HS Wiring with Coil Tap, Phase and Master Series/Parallel on both pickups

[zklipstein]

Thank you in advance for the help. Below is the latest diagram I got from guitar electronics.com. The first one had jumpers going from one side of the blade switch to the other. I had no sound from the middle position and the switch orientation was flipped for neck and bridge. The bridge was on in neck position on the switch and visa versa. Now with this diagram the sound is very thin in the middle. Almost like an out of phase sound but seems even weaker. The mini toggle doesn’t seem to do anything.

The goal is to have the mini toggle switch between series and parallel when both pick ups are on. The volume push pull splits the humbucker and the tone push pull makes the bridge and neck out of phase when they are both on (middle position).

I had it wired up before with no mini toggle and it all worked fine. Just can’t seem to get the series parallel thing working properly.

The humbucker is a Gibson humbucker. Single coil is a nocaster.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you again!

 

[switchman]

This is a purchased custom diagram?

Do you correctly get both pickups parallel in center position, but when switch is puled up no sound?

Hard to tell whats going since the switch is drawn backwards from most Teles and there's no key to say which lugs are common, but thats my quick read of it.

EDIT...actualy not sure there's any connection in center two lugs are unused...

 

[zklipstein]

Yes purchased diagram. This was their second attempt. Still waiting to hear back again so thought I’d come here too. I just want to get this done.

When I had it wired like this the mini toggle seemed to do nothing in the middle position of three blade. Thin sound either way mini toggle was flipped. Probably a grounding or phase issue. I’ve tried a bunch of different schemes from stuff I’ve read online but nothing I’ve tried works. Any help is appreciated.

Would love for someone to send me a sketch of what they think the wiring should be.

 

[switchman]

I'll give some thought to it tonight. It annoys me to no end whether its a tech or an online service..I don't know how people can do obviously wrong work and accept money for it. I'd ask for money back

There's always a chance it isn't possible with the given switches. I use the term "compound" wiring scheme for one like this with multiple branched switches. Really have to diagram each one separately then figure out how to merge them.

 

[zklipstein]

I'll give some thought to it tonight. It annoys me to no end whether its a tech or an online service..I don't know how people can do obviously wrong work and accept money for it. I'd ask for money back

There's always a chance it isn't possible with the given switches. I use the term "compound" wiring scheme for one like this with multiple branched switches. Really have to diagram each one separately then figure out how to merge them.

I really appreciate any help.

 

[switchman]

Not every Tele switch is laid out the same... but using my best guess doesn't work well with this diagram. There would have to be a connection from one pickup's ground to the other pickup's hot to get a series connection, but there isn't one. Did you consider doing a 4 way switch where you can have the series combo built in?

 

[zklipstein]

I have one Tele that’s laid out like that and it isn’t my favorite. I was hoping to keep the standard three way switch but if that isn’t possible with some sort of toggle I guess it is what it is. I’d probably just buy another switch plate (since I already drilled a hole in it for mini toggle) and put it back the way it was with coil split on volume and phase inverter on tone. It honestly sounded great like that and worked perfectly. Was just hoping for a thick bridge humbucker sound in series mode.

 

[zklipstein]

Here’s the components and close up of the switch in the different positions.