5/6 update: I figured someone would know whether this can be done, but no replies. This is basic stuff if you are in practice with pickup installs and I am not...
The bridge humbucker on the Fender Modern Player Tele (5 way switch and mini toggle with on/off to coil cut) is OK, but I got a used Duncan P-Rails + (beefier version of the original P-Rails which has a P90 paired with a rail to make a humbucker if desired).
So, I am thinking that I need to replace the off/on toggle switch with a certain type of 3-way on/on/on toggle switch to turn on the P90 alone (switch down), both P90 and rail in humbucking mode (switch in middle position), and the rail only 'on' with the 3-way switch in the 'up' position. I am thinking that the neck pickup should be wired in to come on with one ring of a concentric tone pot; the other ring would be the tone control. A strong P90 and a strong rail pickup will make a good humbucking pair and and to have the neck blended on demand would be nice. The middle single coil pickup would remain unaffected in the #3 position of the 5-way stock selector switch.
Does this sound doable and reasonable ? How would I wire the neck pickp to a concentric pot to make it 'feed in' the neck pickup when wanted ? And SD indicates a 500K pot for volume and tone.... but the stock guitar has "@ ALPHA" on the pots, but no marks as to the ohms... So with a Strat middle and Tele neck pickup, what volume and tone pots to use (a concentric pot can have 500 and 250 or 2 of either value) ?
The bridge humbucker on the Fender Modern Player Tele (5 way switch and mini toggle with on/off to coil cut) is OK, but I got a used Duncan P-Rails + (beefier version of the original P-Rails which has a P90 paired with a rail to make a humbucker if desired).
So, I am thinking that I need to replace the off/on toggle switch with a certain type of 3-way on/on/on toggle switch to turn on the P90 alone (switch down), both P90 and rail in humbucking mode (switch in middle position), and the rail only 'on' with the 3-way switch in the 'up' position. I am thinking that the neck pickup should be wired in to come on with one ring of a concentric tone pot; the other ring would be the tone control. A strong P90 and a strong rail pickup will make a good humbucking pair and and to have the neck blended on demand would be nice. The middle single coil pickup would remain unaffected in the #3 position of the 5-way stock selector switch.
Does this sound doable and reasonable ? How would I wire the neck pickp to a concentric pot to make it 'feed in' the neck pickup when wanted ? And SD indicates a 500K pot for volume and tone.... but the stock guitar has "@ ALPHA" on the pots, but no marks as to the ohms... So with a Strat middle and Tele neck pickup, what volume and tone pots to use (a concentric pot can have 500 and 250 or 2 of either value) ?
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