Gibson Nighthawk Wiring With Modern Superswitch

Thank you, thank you! Can't wait to dig deeper into this and trace out the leads. I'm even more impatient for the day I can figure this s#%! out on my own! I'll post my results shortly and let everyone know what your mastery reveals
Kwrig31,

Another head's up: I had mentioned a couple days ago that you could use an additional push-pull switch on the Master Volume to get Bridge HB by itself and overriding the 5 way switch, but changes to the design of the wiring scheme yesterday mean that now a push-pull (which is a 2DPT switch), would be inadequate, that now a Fender S1 Switch (which is a 4DPT switch) would need to be used as the Master Volume instead. This because a 3rd pole is now required to handle the Bridge Series Pair of wires (labeled "Bsp" in the diagram). When the S1 switch is not in Bridge HB/5 way override mode, the 3rd pole routes the Bsp to the other 4DPT switch. When the S1 is in Bridge HB/5 way override mode, the 3rd pole of the S1 breaks the connection of Bsp to the other 4PDT switch. If this was not done, then in override mode the Bridge pup would be split to the South coil.

Another note: a push-pull pot for Master Volume would still be adequate if you instead wanted to get Middle pickup alone, overriding the 5 way switch.

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I am going to sit down and wire it all up today, but just wanted to share my "Cleaned up" version of the diagram. Double checked the leads and everything looks good on my end. Thanks again and I will keep you posted!
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