How do I change parallel wiring to single coil?

[cragga]

Hi

I had a previous post that was similar to this but I have had a change of heart in what I want.

Basically I have a TB5 in my tele bridge with a 3 way toggle. Down - series, middle - Screw pole (outer) single, top - parallel.

What I want is bottom - series, middle - screw pole single (outer), top - stud pole single (inner). The latter to replace parallel setting.

Is this just a case of taking one wire away?

Cheers

 

[arellanon]

Re: How do I change parallel wiring to single coil?

Basically I have a TB5 in my tele bridge with a 3 way toggle. Down - series, middle - Screw pole (outer) single, top - parallel.

So you have this wiring already done with just the 3-way toggle right?

 

[cragga]

Re: How do I change parallel wiring to single coil?

So you have this wiring already done with just the 3-way toggle right?

Hi

yea that's right.

Cheers

 

[GuitarDoc]

Re: How do I change parallel wiring to single coil?

Don't make us guess or work at this too much. What kind of a switch is it?

 

[cragga]

Re: How do I change parallel wiring to single coil?

Don't make us guess or work at this too much. What kind of a switch is it?

The three way toggleswitch that is illustrated on the majority of Seymour Duncan wiring diagrams. Which gets me series/single/parallel with 6 lugs on?

 

[ehdwuld]

Re: How do I change parallel wiring to single coil?

ok
there are two types of three way toggles
you have the on-on-on variety as those are the only ones
that will do that series / parallel thing you got

you need the on-off-on variety
for the slug/series/adj thing

edit
most all have 6 lugs
three way - two way
most all

 

[GuitarDoc]

Re: How do I change parallel wiring to single coil?

Sorry it took me so long to get back to you. I don't have a program on my computer to make diagrams, so I'll just explain.
Looking at the back (lug side) of the switch, number the lugs as follows:

1 2
3 4
5 6

Black wire goes to #1.
Red wire goes to #2.
Green wire goes to #3.
Output (to jack) goes to #4.
White wire goes to #5 and to ground.
Solder a jumper from #1 to #6.

When the switch is in the down position: #1will be connected to #3 (black + Green), #2 is connected to #4 (red to jack), and white is grounded. = series.

When the switch is in the middle position: #3 will be connected to #5 (green + white + ground), #2 is still connected to #4 (red out to jack). = screw coil only.

When the switch is in the up position: #3 is still connected to #5 (green + white + ground), #4 is connected to #6 (black, via the jumper to #1, + out to jack). = slug coil only.

 

[ehdwuld]

Re: How do I change parallel wiring to single coil?

guitardoc
that was amazing

by the way
get libreoffice
its the new openoffice suite

Draw is the program you would want
you can make glue points on the diagrams


then move components round and the lines stay attached

when you have it I can send you some pre-made stencils
or meta-files for guitar diagrams

 

[cragga]

Re: How do I change parallel wiring to single coil?

Sorry it took me so long to get back to you. I don't have a program on my computer to make diagrams, so I'll just explain.
Looking at the back (lug side) of the switch, number the lugs as follows:

1 2
3 4
5 6

Black wire goes to #1.
Red wire goes to #2.
Green wire goes to #3.
Output (to jack) goes to #4.
White wire goes to #5 and to ground.
Solder a jumper from #1 to #6.

When the switch is in the down position: #1will be connected to #3 (black + Green), #2 is connected to #4 (red to jack), and white is grounded. = series.

When the switch is in the middle position: #3 will be connected to #5 (green + white + ground), #2 is still connected to #4 (red out to jack). = screw coil only.

When the switch is in the up position: #3 is still connected to #5 (green + white + ground), #4 is connected to #6 (black, via the jumper to #1, + out to jack). = slug coil only.

Hi

Many, many thanks for that. Is this using the same on/on/on switch I have currently?

Can I ask a few more questions?

