much. Anyway, that would give you another 4 sounds to play with for a total of 12 sounds.

I think I found a diagram for this one (barring the mini switch):
https://guitarelectronics.com/2-humbuckers-3-way-lever-switch-1-volume-1-tone-series-parallel/

3 questions:
1. which wires will need to be connected to the on-off mini toggle switch for the out-of-phase functionality?
2. if I put a 5-way lever switch instead of the 3-way one, will there be any extra sound options available?
3. I also have a 5-way Schaller megaswitch (https://schaller.info/en/megaswitch-m). Any use for it in this setup?

Many thanks for your time guys, much appreciated.

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The Pickup Place / Re: Wiring diagrams for HH, 1 tone, 1 volume, 1 mini-switch configuration

« on: April 20, 2019, 05:56:52 PM »

Finally got me some time to do it

The ingredients:
1. pick-guard with Dimarzio DP205 and DP100 - installed
2. Schaller Megaswitch M
3. On-Off mini switch (6 pins)
4. 1x volume pot (push/pull)
5. 1x tone pot (push/pull)

What's the most complex/ sonically manifold course that could be cooked with these?
Soldering is not a problem but I'm a bit ignoramus when it comes to electrical engineering, so wiring diagrams (a pic) would help much more than thousand words

Many thanks again and happy Easter to everyone!

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The Pickup Place / Wiring diagrams for HH, 1 tone, 1 volume, 1 mini-switch configuration

« on: December 18, 2018, 12:25:58 PM »

Hiya,

So I finally got around to upgrading pickups/electronics in my Lotus H2 Bullet copy. I bought the guitar for my daughter, but the stock pups are completely unusable. She made a huge progress nonetheless, so in order to motivate her and compliment her at the same time I ordered DP205 for the neck position and thinking of getting DP100 for the bridge.

What I want:
1. neck series (must have)
2. neck parallel (must have)
3. neck and bridge series (nice to have)
4. neck and bridge parallel (nice to have)
5. bridge series (must have)
6. bridge parallel (must have)
7. out of phase/coil split (provided the rest there already)

Since I don't want to make any modding to the pick-guard, these are the options:
- 3 or 5 way blade switch
- 1 tone
- 1 volume
- mini switch (currently on/on, but can be swapped for on/on/on)

Any wiring diagrams that would get me close to the promised land would be greatly appreciated