help wiring friend's guitar

[rocketsoul]

is it possible to wire a H-H, 3-way guitar so that the middle selection kills the guitar completely? My friend saw my guitar and demanded I work on his. All help is appreciated!

 

[Erlend_G]

Re: help wiring friend's guitar

Yeah, that would be pretty easy i think!

Just use a switch with one input and three switchable outputs. Then put the signal from the two pickups into it's "output" lug, leaving the middle lug unassigned. Then you connect from the "input" lug to the jack plug or whatever.

I think that would work, but i'm not 100% sure . You'd better ask Artietoo or someone who really knows this!
-Erlend

 

[rocketsoul]

Re: help wiring friend's guitar

that sounds about right. I'm thinking there's going to be some kind of grounding madness with that middle lug though. im also using a push-pull to turn the bridge on, and replacing the tone knob. like that kid uses the tone knob anyways...

 

[Erlend_G]

Re: help wiring friend's guitar

that sounds about right. I'm thinking there's going to be some kind of grounding madness with that middle lug though. im also using a push-pull to turn the bridge on, and replacing the tone knob. like that kid uses the tone knob anyways...

Yeah, you're proably rigth. You should connect the middle lug to ground then, i suppose it could work.

Im just a bit too tired to think properly, but i'll try my best to help you if there is anything, ok?

:laugh2:

 

[Artie]

Re: help wiring friend's guitar

Erlend's pretty much got it. It would be like this, perhaps:

Top half shows using an "Alco" style switch. Bottom, a standard Tele 3-way.

 

[rocketsoul]

Re: help wiring friend's guitar

How would I perform thsi task with a les paul type 3 way switch?

http://www.stewmac.com/catalog/images_1lg/1217_1lg.jpg

like-a that. Thanks for the help!

 

[H8Red442]

Re: help wiring friend's guitar

you could try just grounding the middle, one lead from each side and then connect them together and run to the jack or tone or whatever your doing. but of course i have no idea what im really saying. just a thought.

 

[rocketsoul]

Re: help wiring friend's guitar

I would totally rock balls out like that if it was my axe.. but you should see the wiring on this thing. its an ibanez iceman... the electronics are IMMACULATE. I'm afraid to soil them.

 

[Artie]

Re: help wiring friend's guitar

How would I perform thsi task with a les paul type 3 way switch?

http://www.stewmac.com/catalog/images_1lg/1217_1lg.jpg

like-a that. Thanks for the help!

It would be real difficult to do with this type of switch, unless both pickups were wired in series.

 

[rocketsoul]

Re: help wiring friend's guitar

Uhm the pickups have 2 wires, which im assuming are hot and ground. Is it possible to wire it like this:

1 - Neck
2 - Off
3 - Bridge

thanks artie (or anyone else who knows the answer)

 

[Artie]

Re: help wiring friend's guitar

Uhm the pickups have 2 wires, which im assuming are hot and ground. Is it possible to wire it like this:

1 - Neck
2 - Off
3 - Bridge

thanks artie (or anyone else who knows the answer)

I was "doodling" this up at work. I just don't see any way to do it with an LP style switch. You need to "break" a connection in the middle, not "make" one.

(But it does work in series.)

 

[rocketsoul]

Re: help wiring friend's guitar

How would I do it in series?

 

[rocketsoul]

Re: help wiring friend's guitar

bump.