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  • #1

    Best Way To Wire HSS Strat

    What is the best way to wire a HSS strat that has two tones and one volume? The preference would be to have 500k going to the Humbucker in the bridge positions and 250k going to the Neck and Middle single coils.

    Or at least a way to give added treble to the bridge humbucker so I can keep the 250K volume pot.
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    Re: Best Way To Wire HSS Strat

    I have an SSS strat with a 'Lil59 in the bridge. I used 250K for both the bridge and neck tone pots and left the middle single coil totally without tone control. Also, I wired it so that the humbucker is automatically split in the Mid/Bridge slot position. This can all be done with a standard 5-way switch.
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    • #3
      Re: Best Way To Wire HSS Strat

      250k tone and volume pots for the two singles, then one 500k volume hooked up to the humbucker, no tone pot. That's what I'd do, but if you use a tone on the bridge very often then that might not be for you.

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      • #4
        Re: Best Way To Wire HSS Strat

        Each pickup to it's own volume pot. 500k or the bridge and two 250's for the singles. Seriously. No switch, no bs. Just dial it in as you go.

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        • #5
          Re: Best Way To Wire HSS Strat

          master volume
          master tone
          use other hole for "bridge always on" toggle or "coil split" toggle
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          • #6
            Re: Best Way To Wire HSS Strat

            Lazarus' setup is one of the most common methods. One thing about the 'Lil 59 and the other 'Lil and Jr. models, they were made to work with 250k pots since the whole point is to put them in a Strat anyway.

            With a full-size humbucker in the bridge, I like 500k for the volume and 250k tones or a 500k volume and single 250k tone. But, I normally go with just a volume control and it's always 500k, even with singles. I just make sure to use single-coils that work well in that setup. The Classic Stack Plus pickups work really well in that setup.

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            • #7
              Re: Best Way To Wire HSS Strat

              On my HSS, Lone Star Strat I am planning to for universal tone control and volume knob for a bucker and volume knob for to single coils, the Mathias Jabs strat set up.
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              • #8
                Re: Best Way To Wire HSS Strat

                Thank you for your responses

                Would running a 500K volume pot with a 250K tone pot for the Neck and Middle pickups and a 500K pot for the bridge successfully give me 250K to the Neck and Middle pickups and 500K to the bridge. Even if not could I not bleed tebles off the 500k volume pot with the 250K tone pot making it close to 250K going to the Neck and Middle pickups?
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                • #9
                  Re: Best Way To Wire HSS Strat

                  im gonna rewire mine with 500k pots but with 500k resistors making the single coils see 250k pots.
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                  • #10
                    Re: Best Way To Wire HSS Strat

                    Would depend on the pickups, but in general I'd think about going with a 500K master volume and 250K master tone. And add a bridge always on switch in the third spot, so you can have bridge + neck.

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