2HB+1SC superswitch : parallel wiring in positions 2 and 4 instead of single split

[LaryGarson]

Hello,
I'm new to the forum. English isn't my first language, so please excuse my syntax and mistakes. I'm trying to connect an SH2N, a single-coil pickup, and an SH4 to a Fender Superswitch and a 500Ko volume knob.
I'd like the following combinations:
Position 1: Bridge in series
Position 2: Bridge in parallel
Position 3: Single coil
Position 4: Neck in parallel
Position 5: Neck in series.
I haven't been able to find a wiring diagram. Could you please tell me how to connect all of this?
Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[Artie]

Doing the humbuckers in series / parallel, and a single coil, throws a monkey wrench into the mix.

(In English, "monkey wrench" = making things complicated.)

You'll need the 3-wafer version of the Superswitch: AxLabs 3-wafer Superswitch

Then do this:

 

[Coma]

You'll need the 3-wafer version of the Superswitch: AxLabs 3-wafer Superswitch

Yikes. That looks like an absolute nightmare to work with

 

[Top-L]

Yikes. That looks like an absolute nightmare to work with

Check out the standard Ibanez HSH wiring. In positions 2 and 4, they usually have the middle single with the coil from the adjacent humbucker.

I am assuming they can be made parallel. I believe the reason to do this is to overcome the limitations of the super switch. You can also add a push/pull for another 5 options.

IOW, if you have a HSH, there are lots of better options (IMO) with a HSH configuration.

The Ibanez OTAX superswitch is the same thing as the SD one, except different format. Diagrams can be modded or you can get an OTAX.

 

[Artie]

Yikes. That looks like an absolute nightmare to work with

It's not. While the switch is on the bench, jumper all the "black" terminals together. Jumper all the "green" terminals together. Add the flying lead for output and ground. Then, install the switch into the guitar, and connect all the pickup wires to the switch. It's one of the easier wiring schemes for a Superswitch that there is. (It's why I developed it.)

 

[LaryGarson]

Hello! Thanks everybody for your answers! Wow didn't know the AxLabs 3-wafer Superswitch. I agree Artie : this won't be too difficult to solder.
Just have to find/order that supersuperswitch.
Thanks again!

 

[Artie]

BTW, is this a Strat-style guitar, with a pickguard. Regardless, orient the switch and wiring like this. My wiring diagram is symmetrical, so you can just flip it 180 deg's with no problem.

 

[LaryGarson]

That's the guitar, I built it my mself. So, yes there's a pickguard but not a strat-style pickguard
Thanks for the information !

 

[Artie]

Sweet! Let us know how this works out.

 

[jeremy]

looks cool! tell us more about the guitar?

 

[LaryGarson]

The guitar is made from two trees (walnut and ash) that my grandfather had planted and which fell during a huge storm in 2000. I had them cut into planks, and I made some furniture with most of these planks. Eight years ago, I started making a few guitars, and this one has become my main and favorite guitar (and I have quite a few ). The scale length is 25 inches (prs like).

Another question please :
I've also got a 1992 prs CU24 (not on the picture, this one the picture is a Classic Electric PRS) and I like the pickup combinations.
I would like to use it on my next home made guitar but not with a rotary switch and with SD pickups.
Would this one work (found on guitar electronics.com) ?


Thank you !