New project idea: 4 pickups Tele style guitar

[maup]

I think Josh @ JHS Pedals has a 4 pickup guitar also. I remember seeing it on his live stream.

Edit: yep. It appears to be a Jazzmaster style guitar



Seen in the vid below and explained @ 10:00

Thanks great video! Seems more or less my original idea! Now I am again intrigued by using all 4 pickups Have to clear my mind about that...

But in the end... why not?

[Aceman]

You could just drop a P-Rail in the middle too.

I had a Tele w/ a bucker in the neck and a tapped Hot Rail in the middle also.

Go for it.

[ArtieToo]

You could just drop a P-Rail in the middle too.

That's a cool idea. Then wire it up as if it was two distinct pickups. I like it.

[Aceman]

That's a cool idea. Then wire it up as if it was two distinct pickups. I like it.

No no no!!!!! Triple rings! with a 5 way switch for selecting on the tele plate:

Bridge

Bridge + single, or P90, or HB series or parallel

P90, Single, HB, or Parallel HB

etc....

It would be like having 5 pickups! And a parallel switch for the bucker...

[ArtieToo]

No no no!!!!! Triple rings! with a 5 way switch for selecting on the tele plate:

Yup. Endless options.

But it's still a good idea.

[Teleplayer]

If it was me, I'd make it a HSH config, and probably choose a hum cancelling strat pickup for the middle, such as Duncan STK-S4m (middle version). Combining with the PAF-style neck humbucker in position 4, its make a less bassy tone with a subtle quack. In position 2, I like to split the pickups so it gives good brightness and maximum quack. Obviously there are endless options depending on your objectives.

[orpheo]

https://www.sawtoothworld.com/electric-et-hybrid-series

something like this?

[jeremy]

the two three ways that close would mess me up but that looks badass!

[maup]

Again, thanks a lot to each one of you for your great ideas!

Reading about all, two other versions came to my mind. One with 4 pickups and one with 3, because if I can put a single sized HB in the neck, and split it, maybe it is useless to have the original tele single coil? Or maybe I can use it to combine with other... too many options!

What do you think about these two below?

[Mincer]

I don't know if I'd bother splitting the little humbuckers, but putting them in parallel would be a more useful sound.

[jeremy]

i dont mind the neck and middle split but almost always prefer the bridge in parallel over split

[orpheo]

the two three ways that close would mess me up but that looks badass!

Yes agreed. It's a stupid way of going about it too. You can easily get this done with a 4 pole 2 way toggle (selects hums or singles) and then the 3 way to select bridge or neck. This just goes the other way around.

In fact, there even are 4 pole 3 way blade switches by Oak Grigsby so this is totally redundant.

[Clint 55]

Do the 4 pickup one. I have a bunch of pickguards I made with 2 neck pickups and it's awesome.

[jeremy]

Yes agreed. It's a stupid way of going about it too. You can easily get this done with a 4 pole 2 way toggle (selects hums or singles) and then the 3 way to select bridge or neck. This just goes the other way around.

In fact, there even are 4 pole 3 way blade switches by Oak Grigsby so this is totally redundant.

this works much better for me. having the switches so close would mess me up on stage all the time

[CaptainWhizz]

Again, thanks a lot to each one of you for your great ideas!

Reading about all, two other versions came to my mind. One with 4 pickups and one with 3, because if I can put a single sized HB in the neck, and split it, maybe it is useless to have the original tele single coil? Or maybe I can use it to combine with other... too many options!

What do you think about these two below?

If you’re putting the plate in with the small switches to turn the pickups on and off, why not make them 3-way switches with series/ off / parallel options? Rather than also having push-pulls on the volume and tone pots?