Partscaster HH setup questions...

[Wyn]

Hi all,
First let me start by saying I have spent hours in here looking at the forum and you all are great and helpful with your suggestions and remedies.I recently purchased from a good friend his 2 new Alnico Pro ll Slash Pickup set. He had bought them to do a mod on his vintage Les Paul but decided at the last minute that he did not want to do anything to change the guitar from original. That being said, I am a Strat style guitar man and I want to incorporate these in to a "PartsCaster" that I am doing. My question is..Does anyone have any recomendations for a wiring diagram.. I am using 2-tone controls, and 1-volume knob..and a 5 way switch(i have both the standard 5 way and a super 5 way) and a HH style pickguard. I do not want any push pull knobs or mini toggles...just the 5 way to change pickups . I look forward to hearing from you and want to thank you in advance.
Thanks,
Wyn

[metlking]

Re: Partscaster HH setup questions...

Are Slash pickups 4 conductor?

I've always wanted to try this, but it's rather "involved" as far as wiring goes!

http://www.guitarelectronics.com/product/WD2HH5L12_04/Guitar-Wiring-Diagram-2-Humbuckers5-Way-Lever-Switch1-Volume2-Tones-04.html

Or this:

http://www.guitarelectronics.com/product/WD2HH5L12_05/Guitar-Wiring-Diagram-2-Humbuckers5-Way-Lever-Switch1-Volume2-Tones-05.html

Personally I prefer to run a humbucker in parallel rather than split it, that way it's still hum-canceling!

[Jocelyn]

Re: Partscaster HH setup questions...

I would go with the 5 Way switch. And use one tone and One Vol set up. I currently have on my ibby a 5 way switich ( Stock) that lets me go 1 neck Full Humbucking,2 Neck Parallel, 3 Neck and Bridge Humbucking, 4 Both pickups inner coils split, 5 Bridge Humbucking. I dont know what options the Super switch would give you. But use it. A parallel tone is killer.

[vegetablejoe]

Re: Partscaster HH setup questions...

On my strat modded with Antiquity humbuckers, I kept the wiring simple with a 3-way switch, but used a pair of concentric pots to give the pickups separate volume and tone controls, like on a LP. Some strings did not line-up with the pickup screws.

On a separate tele project with standard pots, I hooked up a super 5-way switch to a pair of tele Texas Specials. The switch gave 2 additional options: n+b in series and n+b oop. But thereafter I realized OOP is more useful when pickups each have a vol. control. While N+B in series is useful for added grunt and output, specially when I forget to bring along an od pedal.

Options for thought... ymmv. Good luck on your wiring project!

[vinta9e]

Re: Partscaster HH setup questions...

My personal recommendation would be... ditch the A2Ps, the pickguard and the switches. Get a single medium hot humbucker for the bridge, hook it to a volume pot and rock that beast like a madman!

There is a fully hum-cancelling 5-way HH 1V 1T wiring scheme you can use. It's from an Ibanez RG520. The more fancy a wiring, the neater you have to do it to make it sound right. In all honesty, I believe that simple and to the point is the way to go. The most basic circuits sound the best to me. Good luck anyway.

[Adieu]

Re: Partscaster HH setup questions...

You can wire a 5 way as "mute-mute-bridge-both-neck" or something, too. Hook up the two pups as two-conductors, hots to the MIDDLE (so you have tone controls) and NECK positions on the blade, grounds to the back of a pot....might have to reverse one of the two's wires, though, if soldering as direct replacement and not taking the circuit apart, since some strats are wired with mid (for SSS) or neck (for HSS) out of phase for hum-cancelling positions... don't worry too much about the tone control, despite what some people say, 250 vs. 500k won't matter AT ALL (fact, not subjective opinion) with tone wide open, and might not matter all that much (YMMV) even using it quite actively.

[GuitarDoc]

Re: Partscaster HH setup questions...

Are Slash pickups 4 conductor?

Or this:

http://www.guitarelectronics.com/product/WD2HH5L12_05/Guitar-Wiring-Diagram-2-Humbuckers5-Way-Lever-Switch1-Volume2-Tones-05.html

Personally I prefer to run a humbucker in parallel rather than split it, that way it's still hum-canceling!

That setup is the first thing that came to my mind. You can get some great tones out of it and the #2 and #4 switch positions will get some reasonable quack and will be hum cancelling since you combine the north neck coil with the south bridge coil and vice versa.

[Wyn]

Re: Partscaster HH setup questions...

wow, thank you all....i definitely have some homework here...that is why i joined here... all of you rock!

[Chickenwings]

Re: Partscaster HH setup questions...

like vegetable joe i just used a 3 way. simple is best.