another contradiction

[nepalnt21]

i ran into another problem with contradicting schematics. on both the seymour duncan and the one in my book that is a 3 pickup 2 tone, 1 volume schematic, the bridge pickup gets the 3rd position lug, the middle gets the 2nd one, and the meck gets the first. i have a superswitch schematic that says the middle pickup gets #1, neck gets #2, and bridge gets 3. that doesnt make sense! so which is right? is there a misprint on the superswitch schematic, or is it because its a different layout than standard and i should go by it?

 

[nepalnt21]

Re: another contradiction

bizzy bump

 

[SpiderVenom]

Re: another contradiction

It's a different layout than the normal switch. I'm a little confused by what you want, but I'll guess. If you want the neck selected in one end of the switch, the bridge at the other, and the middle in the... middle. In that case, choose a one lug bank on the super switch, the bridge pickups goes to lug 1, the middle to lug 3, and the neck to lug 5. The lug 0 runs hot to the volume. Thing is, positions 2 and 4 will do nothing. Nada. If you want to have a normal strat 3 pickup, 5 way switch setup, I can do you a diagram to match the super switch.

 

[nepalnt21]

Re: another contradiction

i want the standard strat layout.

 

[SpiderVenom]

Re: another contradiction

Oh, and which pickups are you using?

 

[SpiderVenom]

Re: another contradiction

This should do the job. I'm not entirely sure about those tone pots though. Best to check with ArtieToo if they do or not. It's rather late over here, and I'm probably missing an error. Something doesn't look right in the tone pots though.

 

[Artie]

Re: another contradiction

It looks good to me.

Should work perfectly.

 

[nepalnt21]

Re: another contradiction

Oh, and which pickups are you using?

o sorry i just woke up. im using antiquity and ant II strats. thanks for the layout. much appreciated.

 

[nepalnt21]

Re: another contradiction

o dammit I am a dumass! its not a "superswitch", its a "megaswitch s model". does anyone know what the layout should be for this?

 

[nepalnt21]

Re: another contradiction

heres the layout i found

see what i mean about the middle pickup being on the fisrt lug? is that how its supposed to be?

 

[nepalnt21]

Re: another contradiction

bump

 

[Artie]

Re: another contradiction

see what i mean about the middle pickup being on the fisrt lug? is that how its supposed to be?

Thats definitely a little odd. The thing is - those switches have the contacts built on to a circuit board. The traces could go anywhere. If it was me, I would ohm-out the connection between terminal #4 and #3, #2, #1 before I soldered anything, just to be sure. Its one of the reasons that I consider a DMM, even a cheap one, to be an essential tool if you're going to mess with guitar wiring.

I got one at Harbor Freight for $2.99.

 

[nepalnt21]

Re: another contradiction

can i get this at a local guitar or electronics store do you think? id feel a bit wierd buying a 3 dollar item online.

 

[Artie]

Re: another contradiction

That was a special sale that you probably won't be able to duplicate.

But still, $10 - $20 is typical of what you'll find at RS or hardware stores. It's still a small investment compared to your guitar gear. And you'll thank yourself everytime it solves a problem.