Import Style Switch Wiring

[Cr3p]

Hey, this is the first time doing any sort of modification to a guitar, so I have very limited knowledge of guitar electronics.

I want to change my humbuckers and set up coil split using two push pull pots. I found the corresponding wiring diagram on the Seymour Duncan website, but have a different style of 3 way switch than depicted on the diagram (Import style, 8 lugs on one side instead of 4 on each side like in the diagram).

Can I just treat the 8 lugs the same as the two sets of 4 lugs on the diagram, just laid out differently?

I attached an image of an updated diagram I tried to create based on my understanding of it so you can better imagine what I mean (original diagram on the left, my version on the right).

Is this correct? If not, could you please tell me how to properly wire this type of 3 way switch? Or am I just better off getting a "standard" 3 way blade and replacing the original one?

Also, completely unrelated question, but why is there an extra cable going from the volume pot to nothing labeled "Bridge ground wire"? Do I just connect that to the sleeve of the output jack as well? I thought that pot was already grounded via the other pot going to the sleeve?

Thanks a lot for any help.

 

[Chris EmCee]

The bridge ground wire is exactly that - it goes to the bridge/strings, and is very important that you include that wire while you’re wiring a guitar.

As far as the import switch translation, they’re set up quite a bit differently than a regular switch, so to my knowledge you can’t translate it the way you have it. Standard blade switches are not expensive, you can follow the diagram correctly, and if you get a CRL, Oak Grigsby, Fender, or Dimarzio switch, it will almost certainly last longer than the import switch.

 

[Artie]

Not quite. Like this: (If you orient the switch the other way, reverse the neck & bridge labels.)

 

[Artie]

Just to be more clear, there's two different ways to wire this switch. Both are electrically identical. I like to do the right-hand-side version, because it puts the neck & bridge wires on the neck & bridge position of the handle. But either works fine.