Does anyone have 2 humbuckers with a 5 way switch?
- Thread starter solspirit
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Yeah, I use my 'Do it All' wiring, which Artie helped with. It does require flipping a magnet, but all positions are hum-cancelling.
Chistopher
malapterurus electricus tonewood instigator
Resistor/capacitor. Losers would also call it a "first order high/low pass filter", depending on how it's wired.
I used to do:
1- Bridge hum
2- Bridge split
3- Neck and bridge split, half out of phase
4- Neck split
5- Neck hum
These were the 5 most useful sounds I could get on a 5 way switch, and I only really used 1 and 5, so I went back to a standard 3 way. Sometimes the middle position (neck and bridge in parallel) is out of phase, depending on how it sounds.
I used to do:
1- Bridge hum
2- Bridge split
3- Neck and bridge split, half out of phase
4- Neck split
5- Neck hum
These were the 5 most useful sounds I could get on a 5 way switch, and I only really used 1 and 5, so I went back to a standard 3 way. Sometimes the middle position (neck and bridge in parallel) is out of phase, depending on how it sounds.
eclecticsynergy
Well-known member
The MusicMan Albert Lee HH sounds great. Also a big fan of the PRS 5-way wiring; there's a Megaswitch that copies it and is simple to wire.
Karmadog777
New member
Im tryin to find a way to do this exact configuration with 1 vol 1 tone and a 3 way, any one know if its do-able if I use 2 push/pull pots? I dont want both buckers in parallel, just neck only. I would like to do it with out adding a mini switch if possible. wiring gurus?
solspirit
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Is paralell hum canceling?
Yup.
Juanhanglo
Active member
This is my preferred setup. I do it a few different ways, always with a 5 way super switch.
Neck bucker
usually neck single, sometimes outer coils parallel
Both buckers in parallel
usually inner coils parallel, sometimes neck bucker/bridge single outer (if its 14k or higher. Has a slight phase sound).
Bridge bucker
Guitar controls: master vol/tone mostly. Vvt or vvtt.
I use a simple treble bleed that allows a slight drop in treble at 8 to 9, and gradually gets brighter from there as the volume drops. I find I get a better single coil sound this way than an actual split. Sometimes I need to tweak the tone knob to taste. I can get the "guitar on 10" tone at any volume or gain level) this way.
I kinda like hh 3 way with p/p coil splits too.
ehdwuld
A Ficus
Amazing
if I could wire a five position scheme with a three postion switch........
Amazing let me know what magic doesn't include another switch
Or at very least a 5 postion switch
:end of sarcasm:
You will need a super switch
I never stuck with wiring schemes that need more than 2 moves to get to the sound I am looking for. Like...switch to position 2, then pull up one knob and push down another. It is ok if you do that between songs, but if you switch pickup switch positions many times throughout a song or solo, it just gets clumsy.
Chistopher
malapterurus electricus tonewood instigator
Agreed, all my guitars are streamlined to where the main positions I use are on a switch, and there's a "secret" position on a push/pull that changes ones position on the switch to another one. Like a neck-on switch on a Strat or a phase reversal on a Tele.
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