So, I am putting together a Wolf-inspired guitar with HHS config (but no blaster or OBEL) with a master volume, a tone for the single coil, and a tone for the two humbuckers. Also the humbuckers will get splits with mini toggles. Any ideas? I see some similar things on line but are using push pulls or don't have the tones pots like I do. Anyone know a diagram? Thanks!
HHS wiring help
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beaubrummels
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Welcome to the forum
Anytime you say "I'm doing [famous person's] wiring, EXCEPT... my own custom idea" you'll never find a diagram. You have to know enough to modify existing diagrams to get what you want. Push/pulls are wired the same as mini-toggles.
Anytime you say "I'm doing [famous person's] wiring, EXCEPT... my own custom idea" you'll never find a diagram. You have to know enough to modify existing diagrams to get what you want. Push/pulls are wired the same as mini-toggles.
Yeah, Oh I know. I just don't need all those complications. I just want something simpler with the coil splits. I really don't know how to wire anything though without a diagram so I was hoping someone could come up with a ballpark drawing or at least a "which wire goes to which post" sort of thing.
Teleplayer
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My suggestion is to have a coil split toggle switch for the middle pickup. I would also include Auto-split for the bridge humbucker for position 2 only. When you enable the coil split, middle and bridge should be hum cancelling in position 2.
beaubrummels
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Using a standard 5-way, you just use one side of the blade switch to handle pickup selection, and use the other side of the blade switch to handle which tone control is active.
Chistopher
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Im assuming the bridge is the single coil?
beaubrummels
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No. This is Jerry Garcia's Wolf. He had humbucker bridge and middle and always had a Strat sound for the neck. I think even his humbucker necks were parallel wired to get a single coil sound.
Teleplayer
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How soon do you want to start work on the wiring? I might try to draw something but I’m busy until the end of next week.
Teleplayer
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What neck pickup are you planning to use?
I am going to use a dimarzio true-velvet single coil in the neck and have a couple of generic humbuckers off a Languedoc knock off (which have four wires) for the other two. This is my first VERY amatuer build (but it has been fun learning) and although I have put together a lot of kits over the years, making a body from scratch and getting everything to fit (mainly the neck pocket and making sure the PU cavities and bridge position are perfect) has been quite the learning process. I've done wiring/soldering but basically have always followed a diagram.
