1 Humbucker, coil splitting for each coil.

[grungeman55]

Re: 1 Humbucker, coil splitting for each coil.

Yes, that is possible with a blade/lever switch but not possible with a toggle switch, other than a heavily modified 3-pickup toggle or a Free-Way toggle.
The wire colours for Seymour Duncan pickups (and other brands) can be found in the Seymour Duncan wiring page, specifically this diagram. All other SD wiring variants are found there.

so I had fun in MS paint again. This looks hella confusing so I'll explain it. White and Red together activate the slug coil (north coil) so I have them going to the neck position of the switch. Green and black activate the screw coil (south coil) so I have the green cable going to the bridge position of the switch. But I don't know where the black one goes. Do I have it connected with the green and then connected to somewhere else? Or do I leave it the way I have now with black and green separate but still both activated when the switch is down, and then the black connected to something else?

 

[GuitarDoc]

Re: 1 Humbucker, coil splitting for each coil.

No, that won't work. Neither of those diagrams will work.

 

[GuitarDoc]

Re: 1 Humbucker, coil splitting for each coil.

Instead of referring to neck and bridge pups, let's call them slug coil and screw coil (since we're dealing with a humbucker pup). Using SD color code, that's black = start of slug coil; white = finish of slug coil; green = start of screw coil; red = finish of screw coil.

http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/wiring-diagrams/schematics.php?schematic=color_codes

And on a 3-way blade switch, on the left side you have lugs 1, 2, 3, and common. On the right side you have common, 1, 2, and 3 (from top to bottom of a switch diagram).

Make the following connections:
Left 1 - green wire + a wire to ground (back of vol pot)
Left 2 - wire to Right 3
Left 3 - blank
Left common - white

Right common - output to vol
Right 1 - black + a wire to Right 2
Right 2 - (a wire to Right 1)
Right 3 - red + (the wire to Left 2)

This gives you:
Switch position #1 = slug coil only
Switch position #2 = slug coil + screw coil in series
Switch position #3 = screw coil only

 

[dazzlindino]

Re: 1 Humbucker, coil splitting for each coil.

Instead of referring to neck and bridge pups, let's call them slug coil and screw coil (since we're dealing with a humbucker pup). Using SD color code, that's black = start of slug coil; white = finish of slug coil; green = start of screw coil; red = finish of screw coil.

http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/wiring-diagrams/schematics.php?schematic=color_codes

And on a 3-way blade switch, on the left side you have lugs 1, 2, 3, and common. On the right side you have common, 1, 2, and 3 (from top to bottom of a switch diagram).

Make the following connections:
Left 1 - green wire + a wire to ground (back of vol pot)
Left 2 - wire to Right 3
Left 3 - blank
Left common - white

Right common - output to vol
Right 1 - black + a wire to Right 2
Right 2 - (a wire to Right 1)
Right 3 - red + (the wire to Left 2)

This gives you:
Switch position #1 = slug coil only
Switch position #2 = slug coil + screw coil in series
Switch position #3 = screw coil only

Killer, could some one make a diagram so one could print it out...

 

[dazzlindino]

Re: 1 Humbucker, coil splitting for each coil.

Killer, could some one make a diagram so one could print it out...

Also want to say to those that wonder why one would want access to both single coils....
In this guitar I am using a Dimarzio Evolution (blasphemes I know)...but one coil is 5K the other 9K...
one works best for cleaner tones..whilst the other works best with gain ala Malmsteeneroo....
so yep single, single, series works great with that pup....

 

[grungeman55]

Re: 1 Humbucker, coil splitting for each coil.

Killer, could some one make a diagram so one could print it out...

I second this!

 

[grungeman55]

Re: 1 Humbucker, coil splitting for each coil.

Also want to say to those that wonder why one would want access to both single coils....
In this guitar I am using a Dimarzio Evolution (blasphemes I know)...but one coil is 5K the other 9K...
one works best for cleaner tones..whilst the other works best with gain ala Malmsteeneroo....
so yep single, single, series works great with that pup....

I'm using this for a JB in my Silvertone Mosrite. I don't think both coils will be outstandingly different, but I wanted to make something unique with this guitar.

 

[grungeman55]

Re: 1 Humbucker, coil splitting for each coil.

Instead of referring to neck and bridge pups, let's call them slug coil and screw coil (since we're dealing with a humbucker pup). Using SD color code, that's black = start of slug coil; white = finish of slug coil; green = start of screw coil; red = finish of screw coil.

http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/wiring-diagrams/schematics.php?schematic=color_codes

And on a 3-way blade switch, on the left side you have lugs 1, 2, 3, and common. On the right side you have common, 1, 2, and 3 (from top to bottom of a switch diagram).

Make the following connections:
Left 1 - green wire + a wire to ground (back of vol pot)
Left 2 - wire to Right 3
Left 3 - blank
Left common - white

Right common - output to vol
Right 1 - black + a wire to Right 2
Right 2 - (a wire to Right 1)
Right 3 - red + (the wire to Left 2)

This gives you:
Switch position #1 = slug coil only
Switch position #2 = slug coil + screw coil in series
Switch position #3 = screw coil only

BUT just out of curiosity with this way won't the position 1 be the "bridge" position and position 3 the "neck" position. Because if it is like that I want it reversed so that the bridge would be screw, and the neck would be slug.

 

[dazzlindino]

Re: 1 Humbucker, coil splitting for each coil.

If there is room just turn the switch 180...and bam there you have it....

 

[wolf]

Re: 1 Humbucker, coil splitting for each coil.

Basically 2 SPDT switches will give you all four switching possibilities. (Just as the Triple Shot does).
Go to this page http://www.1728.org/guitar10.htm and see the first diagram.

If you want to know how those switches give you all 4 arrangements (series; parallel; either coil), go to this page http://www.1728.org/guitar5.htm and scroll half way down.

 

[dazzlindino]

Re: 1 Humbucker, coil splitting for each coil.

If there is room just turn the switch 180...and bam there you have it....

 

[GuitarDoc]

Re: 1 Humbucker, coil splitting for each coil.

Depends on what you call position 1 and 3. In any case just turn the "diagram" upside down and wire it that way. or turn thew actual switch 180 degrees as has been suggested..

 

[grungeman55]

Re: 1 Humbucker, coil splitting for each coil.

If there is room just turn the switch 180...and bam there you have it....

excellent point ;p
thank you so much you awesome kind sir. I'll post a picture of the beast when it's done.

 

[grungeman55]

Re: 1 Humbucker, coil splitting for each coil.

Hey guys, you're going to hate me. And I'm going to feel like a dick. But the dude who was supposed to make my custom jackplate is taking forever and I really want to put my guitar together so I want to know: Can I use an on/on switch, to go from series full humbucker to coil split.I have the type of switch that only has three sodering lugs in a single line. if you can help me out one last time, it'd be great.