I just got a Seymour 'Jazz' SH2 for the neck of my Tele. Love it. I really is as advertised---nice clear attack. The middle position is also improved (fatter).
I have a few wiring questions I'm ganging together because, frankly, the wiring cable on the SH2 is pretty darned short and the individual wires are pretty delicate. So any wiring changes I wanna make? I better get right the first time! (I doubt these would take a bunch of soldering experimentation.)
1. Unfortunately, the volume difference between the SH2 and the stock bridge is pretty dramatic. I guess I can replace the bridge pup as well, but how does one 'match' them for volume? I understand that DC resistance is not a reliable predictor.
2. I was thinking about a 5-way switch. I've got a 24 pole 'superswitch' as well as a std strat 5-way I can try. I've seen numerous wiring diagrams using the superswitch (like @ DefEddies) but none show a 4-wire humbucker. What I'd like is something like this...
1. Neck SH2 (std)
2. Neck SH2 (parallel)
3. Neck SH2 (parallel) & Bridge (pups in parallel)
4. ????? Neck SH2 (parallel or series?) & Bridge (pups in series or parallel?)
5. Bridge
(Actually for position 4. I was hoping to do an out of phase, but I was told that is impossible without another DPDT switch of some kind.
Anyone got a wiring diagram for this sort of thing?
TIA,
---JC
I have a few wiring questions I'm ganging together because, frankly, the wiring cable on the SH2 is pretty darned short and the individual wires are pretty delicate. So any wiring changes I wanna make? I better get right the first time! (I doubt these would take a bunch of soldering experimentation.)
1. Unfortunately, the volume difference between the SH2 and the stock bridge is pretty dramatic. I guess I can replace the bridge pup as well, but how does one 'match' them for volume? I understand that DC resistance is not a reliable predictor.
2. I was thinking about a 5-way switch. I've got a 24 pole 'superswitch' as well as a std strat 5-way I can try. I've seen numerous wiring diagrams using the superswitch (like @ DefEddies) but none show a 4-wire humbucker. What I'd like is something like this...
1. Neck SH2 (std)
2. Neck SH2 (parallel)
3. Neck SH2 (parallel) & Bridge (pups in parallel)
4. ????? Neck SH2 (parallel or series?) & Bridge (pups in series or parallel?)
5. Bridge
(Actually for position 4. I was hoping to do an out of phase, but I was told that is impossible without another DPDT switch of some kind.
Anyone got a wiring diagram for this sort of thing?
TIA,
---JC
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