My head is spinning..too many wiring diagrams! Which one???

[B Bent]

OK.. I am new to custom wiring. I can solder in new pups with simple wiring diagrams pretty easy, but I have no flippin clue how to wire my Tele according to the idea I have in my head. Heres what I want to do. It's a Nashville Tele so it's got the middle Strat pup. It's got a 5 way switch.

Position 1: Bridge pup
Position 2: bridge and middle
position 3: neck and bridge
Position 4: Middle and neck
Position 5: Neck

I want to be able to split my lil 59 with the push pull pot I bought in the bridge while maintaining all of the above sounds. Is there a diagram that would outline this for a dummy like me?

 

[Kommerzbassist]

Re: My head is spinning..too many wiring diagrams! Which one???

The diagram you want to wire up is quite similar to this one...

http://www.seymourduncan.com/website/support/schematics/lil_hb_2sgl_vol_2tone_5way.html

except that you don't just solder & tape the red and white wires together, but you solder them at either the right or left lug of the push poll and connect th emiddle one to ground.

Do you know how the tones & volumes are wired?

well if not, this gives you an idea... just wire them to the hot output of the five way

http://www.seymourduncan.com/website/support/schematics/S_1singlecoil_1vol_1tone.html

 

[Artie]

Re: My head is spinning..too many wiring diagrams! Which one???

You won't be able to get that #3 position due to the mechanical limitations of the switch. However, if you don't mind making a very small concession to the order in which they happen, you can. And, its dirt simple. Its the way that I have my Genny wired. (Its a Peavey HSS Tele-clone like yours.)

Simply reverse the neck and middle hot wires to the 5-way. Now you'll get those exact combinations, just in a different order.

(I tend to use #1 as the neck position.)

1. middle
2. neck & middle
3. neck
4. neck & bridge
5. bridge

You have the neck when the switch is straight up. Moving backwards is like a 3-way with the neck and bridge. (Typical Tele.) Moving forward is like a 3-way with the neck and middle. (Typical Strat.)

I love it. Works great.

 

[Kommerzbassist]

Re: My head is spinning..too many wiring diagrams! Which one???

Oh.. I didn't see that special #3 pos... :smack: sorry

 

[B Bent]

Re: My head is spinning..too many wiring diagrams! Which one???

.............head still spinning. Theres got to be a way to do this. Come on gurus!!!!

 

[tone4days]

Re: My head is spinning..too many wiring diagrams! Which one???

could be done with a superswitch instead of the stock 5-way switch .. is that an option for you? ... if so, i'll diagram it up

artie's is a good compromise if you want to keep using the stock switch

let us know
t4d

 

[B Bent]

Re: My head is spinning..too many wiring diagrams! Which one???

could be done with a superswitch instead of the stock 5-way switch .. is that an option for you? ... if so, i'll diagram it up

artie's is a good compromise if you want to keep using the stock switch

let us know
t4d

Thanks t4d i was hoping you would be one of the ones that chimed in!!I am not sure what a super switch is. I currently have the stock 5 way blade and a CTS push/pull(tone position) and the volume of course. I will do just about anything to make it work so please enlighten me!!!

Thanks

 

[tone4days]

Re: My head is spinning..too many wiring diagrams! Which one???

get the superswitch at stewmac here: http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Electronics,_pickups/Components:_Switches_and_knobs/Super_Switch.html

hope this helps

btw: artie's way would work without you having to buy a new switch

good luck
t4d