4 conductor pickups-4 way switch for series/parallel/innercoil/outercoil

[PaPa]

Hi everyone! How are you? I wanted to ask for help on how to achieve a Series/Parallel/innercoil/outercoil setup with a 3P4T rotary switch. I have seen this on a youtube video showcasing an instrument, so it’s doable, but couldn’t find any wiring diagrams of it, even asked the builder of the instrument I saw on video with the configuration but no luck...
I could even have it with a 5 position switch that StewMac sells, of someone knows how to donit, having a 5th position on mute, I don’t mind as long as I could have the 4 options I mentioned before. Any help will be very welcome, thanks for your time!

 

[TVFV]

Re: 4 conductor pickups-4 way switch for series/parallel/innercoil/outercoil

Have you considered a triple shot?

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[PaPa]

Re: 4 conductor pickups-4 way switch for series/parallel/innercoil/outercoil

Beig honest I don’t know what a triple shot is, can you please explain? Sorry I am from Costa Rica, excuse my bad english

Have you considered a triple shot?

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[Mincer]

Re: 4 conductor pickups-4 way switch for series/parallel/innercoil/outercoil

You can read about the very cool and problem-solving Triple Shot here.

 

[PaPa]

Re: 4 conductor pickups-4 way switch for series/parallel/innercoil/outercoil

That’s neat! But I have the problem that the pickups set I want to configure this way is for bass

You can read about the very cool and problem-solving Triple Shot here.

 

[GuitarDoc]

Re: 4 conductor pickups-4 way switch for series/parallel/innercoil/outercoil

What is the guitar/bass?
What pups are in it?
You want the individual pups to be series/split/parallel? Or both pups to be in series/parallel with each other?
So, exactly what pup arrangement do you want at each of the switch positions?

 

[PaPa]

Re: 4 conductor pickups-4 way switch for series/parallel/innercoil/outercoil

Thanks for the reply. The pickups are for bass, 4 conductor dual coils, I have 3 way switches for series/single/parallel on most of my basses, but I am trying to use this configuration of a 4 or 5 way switch that would let me have series/parallel/single south coil/single north coil.
I know it can be done, because there’s a video with 4 way rotary switch that works, but there’s no wiring diagrams, and I have been trying to figure it out myself but since I often use 3 way on/on/on switches and not these 4 or 5 way I am lost... I have a diagram for a 4 position switch with a different config but still can’t do the reverse engineering to make it work
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What is the guitar/bass?
What pups are in it?
You want the individual pups to be series/split/parallel? Or both pups to be in series/parallel with each other?
So, exactly what pup arrangement do you want at each of the switch positions?

 

[orpheo]

Re: 4 conductor pickups-4 way switch for series/parallel/innercoil/outercoil

I have done just this, albeit on a guitar.

First, you need 2 poles per humbucker. 2 buckerd = 4 poles.

Secondly, you need to 'translate' the 2 push pull pot prail wiring to the 4 way rotary, not the 4 way tele. This is because the tele switch works totally different from the rotary.

The tele has 1 common lug (per pole) that connects to 1 pole which corresponds with a position. The 4 way rotary is more like a push pull pot, in how it really works.

But maybe that's just how the ones I've got operate.

 

[beaubrummels]

Re: 4 conductor pickups-4 way switch for series/parallel/innercoil/outercoil

It’s not clear to me if you are trying to make coils series/parallel or the pickups series/parallel. I’m also not sure what instrument uses a 3P4T. The nearest thing I can think of to what you describe is PRS wiring.

https://electricpickupartist.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/prs_mod_1.jpg

 

[GuitarDoc]

Re: 4 conductor pickups-4 way switch for series/parallel/innercoil/outercoil

Great find on that diagram Beau.