H/H/H Schematic - will this monster live?

[Michael]

Hey there! I am sort of new to the boards so please have a little patience with a newb. I am a tinkerer with things and have been looking for a schematic that would maximize (as best it could) the combinations that three Humbuckers would allow. I know that for playing, less is generally better. But I could not resist the temptation to expand on what I have been learning. After much scouring of the web, I finally adapted what I wanted, from a couple different schematics I found here on the SD site.

What I want to do is hook up three Humbuckers, each with:

Series/Split/Parallel
Phase Reversal
Volume
Tone
On/Off

What I adapted from info here is the following (for one pick-up):

https://forum.seymourduncan.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=608

My plan would be to do this for each of my three Humbuckers and connect the three outputs together at the jack. From what I can see, this should allow one, two or three of any of the Humbuckers to be runnin' as well as any trickery someone wanted at each Humbucker, independently of the others.

I stopped counting combinations that this thing might give (if it works) at 40 'cause my head started to hurt. It is sort of a space hog for hardware since it requires:

3 DPDT On-On-On switches for the Series/Split/Parallel
3 Push/Pull Pots for Tone and Phasing
3 Push/Pull Pots for Volume and On/Off

Will this monster walk or is it dead on arrival?

Thanks in advance,
Michael

[ArtieToo]

Re: H/H/H Schematic - will this monster live?

Rube . . . is that you?

Sounds like you need my "multi-mode, matrix switching system", which, unfortunately, only exists on paper right now.

But seriously, 3 push/pull volume, 3 push/pull tones, and 3 3-position switches, would be a monster to control. Not to mention, it would make your guitar look like a geek-axe.

I'll mess around with this a bit today, and see how it pans out. In the mean time,
meet 68 lost souls: Help modding this wiring

BTW - that link doesn't seem to be working.

[Michael]

Re: H/H/H Schematic - will this monster live?

Yah I am sort of a geek, so I guess my switching will reflect my personality.

Here is the schematic again.

[ArtieToo]

Re: H/H/H Schematic - will this monster live?

Cool Michael. Thats exactly what I just drew up except for one thing.
Your drawing has one little mistake on it. Eliminate the "ground" connection on the third switch,
(the vol on/off switch), or else you'll kill all three p'ups when you turn one off.

That connection isn't necessary at all.

Other than that, it should work just fine. And of course, you'll have that ole "volume setting affects pup tone" syndrom, but there's no way to avoid that when using more than one volume control.

(BTW - Nice drawing. You could work here.)

[68 lost souls]

Re: H/H/H Schematic - will this monster live?

Mine doesnt seem to be as complicated but my original idea was. It had 7 pots 3 3ways a 5way and 3 of the pots were push pull.

Now Im looking at a 6 pot 5way selector with a neck on switch, parrelel/series switch and a phase switch with 3 of the pots push/pull

[Michael]

Re: H/H/H Schematic - will this monster live?

Thanks guys. I am planning on making custon knobs (as small as I can get away with) and using a micro-mini switch (or just make my own switch lever for a mini-switch) so that I can keep the "look" of the controls small on the face of the guitar. I have really small hands (no jokes please) so I can get away with this I think. Also, if I use some form of logic as to how the knobs work, I should be able to remember what each does:

Volume Nob "In" --> pup is on
Volume Nob "Out" --> pup is off

Tone Nob "In" --> pup in phase
Tone Nob "Out" --> pup is out of phase

Switch to left --> pup in series
Switch to Middle --> pup is split
Switch to right --> pup is parallel

Since the controls look the same for each Humbucker, this should make it easier to remember. And as I look down the face of the guitar, I should be able to see what configuration each pick-up is in.

Thanks again for the help.
Michael