H-S-S 1 Volume 1 Tone

[Muddy1]

Hi, Good Day
I'm building a guitar with HSS configuration and only 1 volume and 1 tone. I have read that for Humbuckers is better a 500K Cap for tone and volume, and for single coils is better a 250k for tone and volume.
Is there a wiring scheme, maybe two push/pull Caps, or any way to be able to use a 500k Cap on volume and tone when using the Humbucker, and when using the single coils a 250k Cap.
The Humbucker is a Seymour Duncan 78 Model and the single coils are Seymour Duncan Texas Hot.

Thank you

 

[idsnowdog]

Re: H-S-S 1 Volume 1 Tone

Hi, Good Day
I'm building a guitar with HSS configuration and only 1 volume and 1 tone. I have read that for Humbuckers is better a 500K Cap for tone and volume, and for single coils is better a 250k for tone and volume.
Is there a wiring scheme, maybe two push/pull Caps, or any way to be able to use a 500k Cap on volume and tone when using the Humbucker, and when using the single coils a 250k Cap.

Yes, you can wire a 500K resistor in parallel with the 500K pot which will yield a 250K load for your middle/neck positions and 500K for the bridge. You would just run the resistor between the middle/neck terminals on your switch and the ground. Someone will need to check my wiring for accuracy because I'm not the greatest with 5-way switches.

 

[Muddy1]

Re: H-S-S 1 Volume 1 Tone

Yes, you can wire a 500K resistor in parallel with the 500K pot which will yield a 250K load for your middle/neck positions and 500K for the bridge. You would just run the resistor between the middle/neck terminals on your switch and the ground. Someone will need to check my wiring for accuracy because I'm not the greatest with 5-way switches.

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But, isn't this wiring scheme is for 3 single coils?

 

[idsnowdog]

Re: H-S-S 1 Volume 1 Tone

But, isn't this wiring scheme is for 3 single coils?

If you aren't doing series/split/parallel with the humbucker then it doesn't matter because you're only using two wires. Green and bare go to ground and white and red are combined and black goes to hot.

 

[IMENATOR]

Re: H-S-S 1 Volume 1 Tone

Why not just try an initial set up with your preferred value and then try to enhance from there? It sounds to mi like you are trying to fix an issue that I am not sure will even happen. For example I am very happy with the latest incarnation of my old HSS strat i am using just for classic rock and blues (no metal anymore, now I have one guitar for that), it has 250k pots and I put back the stock DiMarzio H8 humbucker which is less punchy but brighter than the previous JB. I roll the volume as needed and I like what I hear with the single coils and the humbucker. And honestly I rarely touch the tone knobs.

 

[Muddy1]

Re: H-S-S 1 Volume 1 Tone

So, I really like this wiring scheme from Dave Eichenberger since it eliminates almost all the hum: http://www.seymourduncan.com/blog/the-tone-garage/my-versatile-hss-wiring-scheme#comment-2768177682
here is how the positions works on this wiring sheme:


But how can I achieve this with only one master volume and one master tone?
where do I place the resistors so that single coils sees 250k
Or maybe I can use dual concentric stack pots like this one:



Is this possible with the wiring scheme from Dave Eichenberger?

Thanks for the help guys!

 

[IMENATOR]

Re: H-S-S 1 Volume 1 Tone

maybe you can PM him, his form name is Mincer