Is It Possibile to? HSH 5 way switch + push pot

[Hardrocker77]

hello, I'm new on this forum.

I've an Ibanez RG370DX HSH with powersound pickups . I really need to change them, I decided for some medium quality pickups (I can't afford SD or similar right now).

I would like to ask you if this wiring setup is possibile:

I've this crazy idea to change the volume pot with a dimarzio push/pull 500k which activate the two humbuckers together, like the middle switch of a LP.
The 5 way switch would be set like it was, with north bridge + middle and south neck + middle and the other pickups alone.
The humbuckers comes with 4 way wires on each one.

Of course I'm a total noob, be gentle please

Thank You!!

 

[DrNewcenstein]

Re: Is It Possibile to? HSH 5 way switch + push pot

You could do it this way:

With both push-pulls Down, you'd have the standard 5-way H-S-H switching.

With the Tone push-pull Up, you split the Bridge and Neck pickups, but otherwise retain standard 5-way H-S-H switching.

With the Volume push-pull Up and the Tone push-pull Down, you swap the Middle pickup for the Neck, but you'll have Bridge and Neck together on 2, 3, and 4.
With the both push-pulls Up, you swap the Middle pickup for the Neck pickup and have the Bridge and Neck split on 1, 2, 4, and 5, but both full on position 3.
If you want both pickups split on position 3, you would need to jump the red+white connections to the tab between them.

 

[Hardrocker77]

Re: Is It Possibile to? HSH 5 way switch + push pot

So I guess there's no way to do this with only one push-pull... There's only one pot in the image or i'm missing something?!

Thank you for your time!

 

[DrNewcenstein]

Re: Is It Possibile to? HSH 5 way switch + push pot

There are two pots in the image, volume and tone. I forgot to link them together.

If all you want to do is switch between standard 5-way H-S-H switching and 2-hum 5-way switching, you can do it with only one push-pull. You might also be able to set them up to autosplit in 2 and 4, but only both full in position 3. Positions 1 and 5 will be either pickup alone not split.