How do you wire this?

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hey everyone!

I have a DD/59 in my les paul, wired in series, nothing spectacular. but i've gotten bored with the middle position sound. i want to wire my les paul so that when it's in the center, it's both pickups on but the pickups are wired in parallel. I think this is the way that John Petrucci wires his guitars. Pretty much, i would like more of a single coil tone in the center position, but im not all that good with wiring things like this.

If you guys could help me out that'd be sweet.

thanks, JIm

 

[tone4days]

Re: How do you wire this?

hey everyone!

I have a DD/59 in my les paul, wired in series, nothing spectacular. but i've gotten bored with the middle position sound. i want to wire my les paul so that when it's in the center, it's both pickups on but the pickups are wired in parallel. I think this is the way that John Petrucci wires his guitars. Pretty much, i would like more of a single coil tone in the center position, but im not all that good with wiring things like this.

If you guys could help me out that'd be sweet.

thanks, JIm

hey there, Jim ... here's the thing .. a typical 3-way H-H LP has the n+b combined in parallel in the center position of the switch .. to do series would be the change .... if your guitar is in series now, just follow the standard wiring diagram to get it to parallel

check this: http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/schematics/humb.html

now, if you accidently mistyped and meant it vice versa, let us know .... it is gonna be trickier, but not impossible ... are you open to push/pull pots?



t4d

 

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Re: How do you wire this?

oh i never knew that.

i guess the idea is that i would like the middle pickup to sound more like a single coil...and yes..i know thats alot to ask lol

 

[larry_emder]

Re: How do you wire this?

I think you mean that you want one coil from each bucker in parrallel.

I dont think you can do this with a les paul switch. putting in a split switch will be able to get you one coil from each in parallel

ie. This diagram:
http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/schematics/2hum_2vol_2tone_3way-w-spl.html

BUT, also put the neck's red and white wires on the left hand side of the switch, and run a wire on the bottom lug to ground (ie. just mirror the bridge hum's wiring)

 

[tone4days]

Re: How do you wire this?

I think you mean that you want one coil from each bucker in parrallel.

I dont think you can do this with a les paul switch. putting in a split switch will be able to get you one coil from each in parallel

ie. This diagram:
http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/schematics/2hum_2vol_2tone_3way-w-spl.html

BUT, also put the neck's red and white wires on the left hand side of the switch, and run a wire on the bottom lug to ground (ie. just mirror the bridge hum's wiring)

yup - do this and i think you'll see the difference - then you can decide if you dig it

so you'll get six different tones available - the three you have now plus :
- bridge split
- bridge split + neck split (parallel combined)*
- neck split

* could be humcancelling

good luck

t4d

 

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Re: How do you wire this?

ahh

that was what i was looking for

now all i need to do is do the wiring...which is the part that i dont wanna do, only because it's time consuming... oh well

sooon and very soon this shall happen

thanks guys

 

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Re: How do you wire this?

here's a quick question to throw out...

as i was looking at the schematics, i saw so many things that are to be grounded. If i find where that one ground wire coming from my bridge on my trem guitars, and wire it together that they're all grounded...that should eliminate any excess hum around?

 

[tone4days]

Re: How do you wire this?

it'll help, but it is not enough

you need to 'ground' EVERYTHING in a guitar circuit (including the bridge wire) that needs to be 'grounded' by making sure that there is an electrical path to the sleeve of the output jack

t4d