Fancy Wiring Advice for an Explorer

[Artie]

Re: Fancy Wiring Advice for an Explorer

I'm just thinking if I made the right decision on the 3 pull options.

1. Series/parallel for both pups 2. Out of phase 3. Split each pup, hopefully the inner coils. Anyone have thoughts?

If he can do series/parallel for both pups, with one push-pull, he should be working for NASA. (I DO work for NASA, and I can't do that.)

Seriously, I just did a series/split/parallel switching, with one switch, for a friends guitar. I used a 4PDT on-on-on bat-handle toggle. It's the only way to go for that switching and it's a small hole. (1/4")

I'd start there, and then go from there with the rest. I can do a diagram if need be.

Artie

(I don't actually work for NASA, but I'm NASA certified in soldering and do work for Navy avionics. When I'm not wiring guitars.)

 

[Kais]

Re: Fancy Wiring Advice for an Explorer

If he can do series/parallel for both pups, with one push-pull, he should be working for NASA. (I DO work for NASA, and I can't do that.)

Seriously, I just did a series/split/parallel switching, with one switch, for a friends guitar. I used a 4PDT on-on-on bat-handle toggle. It's the only way to go for that switching and it's a small hole. (1/4")

I'd start there, and then go from there with the rest. I can do a diagram if need be.

Artie

(I don't actually work for NASA, but I'm NASA certified in soldering and do work for Navy avionics. When I'm not wiring guitars.)

Uhh.....I believe he did do the series/parallel with 1 push pull (the master tone). And he definitely doesn't work for nasa or anything similar. He did say it was very difficult, and took him a while to figure out. He said the main concern was bleeding thru effect, and he still didn't solve that problem.

Let me ask you guru's this, for 3 push/pulls (#1 splits neck, #2 splits bridge, #3 master series/parallel) should there be any bleed thru?

Because there is on the bridge pickup on my setup now...

 

[Artie]

Re: Fancy Wiring Advice for an Explorer

Uhh.....I believe he did do the series/parallel with 1 push pull (the master tone).

We might be referring to two different things. Do you mean placing both pickups in series/parallel relative to each other, or relative to each one? The former is fairly easy. The 2nd requires a 4PDT switch.

BTW, on the guitar I just did for my friend, I did both. Neck/series/parallel/bridge with one switch. Then series/split/parallel for either pickup with one other switch. It can get confusing.

 

[uOpt]

Re: Fancy Wiring Advice for an Explorer

The focus on just one thing is misplaced.

Doing radical things like out-of-phase (of whole pickups) or in-series (of whole pickus) pushed the guitar way off the normal point of reference and is special use only.

It is in the combination of these factors that we must place our hope.

 

[Demanic]

Re: Fancy Wiring Advice for an Explorer

An Explorer is the perfect candidate for Triple Shot mounting rings. They're about $50 for a set.

 

[Kais]

Re: Fancy Wiring Advice for an Explorer

The focus on just one thing is misplaced.

Doing radical things like out-of-phase (of whole pickups) or in-series (of whole pickus) pushed the guitar way off the normal point of reference and is special use only.

It is in the combination of these factors that we must place our hope.

That's a good point. I will have to update with those capabilities.

An Explorer is the perfect candidate for Triple Shot mounting rings. They're about $50 for a set.

Oh no! Why am I just discovering these things now?!?!?!?!? These sound like they do exactly what I have setup now.

 

[ItsaBass]

Re: Fancy Wiring Advice for an Explorer

I think that actually is a price that is not completely exorbitant for custom-designed wiring with three new push-pull pots being required. But I wouldn't trust them to do it properly.

 

[Demanic]

Re: Fancy Wiring Advice for an Explorer

I bought a set that I was going to use on an Epiphone '58 Korina Explorer that I have since sold. Except instead of Duncans or another standard four wire pickup, I wound up putting in Lace Deathbuckers which have a 3 wire output that wasn't compatible with the Triple-Shots. I wound up using them on an Ibanez RG-120 when I put a Duncan Distortion in the neck and a Custom 5 in the bridge. It has a three position switch and I must say, it has quite a few different tonal possibilities to say the least.

 

[Kais]

Re: Fancy Wiring Advice for an Explorer

I bought a set that I was going to use on an Epiphone '58 Korina Explorer that I have since sold. Except instead of Duncans or another standard four wire pickup, I wound up putting in Lace Deathbuckers which have a 3 wire output that wasn't compatible with the Triple-Shots. I wound up using them on an Ibanez RG-120 when I put a Duncan Distortion in the neck and a Custom 5 in the bridge. It has a three position switch and I must say, it has quite a few different tonal possibilities to say the least.

yeah that's the same explorer I have. **** i would've rather had the triple shots, seems to have a few more possibilities. Dammit, looks like they no popularity on the forum, because I had never heard of them before. Oh well now....****

 

[Demanic]

Re: Fancy Wiring Advice for an Explorer

I wonder why no one else mentions them, they've been out since '09. I guess that I must be out on the thin edge of the blade. The only way I could get more tonal variations from my Ibanez would be if I put a push/pull phase switch in, maybe on the tone pot. Hmmmm...

 

[Kais]

Re: Fancy Wiring Advice for an Explorer

I wonder why no one else mentions them, they've been out since '09. I guess that I must be out on the thin edge of the blade. The only way I could get more tonal variations from my Ibanez would be if I put a push/pull phase switch in, maybe on the tone pot. Hmmmm...

If my guitar had 4 pots I would just do the Jimmy Page wiring scheme. I was seriously thinking about drilling one in. Cause with that scheme, it includes everything.