Ack! Wiring hiccup

Exemonium

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I've had my Fender Showmaster Scorpion guitar fsince it came out, it's almost always been my go to guitar, it's definitely my most played. I love the vesatility, but I want more..and better pickups, these are a bit muddy and the bridge isn't hot enough.
So, I did my research, getting my pickups, checking out schematics, ready to do the swap...then durr?! That's not the 5 way switching I saw in the schematic. :banghead:

Soooo, wiring questions (I didn't know where to put this)...
How do I wire up this type of 5-way switch for HH?
Would I be better to swap the 5-way with a different one?
the way it works now is like the blacktop:
1 Bridge H
2 outter single
3 Both H
4 inner s.coils
5 Neck H

It has 1 vol, and 1 tone

I'd like to add a push pull to make it single neck if at all possible while keeping the switching options as is, while I'm doing this. I'm not familiar with wiring strat type guitars, I've always done LP types.

Any help at all is appreciated.
 
Re: Ack! Wiring hiccup

The short answer is that the Cor-Tek selector switch in your photograph is not capable of giving you the pickup selections listed in your post. (Neither, for that matter, is the traditional American five-way switch.)

You are going to require a 24 contact Superswitch.
 
Re: Ack! Wiring hiccup

Well the ones I listed, besides the push pull, are what its currently wired as. If I can't manage a push/pull coil tap, then np. But id really like it. But as is, I don't know what wires go to where if I just do an "as is" swap
 
Re: Ack! Wiring hiccup

The schematic in your link will work but the coil splitting will no longer be automated.

If the switch illustrated in your original post is a regular Cor-Tek five-way rather than, say, a Schaller Megaswitch, all that you need to do is translate the connections to suit your new selector switch.

Looking at your OP photograph, visualise the eight contacts (left to right) as follows.
1 = B #1
2 = C #1
3 = N #1
4 = Wiper #1

5 = Wiper #2
6 = B #2
7 = C #2
8 = N #2

For an American five-way selector switch, these become the two poles (sides) of the switch.
Wiper B C N
B C N Wiper
 
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