HSH coilsplit (auto?) with superswitch?

[kelvin]

Hi all,

How do I do the following setup without using pushpull switch.

Position #1: Full humbucker on Bridge.
Position #2: One coil of bridge humbucker + middle single coil.
Position #3: Middle single coil.
Position #4: One coil of neck humbucker + middle single coil.
Position #5: Full humbucker on Neck.

On a Fender stratocaster about to install two Dimarzio humbuckers (4 wires each). It has a super-switch. And I don't know how to do the coilsplit.
Haven't decided which middle single coil to be used. But it may be a Cap VM-1s (Ibanez).

I thought this was pretty standard, but I couldn't find any diagrams on the internet for this.
I am using 1 volume 2 tones.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Clint 55]

Re: HSH coilsplit (auto?) with superswitch?

You can do it with a regular 5 way switch.
https://www.seymourduncan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/1SCH_1S_1SCH_5W_1V_1T_AS.jpg

 

[kelvin]

Re: HSH coilsplit (auto?) with superswitch?

You can do it with a regular 5 way switch.
https://www.seymourduncan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/1SCH_1S_1SCH_5W_1V_1T_AS.jpg

Thanks. I am aware of that.
But would like to use the superswitch, as I don't have a regular 5 way switch at the moment.
I wasn't aware that it was that hard to find a diagram on the net for this, using the superswitch. :argh:

 

[gregory]

Re: HSH coilsplit (auto?) with superswitch?

Seymour Duncan colors for the humbuckers, standard splitting [not what I would do, personally, unless I decided to rotate the neck pickup so the slug (black/white) coil is closest to the neck]. Single coil hot wire is white for Seymour Duncan, so just consider black as a placeholder.



Middle pickup would need to be standard wind/polarity in order to be hum-cancelling when in-phase, otherwise you can flip the humbucker magnets and reverse the wiring for each of the coils black<->white, red<->green (again, Duncan color convention).

 

[kelvin]

Re: HSH coilsplit (auto?) with superswitch?

Middle pickup would need to be standard wind/polarity in order to be hum-cancelling when in-phase, otherwise you can flip the humbucker magnets and reverse the wiring for each of the coils black<->white, red<->green (again, Duncan color convention).

Thank you.
How do I know if the middle pickup is standard wind/polarity?
And I see that on your picture, there are two black wires for the middle.
Are one of them ground of the middle pickup? If so, shouldn't that be grounded on the volume pot?
Sorry for being a newbie regarding this. I have only done this once. :?:

 

[gregory]

Re: HSH coilsplit (auto?) with superswitch?

How do I know if the middle pickup is standard wind/polarity?

Short of finding definitive information for the wind (which I do not have), trial and error. To determine the polarity, see if the middle either attracts or repels the coil you plan to have active in each humbucker. For hum-cancellation it needs to attract.

And I see that on your picture, there are two black wires for the middle.

Pay no attention to the color. One wire goes to the switch (all three locations) the other to ground. If it's out of phase then you need to reverse the wires. If there's hum when it's in-phase then you will need to make changes in order to remove it.

If so, shouldn't that be grounded on the volume pot?

That's usually a good place, yes.

 

[kelvin]

Re: HSH coilsplit (auto?) with superswitch?

Thanks! .

So how does the coil splitting "magic" happen?
Is it due to one of the middle single coil wire being grounded?

 

[gregory]

Re: HSH coilsplit (auto?) with superswitch?

I'm not sure I follow.

 

[kelvin]

Re: HSH coilsplit (auto?) with superswitch?

Nevermind .

By the way, will the hot wire of the humbucker by itself, give us the full humbucker?
Position #1 has only the hot wire (bridge humbucker) attached to it.

 

[gregory]

Re: HSH coilsplit (auto?) with superswitch?

Correct. The humbucker is split if you take the pair of red and white wires to either hot (screw coil active) or ground (slug coil active). Again, Seymour Duncan colors with Green and Bare connected to ground and black connected to hot.

DiMarzio colors are different! Determining which coil is south and which is north can also be a pain unless you have a compass. Wiring diagrams with DMZ pickups often indicate where the wire is coming out in order to get the proper orientation.

 

[kelvin]

Re: HSH coilsplit (auto?) with superswitch?

OK. Thank you for great information!