Middle Position--Neck/Bridge Pickup

[falcon1]

I am trying to find out how to wire up the 5 way switch so that the middle position will control the neck and bridge pickup togeather---any info.. will be helpful.. I was told to use a 5 way super switch, but really don't know the wireing diagram... thanks Pete

 

[falcon1]

Re: Middle Position--Neck/Bridge Pickup

This is actually going to be wired up on a 3 single coil pickup guitar....

 

[t1r12003]

Re: Middle Position--Neck/Bridge Pickup

So are you trying to get the bridge single coil mixed with the neck single coil? If so, you could sacrifice the original position 2 of bridge and middle and just switch the neck pickup and middle pickup on the 5-way switch. Then you'd have

1. Bridge alone
2. Bridge and Neck
3. Neck alone
4. Neck and middle
5. Middle alone

Don't know if that's what you're asking though.

 

[bungalowbill]

Re: Middle Position--Neck/Bridge Pickup

I use a superswitch....check allparts or stew-mac.

 

[KeeperOS]

Re: Middle Position--Neck/Bridge Pickup

I'm guessing more like:

Bridge alone
Bridge and middle
Bridge and neck
Neck and middle
Neck alone

Right?
Didn't the stewmac page of the superswitch also have a schematic?

Yep!
http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Electro...Megaswitches/Instructions/I-3484.html#details

3 single-coils
Point # Wire assignment
1 middle pickup hot wire
2 neck pickup hot wire
3 output to volume pot
4 empty
5 empty
6 solder jumper to 7
7 bridge pickup hot wire

Original 'E' Model Megaswitch tone control wiring tips
When installing the Original 'E' Model Megaswitch, you often must rewire the tone circuit. If the instrument will have a single or master tone control, wire the volume and tone pots as shown at right:

Strat-style installations which have two tone controls, one for the neck pickup and the other for the middle pickup, should be wired as shown at right:

Because the Original 'E' Model Megaswitch doesn't allow the middle pickup to be used by itself, you may want a tone control for the neck and bridge pickups. To do this, wire the lower tone pot's lead to lug 7 instead of lug 1.

Both set-ups have their advantages. A middle tone control only affects the “2” and “4” (the “Strat out of phase”) positions. A bridge position tone control affects three of the five switch positions: bridge pickup only; bridge and middle pickups; and bridge and neck pickups.