1. Where am I soldering the bare ground wire from the pickup?

2. In addition to the actual pickup wires and the wire going to the jack socket, which lugs am I connecting the wires to that go to volume pot/3 way selector switch etc? Basically what other wires (including grounds) do I need to be aware of that are connected to the toggleswitch?

3. "White wire goes to #5 and to ground." - I understand wiring the white wire to lug 5, but what do you mean by "...and to ground."?

Sorry for being so amateur, I'm just getting to grips with switches, I've played for years, but only recently started to do DIY techy stuff. I managed to do an Oak Grigsby Superswitch to give me strat/tele wiring in another three pickup tele I have, and that was quite tricky, but toggleswitches throw me for some reason.

Thanks
Craig

 

[GuitarDoc]

Re: How do I change parallel wiring to single coil?

ehdwuld, thanks, I'll check it out and get back to you.

cragga, the bare wire goes together with the white wire to lug #5. Also solder a wire from lug #5 to the back of the vol pot as the ground.

OK, before I can give you any specific wiring details I need to know what you've got. What guitar, how many pickups, how many volume and tone controls, and do you have a typical three-way pickup selector switch?

The wire from lug #4 may not be going directly to the output jack. It depends on everything else.

 

[cragga]

Re: How do I change parallel wiring to single coil?

ehdwuld, thanks, I'll check it out and get back to you.

cragga, the bare wire goes together with the white wire to lug #5. Also solder a wire from lug #5 to the back of the vol pot as the ground.

OK, before I can give you any specific wiring details I need to know what you've got. What guitar, how many pickups, how many volume and tone controls, and do you have a typical three-way pickup selector switch?

The wire from lug #4 may not be going directly to the output jack. It depends on everything else.

Thanks

It's a basic tele set up. One vol, one tone, standard tele 3 way, TB5 in the bridge, sD hot for tele single coil in the neck.

I'm at rehearsals currently and haven't got that tele at the moment. Hope that's the info you need?

Thanks again,
craig

 

[cragga]

Re: How do I change parallel wiring to single coil?

ehdwuld, thanks, I'll check it out and get back to you.

cragga, the bare wire goes together with the white wire to lug #5. Also solder a wire from lug #5 to the back of the vol pot as the ground.

OK, before I can give you any specific wiring details I need to know what you've got. What guitar, how many pickups, how many volume and tone controls, and do you have a typical three-way pickup selector switch?

The wire from lug #4 may not be going directly to the output jack. It depends on everything else.

Hi

I drew a very crude diagram of the current wiring in my tele for series / split / parallel showing the toggleswitch.
Series - toggle switched down;
Split (outer) - toggle switched to middle;
Parallel - toggle switched up

Hope this helps to show how it could be transformed into Series / Split / Split with your instructions that you posted?

Many Thanks
Craig

 

[GuitarDoc]

Re: How do I change parallel wiring to single coil?

Ok. I didn't forget about you, just haven't had a chance to get online lately.

The wire from your toggle switch that I labeled as lug #4 (output to jack) goes to your pickup selector switch to the same lug that is currently connected to the toggle switch. Everything else stays the same. The red wire going to the jack goes to the "tip" of the jack, the black wire (ground) from the back of the tone pot goes to the "sleeve" of the jack.

 

[cragga]

Re: How do I change parallel wiring to single coil?

Ok. I didn't forget about you, just haven't had a chance to get online lately.

The wire from your toggle switch that I labeled as lug #4 (output to jack) goes to your pickup selector switch to the same lug that is currently connected to the toggle switch. Everything else stays the same. The red wire going to the jack goes to the "tip" of the jack, the black wire (ground) from the back of the tone pot goes to the "sleeve" of the jack.

Hi

Much appreciated you got back, that's really good of you.

So basically, follow the original instructions you sent, but instead of lug4 of the toggle going to the output jack it should go to the lug of the selector switch that is currently connected to the toggle?

Hope iv got it?!

Thanks
Craig