6 way switching
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PFDarkside
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Re: 6 way switching
Link to what? A review? I just gave you mine, haha.
The Freeway toggle is just fairly week and finnicky to solder, IMHO. Because of its design. It has 2 paths of 3 positions, like a gearshift in a car. That mechanism isn't really strong.
The 6 way blade is simply made by oak, like the usual 5 ways. These are fine. Allparts sells them.
Link to what? A review? I just gave you mine, haha.
The Freeway toggle is just fairly week and finnicky to solder, IMHO. Because of its design. It has 2 paths of 3 positions, like a gearshift in a car. That mechanism isn't really strong.
The 6 way blade is simply made by oak, like the usual 5 ways. These are fine. Allparts sells them.
PFDarkside
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Re: 6 way switching
I wasn’t aware of a 6-way blade until this thread. Pretty interesting.
I wasn’t aware of a 6-way blade until this thread. Pretty interesting.
NoOnesFang13
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Re: 6 way switching
I have a 6pos 4pole rotary in a guitar with an humbucker and a P-90, and it works really well. You have to get used to putting the switch in the correct position but its not too difficult. The pickups I have tap one coil of the humbucker so its not truly split just a lower output on one coil to make it sound thicker than a normal split humbucker. The winder is a forum bro and he calls it splat.
Bridge
Bridge/Neck
Bridge splat/neck tapped
Neck
Neck tapped
Bridge splat/neck tapped in series
I have a 6pos 4pole rotary in a guitar with an humbucker and a P-90, and it works really well. You have to get used to putting the switch in the correct position but its not too difficult. The pickups I have tap one coil of the humbucker so its not truly split just a lower output on one coil to make it sound thicker than a normal split humbucker. The winder is a forum bro and he calls it splat.
Bridge
Bridge/Neck
Bridge splat/neck tapped
Neck
Neck tapped
Bridge splat/neck tapped in series
Re: 6 way switching
That's cool - I have had Guitars with a lot of wiring options etc.-
I have even tried stacks with a switch to throw the two coils of the stack in parallel with each other- very transparent and super 'quacky' in almost any combination...even with a Humbucker= fat quack ('Mainiac ' by Michael Sembello for example ).
But the one thing I have never tried is humbuckers in series with each other for a phatt Jazzy Sound - does it work well for that ?
I like the idea of a 6 way
That's cool - I have had Guitars with a lot of wiring options etc.-
I have even tried stacks with a switch to throw the two coils of the stack in parallel with each other- very transparent and super 'quacky' in almost any combination...even with a Humbucker= fat quack ('Mainiac ' by Michael Sembello for example ).
But the one thing I have never tried is humbuckers in series with each other for a phatt Jazzy Sound - does it work well for that ?
I like the idea of a 6 way
NoOnesFang13
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Re: 6 way switching
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The way I have it set up is the bridge splat or split for other pickups and the p-90 is tapped to vintage output. While in series its actually hotter than the full humbucker so its great for a boost and for solos. I personally wouldn't do it with 2 humbucker just because of the volume jump. But 2 pickups in series is a really cool sound. It gives you the fatness of the neck with the bite of the bridge and pushes the amp a bit harder.
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Re: 6 way switching
I hadn't heard about these switches. Interesting, as I always try to get fewer options that I will actually use. I use the switches a lot on my guitars, and I could possibly get it down to 3 positions, providing those are the right positions.
I hadn't heard about these switches. Interesting, as I always try to get fewer options that I will actually use. I use the switches a lot on my guitars, and I could possibly get it down to 3 positions, providing those are the right positions.
DavidRavenMoon
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Re: 6 way switching
I don’t see them on the site. The only 6 position switch they sell is a rotary.
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I don’t see them on the site. The only 6 position switch they sell is a rotary.
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SAguitar
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Re: 6 way switching
Heck, I get lost on a five-way switch! I spent years trying every wiring configuration I could find, and one of them did have a six-way rotary switch. That one offered a lot of tones but was a nightmare on stage. Eventually I came around to just using a blender pot on Strats, and most of my Les Pauls are wired normal. I do have one that I set up with the Jimmy Page Humbuckers from Hell schematic, and it is very useful in live situations.
Heck, I get lost on a five-way switch! I spent years trying every wiring configuration I could find, and one of them did have a six-way rotary switch. That one offered a lot of tones but was a nightmare on stage. Eventually I came around to just using a blender pot on Strats, and most of my Les Pauls are wired normal. I do have one that I set up with the Jimmy Page Humbuckers from Hell schematic, and it is very useful in live situations.