Most complicated 1 Humbucker wiring I could come up with (it works)

[marcospadaaro]

Here's what you are looking at: 3 way rotary switch (series, north coil, parallel), push-push volume pot (engagable treble bleed mod), two way switch 3pdt (to bypass the tone circuit and send directly to the output) and a concentric dual pot (top one cuts the highs and low one the lows)

So guys, first off sorry for the wobbliest humbucker drawing you've ever seen. A couple of weeks ago I had the need to ruin my day so l've spent hours on hours to search for this mystical and unfindable wiring (I know it is unfindable because nobody sane enough would ever want to go trough this struggle), l didn't find anything really useful so I decided to draw this myself. This is the last iteration after two attempted tries.

This is still not perfect, the bass cutting pot is barely noticeable so l'll need to find a concentric pot that is 1M, change the volume pot to 1M and change the capacitor value accordingly to this very useful link l've found, 0.0047uF (472).

If you are curious about the poor guitar running this, it's a purple squier esquier that l've heavily modded, new saddles, locking tuners and a SD Pegasus. Currently in drop A planning to go lower just for the sake of it.

 

[Mincer]

Wow, that is one serious diagram! Is this a big experiment, or are you switching between all of that during a performance?

 

[zionstrat]

If it's a fat guitar, bass cuts are one of the greatest mods ever and suggest you might tune it in using alligators out of the cavity so that you can switch capacitors around and find out what you like!

Thanks for sharing, I did one of these once and ended up liking practically everything

 

[marcospadaaro]

Wow, that is one serious diagram! Is this a big experiment, or are you switching between all of that during a performance?

At first, it was just an experiment, I wanted to test the limits of a single bridge humbucker guitar. However, it quickly became one of the most fun guitars I own. It's surprisingly versatile; once you learn the control combinations, you can achieve anything from beautiful clean tones to brutal distorted sounds. Currently, I use this guitar exclusively for low tunings, though I plan to experiment with a variety of string gauges. Ultimately, this guitar is all about having fun and exploring new possibilities. I haven’t had the chance to use it live yet, but I definitely will in the future.

 

[marcospadaaro]

If it's a fat guitar, bass cuts are one of the greatest mods ever and suggest you might tune it in using alligators out of the cavity so that you can switch capacitors around and find out what you like!

Thanks for sharing, I did one of these once and ended up liking practically everything

I’m glad you liked it! I decided to make this post to save others from wasting as much time as I did trying to figure out how to create this diagram. I'll try the alligator clip trick I just need to collect come capacitors to try. Thank you for the input

 

[Artie]

That looks cool. When I get a couple more beers in me, I'll try to figure it out.

 

[jeremy]

theres a lot going on there for sure, but it seems everything makes sense. i like the switchable tone circuit

 

[Artie]

Is the circle at the top a rotary switch, that works like this:

 

[marcospadaaro]

Is the circle at the top a rotary switch, that works like this:

yes

 

[marcospadaaro]

theres a lot going on there for sure, but it seems everything makes sense. i like the switchable tone circuit

thank you!