Mustang Wiring Mod

[esquire55]

Putting together a Mustang copy with Antiquities. I'd like to change the switching to Bridge=bridge, both, neck; and Neck= parallel, series, x. Found a diagram for the pickup selection, but haven't been able to find the series-parallel mod. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Artie]

Re: Mustang Wiring Mod

Just remember that series/parallel for two pickups is the same thing as ser/par for two coils. So, use this diagram:

http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/wiring-diagrams/schematics.php?schematic=ssp

Connect the bridge hot and ground to where the red and green wires are, respectively. Then connect the neck hot and ground to where the black and white wires are, respectively.

 

[esquire55]

Re: Mustang Wiring Mod

Great! Many thanks.

 

[Artie]

Re: Mustang Wiring Mod

I forgot that I had a drawing of a better way to do this:



This way, when you go to the series mode, it doesn't matter which position the 3-way is in.

 

[Funkfingers]

Re: Mustang Wiring Mod

The normal Mustang slider switches are eight contact, DP3T on/on/on types. (The "off" position is achieved by the jumper connections between the switch's contacts.) Hence, it is possible to have one pickup slider switch offer the usual on/off/reverse and have the second switch offer on (parallel)/off/on (series).

Series, out-of-phase gives a honky sound, somewhere between Kurt Cobain and Brian May.

I performed precisely this mod on a Squier VM Mustang. I will have to raise the pickguard to photograph my wiring. Alternatively, I may have already run a thread about precisely this wiring question.

 

[Artie]

Re: Mustang Wiring Mod

Oops. Forgot about the way the Mustang switches. My diagram may not be relevant. Let me look into this further.

 

[esquire55]

Re: Mustang Wiring Mod

Oops. Forgot about the way the Mustang switches. My diagram may not be relevant. Let me look into this further.

Cool. I've got plenty of time. Thanks for your efforts.

 

[esquire55]

Re: Mustang Wiring Mod

I found this diagram that illustrates the bridge-both-neck. Now to get the upper switch to go parallel-series. Not really interested in the phase switching.