HHH with 5-way Super Switch: Which combinations?

bigcupholder said:
You mean all 4 coils in series? Wouldn't that be very high output and dark?

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I might go with bridge & neck full / out-of-phase for position 2. (Wired in parallel, not in series.)
That's the pos 2 on early PRS 5-ways. Cool sound.
Not one I use often, but it's very different for once in a while.
 
eclecticsynergy said:
I might go with bridge & neck full / out-of-phase for position 2. (Wired in parallel, not in series.)
That's the pos 2 on early PRS 5-ways. Cool sound.
Not one I use often, but it's very different for once in a while.
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The out of phase parallel sounds really weak and thin. Out of phase in series sounds amazingggggg. Series bumps up the output you lose when you put it out of phase. It gives me that Brian May kinda vibe. I'm lovin it. One of my favorite settings on the guitars that feature it.
 
orpheo said:
The out of phase parallel sounds really weak and thin. Out of phase in series sounds amazingggggg. Series bumps up the output you lose when you put it out of phase. It gives me that Brian May kinda vibe. I'm lovin it. One of my favorite settings on the guitars that feature it.
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Cool. Don't think I've ever had a guitar with four coils wired in series.
 
eclecticsynergy said:
Cool. Don't think I've ever had a guitar with four coils wired in series.
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I haven't either, but I could see it working in some situations. For example, the Jazz pair I just installed. All four coils in series would still be under 16k. There's quite a few humbuckers wound hotter than that.
 
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orpheo said:
The out of phase parallel sounds really weak and thin. Out of phase in series sounds amazingggggg. Series bumps up the output you lose when you put it out of phase. It gives me that Brian May kinda vibe. I'm lovin it. One of my favorite settings on the guitars that feature it.
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Now that I think about it a bit, position 2 on my old PRS probably is both full hums in series.
It has a lot of midrange without a whole lot of low end, but definitely isn't weak & thin.
The original PRS description was "Power out-of-phase."
I think maybe Paul got that power via series wiring.
Never thought about that before.
 
eclecticsynergy said:
Now that I think about it a bit, position 2 on my old PRS probably is both full hums in series.
It has a lot of midrange without a whole lot of low end, but definitely isn't weak & thin.
The original PRS description was "Power out-of-phase."
I think maybe Paul got that power via series wiring.
Never thought about that before.
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Exactly. that is exactly what's happening in that set. I know that Bumblefoot has a wiring similar to that and to me, that setting is extremely usable. I don't need 1000 options on 1 guitar when 995 are superfluous. Ideally, I'd have it like this:

bridge full
bridge and neck out of phase in series
bridge and neck parallel
neck full

and then individual volume/tone and a pushpull pot for split. The third pickup is really along for the look, not there for tone, At all.
 
Thanks for the suggestions everyone. For now I went with:
1. Bridge series
2. Bridge slug coil in parallel with neck screw coil
3. Middle series
4. Neck split (maybe slug coil? I'd have to double check)
5. Neck series

#2 sounds a lot darker than I expected so I might have to check it later. I'm just glad I was able to get the cover back on the control cavity. That super switch is massive. I put a bit of electrical tape on the inside of the cover to stop the shielding from grounding anything out. It's definitely touching.

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