Fender HMT Deluxe Wiring Help

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fretburner

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Hi Everyone!

I recently bought a beat up Fender HMT Deluxe and replaced all electronics. I think I wired everything correctly except that I could not fine a 4-pole mini toggle switch (no.11 highlighted in yellow). I have a 2-pole mini toggle but I could not do a humbucker "split"

I'm pretty sure the "split coil" wires are supposed to go into 1 of 2 poles, but not sure if the 2nd pole should be ground?

Can someone help?

Original wiring is here. I ditched the TBX control and just used Alpha 500KA pots for Volume and Tone, and an Alpha 3-way switch.

I put the "split" in quotes because it's going to be a series-parallel mini toggle since I'm using an old 3-conductor DMZ SD in the bridge position. I dropped in a lil 59 in the neck.

Thanks in advance!

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3-conductor usually implies hot/tap/ground, which won't allow for parallel. Is there 3 wires plus a bare wire?
 
Artie said:
3-conductor usually implies hot/tap/ground, which won't allow for parallel. Is there 3 wires plus a bare wire?
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Black, White, Bare. 3-conductors.

Currently, white to switch and then black+bare to ground. I believe these old Super Distortions can do series-parallel wiring but not split coils?
 
fretburner said:
Black, White, Bare. 3-conductors.

Currently, white to switch and then black+bare to ground. I believe these old Super Distortions can do series-parallel wiring but not split coils?
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That's 2-conductors and "chassis" ground. Those won't do split or parallel. You gotta have two wires per coil, and the chassis ground is optional.

A meter here would help. Black & white should be the coil. Bare should measure a short to the baseplate. You need 5 wires, (like what Duncan calls "4-conducter"), to do parallel. They don't count the baseplate (chassis) ground.
 
Artie said:
That's 2-conductors and "chassis" ground. Those won't do split or parallel. You gotta have two wires per coil, and the chassis ground is optional.

A meter here would help. Black & white should be the coil. Bare should measure a short to the baseplate. You need 5 wires, (like what Duncan calls "4-conducter"), to do parallel. They don't count the baseplate (chassis) ground.
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Bummer. I guess the WWW was wrong on the series-parallel thing.

Black & White indeed was close to specs in DC resistance.
 
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