Hot Rails Strat Diagram for TWO Volumes?

[ElDeguello666]

Hi everyone,

I'm not particularly well versed in wiring and how it works, but I was wondering if it's possible to add a second volume knob to my hot rails strat and just have a master tone knob. Obviously strats just have the master volume and two tone knobs, but I don't find myself messing around with tone very much if at all. I couldn't find a diagram for a strat with single coil-sized humbuckers and two volumes, is there a reason for that? I'm sure it can be done, but I've never heard of a strat with two volumes (except maybe Tom Morello's) and I'm not sure if having HBs would create any complications, I wouldn't imagine so.

If anyone has or knows where I can find a diagram that fits this description, let me know.


Many thanks!
- L

 

[shadowfire90]

Re: Hot Rails Strat Diagram for TWO Volumes?

I'm assuming you've got three pickups so perhaps the Gibson explorer approach or what works best for you

neck volume
bridge/middle volume
master tone?
5 way blade

as always as I do a lot of diagrams on here for fun. Does the switch have 8 contacts in line you usually find on squiers or 4x4 (USA type like a CRL or oaks and grigsby switch)

Having a hot rail stacked single coil for instance the only thing close to an issue is that position 2 has the potential to hum if the pickup sticks in series which is it's highest output. As it would be an odd amount of coils. However. This is an easy fix. You just approach it like an Ibanez Steve Vai Jem. What this does is turns the hot rail back into a single coil in position 2 of 5 only. The autosplit mod they call it on here. This creates hum cancellation giving you that classic 2nd position back. There are a few complications with that such as hum and or the middle pickup becoming out of phase with the bridge pickup in position 2.. but.. this is why we're all here to help as there is only so many ways to wire a stacked / rail humbucker.