Another Megaswitch Question

[Mincer]

Well, I am not sure I am OK with it either. I am always battling noise at some club or festival.

[ArtieToo]

Well, I am not sure I am OK with it either. I am always battling noise at some club or festival.

Cool. Then we can do it a different way. Let me see what I can come up with. And ideally, you need this to be a lever switch, right?

[Jack_TriPpEr]

There is a newer switch on the market that came out in Year 2018, a 4 pole, 3 way blade-switch switch named the Goldo “Double Wafer” 3-Way Switch. It's a German product. A quick check on the internet shows that it's definitely available from some overseas sellers; I didn't look deeply enough to see if there are any sellers in North America.

The extra poles will allow a different type of wiring scheme that alleviate Artie's concern, i.e. the 2 series-link pairs from each pickup left hanging with Hot signal.

https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/27090-mod-garage-meet-g%C3%B6ldos-double-wafer-3-way-switch

[ehdwuld]

I don't know if there is a switch out there that allows me to do what I want. Are there 4 pole 3-way switches?

the Ibanez blade switches do that very thing

I can look up the model number
I may have one

[Mincer]

There is a newer switch on the market that came out in Year 2018, a 4 pole, 3 way blade-switch switch named the Goldo “Double Wafer” 3-Way Switch. It's a German product. A quick check on the internet shows that it's definitely available from some overseas sellers; I didn't look deeply enough to see if there are any sellers in North America.

The extra poles will allow a different type of wiring scheme that alleviate Artie's concern, i.e. the 2 series-link pairs from each pickup left hanging with Hot signal.

https://www.premierguitar.com/articl...r-3-way-switch

Wow, that is a cool switch. I have to do some research!

the Ibanez blade switches do that very thing

I can look up the model number
I may have one

Really? I honestly haven't heard about those...more research to do!

[ArtieToo]

They're out there, but they all appear to be European sites. I don't see any USA retailers yet.

[Mincer]

Yeah, I figured that out. I might have to figure out something else, or just go to my Do It All wiring. I really like that, but I was thinking of pairing that down even further.

[beaubrummels]

Fender has a 5-way with two additional 5-way poles, available domestically. It's like a normal Fender 5-way with half a super switch attached. I just used this to get 5 sounds out of a single humbucker (slug, screw, parallel, hum, hum-no-tone-control). Could use half the switch to get the 3 positions; the remaining coulld be additional options or empty.

https://www.guitarpartsfactory.us/00...tch-0078776000

FWIW - I didn't notice a significant noise difference between slug and screw alone. Perhaps two pickups split at the same time is worse?

[AllHailDIO]

The extra poles will allow a different type of wiring scheme that alleviate Artie's concern, i.e. the 2 series-link pairs from each pickup left hanging with Hot signal.

https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/27090-mod-garage-meet-g%C3%B6ldos-double-wafer-3-way-switch

Sorry for hijacking OP's thread... But quick question.

This Goldo switch, could it do inner coils in parallel in the middle position, by any chance?

I recently put in a Megaswitch P and my guitar is VERY noisy. But it isn't a ground issue and the noise changes when I shift around... I figured it was me and was going to revisit my soldering, but after reading Artie's comments, I wonder now...

[ArtieToo]

This Goldo switch, could it do inner coils in parallel in the middle position, by any chance?

Yes, it will. Availability is the problem. (Unless you live in Europe.)

But I have an alternate solution that should work. I just gotta work out a couple details. Film@11.

[AllHailDIO]

Yes, it will. Availability is the problem. (Unless you live in Europe.)

But I have an alternate solution that should work. I just gotta work out a couple details. Film@11.

Good to know but yes, too bad shipping from EU is an absolute mauling on the wallet.

And thanks! You're the man 

[eclecticsynergy]

I recently put in a Megaswitch P and my guitar is VERY noisy. But it isn't a ground issue and the noise changes when I shift around... I figured it was me and was going to revisit my soldering, but after reading Artie's comments, I wonder now...

I think flipping the mag in one of your pickups should make the inner and outer coil combinations humbucking.
PRSs which offer those coil pairings use a reversed polarity bridge pickup.

[AllHailDIO]

I think flipping the mag in one of your pickups should make the inner and outer coil combinations humbucking.
PRSs which offer those coil pairings use a reversed polarity bridge pickup.

Thanks for the heads-up but I have already flipped a magnet. The noise also occurs in all positions.

Very possible it could had been my soldering. I will have to revisit, and also hear Artie's alternate solution.

Thanks!

[Mincer]

I saw the 4 pole 3 way switch for sale on Reverb, available from Europe . It will be expensive, I am guessing, but it is available.

[Mincer]

I think I might take a chance on that European 4P3T switch. If I do that, and I want the middle position to be hum-cancelling, I could deal with the middle position being the screw coil of the neck with the stud coil of the bridge, I believe this can be done without having the bridge humbucker rp/rp, right? And if that switch does actually arrive, it will avoid the situation Artie described, right?