Lil '59 in Danelectro DC-3?

dilver

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Anyone have any idea how I'd wire a 4-wire Lil '59 Humbucker into one of my DC-3's to do this:

1) Retain current 6 way switch settings:
- Neck + Bridge
- Neck
- Neck + Middle
- Middle
- Middle + Bridge
- Bridge

2) Use current Blower switch (2 way on/on) as a coil split switch for the humbucker.

I'd be using a Seymour Duncan Lil '59 as the bridge pickup (no routing), so with the above mods, I should be able to reverse anything if I ever wanted to.

I'm sure there are probably diagrams on the net for S/S/H pickup setup in parallel, but I'd still want to keep the guitar wired in SERIES vs. parallel.

Thanks!
 
Re: Lil '59 in Danelectro DC-3?

Without seeing a schematic, the obvious suggestion has to be,
L'il '59 hot to bridge PU hot contact on selector.
L'il '59 red/white to coil-tapping switch
L'il '59 green to wherever the Dano bridge PU ground wire went
L'il '59 bare ground wire to ground (typically, via the chassis of a control pot)

Obviously, with a coil-tapping switch involved, you will have two variations in the neck + bridge and middle + bridge positions.

If the OEM circuit is permanently in series, which of the three pickups has a fixed ground? (The other two PU grounds must, by definition, be shiftable using the rotary selector.) Is it bridge or neck?
 
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