I think I had the pickup installed in 88 or so, a Seymour Duncan Hot Rails I always liked the pickup but I always kind of hated the wiring on the guitar, with good reason. I replaced some of the spliced together crap (that I actually paid for) put on an aluminum pickguard, a new Kaish heavy duty 5 way switch, and I am getting zero hum or buzz, maybe more will appear after really turning it up but I can say I ampleased not to hear it. Even after the free SD soldering course (thanks for that, it's great) I am not quite confident enought to change out the spliced wires from the pickups, that looks finicky at the bases of the coil. I ramble...
So the diagram available basically differs from standard strat wiring in that the humbucker has an appendix of red and white wires.
Since the second position (bridge + middle) is quieter then every other, as it seems to be a blend of humbucker and single coil, would a split be worth doing instead - I am guessing not really, so maybe I should be looking perhaps at adding a resistor for that particualr combo, or just turn the volume up when using that position.
Bridge tone - so now there is no bridge tone, a little research suggests a jumper from terminal 7 (middle) or 8 (neck) to terminal 6 on the 5-way switch. I should probably do this, and connect 8 to 6 for some theoretically fun sounds. But who am I kidding, I usually put everything to 10 anyhow.
So the diagram available basically differs from standard strat wiring in that the humbucker has an appendix of red and white wires.
Since the second position (bridge + middle) is quieter then every other, as it seems to be a blend of humbucker and single coil, would a split be worth doing instead - I am guessing not really, so maybe I should be looking perhaps at adding a resistor for that particualr combo, or just turn the volume up when using that position.
Bridge tone - so now there is no bridge tone, a little research suggests a jumper from terminal 7 (middle) or 8 (neck) to terminal 6 on the 5-way switch. I should probably do this, and connect 8 to 6 for some theoretically fun sounds. But who am I kidding, I usually put everything to 10 anyhow.
