Hyperswitch on a Duesenberg Starplayer TV

[jon9]

Hello, I just got a Duesenberg Starplayer TV. (1 P90, and 1 humbucker) I need to get more sounds out of it. I need at minimal a coil split for the humbucker, and a good out of phase sound. In experimenting I wired up a CTS push pull for coil split But that knocks out the wired to middle on the 3-way out of phase sound. It just goes dead. Also, Factory wiring puts a .022 cap on the North finish, and the south start twist to the switch which lets the bass freqs. from the P90 (domino 90) through which gives it a "half" out of phase sound. It retains good, equal volume, but too much bass and neck pickup sound. It sounds Great clean, but with overdrive it's too muddy and not "out of phase" enough. If I remove the cap it's more balanced out of phase but a little too much volume drop and power so a dirty sound is too clean so it doesn't provide a good balance. On my les paul I rewired my burstbuckers to be 4-conductor and did the "jimmy page?" type mod. The same out of phase is there,(and coil splits) but it has more volume/output and therefore able to hit the amp harder. Also, I can switch it to series and it has even more output. like ? Brian May OOP sound. what's up there? I'd like to be able to have both the humbucker coil split and a more balance(higher output OOP sound) Any suggestions? Is a hyper switch an option? thanks!

 

[Mincer]

Welcome to the forum!

First thing is that OOP sound is much less volume than in phase. No switch will fix that. You can boost the signal after the fact (step on some kind of boost) but that's about it. Two different pickup styles will not be as out of phase as 2 of the same exact pickups, too. So the Hyperswitch won't give you options you couldn't get without loading your guitar with passive switches, it just does it in a more elegant way.

 

[jon9]

Welcome to the forum!

First thing is that OOP sound is much less volume than in phase. No switch will fix that. You can boost the signal after the fact (step on some kind of boost) but that's about it. Two different pickup styles will not be as out of phase as 2 of the same exact pickups, too. So the Hyperswitch won't give you options you couldn't get without loading your guitar with passive switches, it just does it in a more elegant way.

I completely understand this. What I said is on my Les Paul, in which I rewired the 2 conductor pickups to be four and Also can have both coils split, out of phase and series or parallel, the volume does not drop and thin out quite as much, which is weird because there’s certainly less disparity between the 2 gibson humbuckers, than a humbucker and P90(single coil) How is the SC&HB more out of phase? It seems odd.

 

[jon9]

But my main issue is being able to split the HB and have OOP. Well,....they’re all the main issue.... Would love to have both pickups together IN phase, and OOP in series. That's why I ask about the Hyperswitch. Could I possibly wire the HB, and P90(SC) into the hyperswitch as three single coils?

 

[Mincer]

I've never tried to wire a humbucker as 2 individual singles with a Hyperswitch...has anyone else tried this?