Everything axe set

[jimijames]

So, I have a pickguard sitting around here with an old style hot rails in the bridge, and I found some old style vintage and cool rails pickups on fleabay, so I was wondering this: For those of you that have this set, how do you have your 5-way set up? Auto-split? Parallel? What's the most versatile setup with these three pickups? Thanks for the help, it's much appreciated.

 

[robvamos]

Re: Everything axe set

I' ve brought the same three pickups, Seymour Duncan Everything Axe Set, and would like to wire them with 1 volume push-pull, 1 tone and a 5 position switch.
I dont know witch wiring scheme to use, i see that dockbukers are often wired in parallel and see that often the middle pickups have different phase...
Look at this: http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/wiring-diagrams/schematics.php?schematic=1lil1v1t5w3s .
Can anyone give me a good wiring scheme for this Seymour Duncan Everything Axe Set ??' thanx help will be appriciated.

 

[baritone]

Re: Everything axe set

I have them all wired up with standard wiring and a regular 5-way blade pickup selector switch.
Front - sounds like a Gibson
Notch - sounds like an acoustic
Middle - Sounds like an old Stratocaster
Notch - doesn't sound exactly like a p90, but this is where I set it for Social Distortion
Rear - sounds like AIC, Nirvana, Tool, Pantera, etc.

 

[robvamos]

Re: Everything axe set

ehehe "Notch - doesn't sound exactly like a p90, but this is where I set it for Social Distortion"
From all the things i read i' m sure i can have a good sound out of them, the only problem is that the wiring diagrams that i found in the little 59 and on the sj boxes are the same, the dockbuker's is different (the two wires of the pickup are connected in parallel) and i dont know what is the best way to connect them.
If i look at the schema i posted before, (that is more or less what i wolud like to do) the middle humbucker has the wires in series and not in parallel as usually dockbukers do.
And i see (always from that scheme) that the middle pickup has green and white shortened....
After all i' m just tring to have a good wiring schema that someone is already using, and a push pull to split all pick ups to single coil.
Is there any expert or someone who has the right schema for this pick up set?

Thanx

 

[jimijames]

Re: Everything axe set

I have them all wired up with standard wiring and a regular 5-way blade pickup selector switch.
Front - sounds like a Gibson
Notch - sounds like an acoustic
Middle - Sounds like an old Stratocaster
Notch - doesn't sound exactly like a p90, but this is where I set it for Social Distortion
Rear - sounds like AIC, Nirvana, Tool, Pantera, etc.

Ok, to clear it up, I don't exactly have the everything axe set, It's an all rails setup - cr-vr-hr, all old style (so the VR will always be in parallel, no matter what). At any rate, the duckbucker and the vintage rails are nearly identical, and the specs for the jb jr and the hot rails are at least close, so this should be somewhat comparable at least.

Also, have you found this to be the most versatile, (i.e. any other switches would be unnecessary)?

 

[robvamos]

Re: Everything axe set

I'd like to understand what is the standard wiring used by baritone.

Everything axe set is: little 59 , dockb , SJjr Bridge

Probably he uses the schema http://www.seymourduncan.com/support...c=1lil1v1t5w3s without the push-pull and, as jimijames suggested probably he wired the dockb in parallel
(losing hum cancelng in 2 and 4? or it is true only with push pull set on single coil?)

"so what I would do is just wire the duckbucker in parallel and leave it like that full time, where the push-pull would only split the neck and bridge pickups. The only problem though, is that positions 2 and 4 won't be hum cancelling"

I've got also a SJjr Neck and a SH 5, and probably will use at the end this config:
little59 - dockb - SH5(instead on SJjr B) couse my guitar is this
http://www.mercatinomusicale.com/allegati/844665.jpg

Would appriciate a good schema for this configuration

 

[Fikealox]

Re: Everything axe set

From his post, I took it that he's just got it hooked up in the standard configuration:

http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/wiring-diagrams/schematics.php?schematic=everythingaxe_1v_2t_5w

In this configuration you'll have the duckbucker sounding a bit like a single coil because it's coils are connected in parallel. Every position will be hum cancelling.

With the pickups you've nominated, you can use the same wiring scheme without a problem (since the SH5 just has standard 4-connector wiring, which is in keeping with the diagram).

 

[robvamos]

Re: Everything axe set

Ok, thanx for the schema i couldnt find it..
That schema is perfect but if i put a push pull that switches the neck and bridge pick up to single coil,
what happens to position 2 and 4 with hum canceling?
POSITION 3 would be the same so hum canceling would be garanteed ,
will position 1 and 5 still be hum canceling in single coil configuration?

Someone tried this configuration i'm proposing with push pull? Is it OK?

 

[Fikealox]

Re: Everything axe set

Hey man, if you add a coil split push/pull, none of the positions that involve the single coil (positions 1, 2, 4, and 5) will be hum cancelling. Personally, I think a better option is using a push/pull to put the coils of the neck pickup in parallel. I find that gives a fairly single-coilish sound, while still being free from hum.

 

[jimijames]

Re: Everything axe set

Hey man, if you add a coil split push/pull, none of the positions that involve the single coil (positions 1, 2, 4, and 5) will be hum cancelling. Personally, I think a better option is using a push/pull to put the coils of the neck pickup in parallel. I find that gives a fairly single-coilish sound, while still being free from hum.

That's what I was looking for. I've heard the the cool rails sounds great in parallel, and the hot rails should provide a hot-single coil sound in parallel as well. I'd like to wire up a push-pull to put both of them in parallel, because the vintage rails already is in parallel. (And I won't be able to switch it to series b/c it's an old style rails pickup)

Fikealox, what's your opinion on a neck-on switch? Worth it with the rails?