Need Wiring Diagram HSS Strat w/Super Switch and S-1...

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burrmanchu

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Hey guys,
I found a (very) similar thread for the diagram I'm looking for but the links were broken...
I have a Fat Strat (HSS with humbucker bridge PUP) that I'm replacing the switch in so I'm gonna mod a couple things while I'm in there.
I need a wiring diagram for a 5-way super switch (grigsby) for the following setup:

5: Neck
4: Neck/Middle
3: Neck/Bridge
2: Middle/Bridge
1: Bridge

Basically I'm just changing the 3 position to neck/bridge because I never use middle PUP by itself.

I don't want to do a blender pot. I want to keep 2 tone pots and a volume, same as it is now.

I also plan on installing an S-1 switch (volume pot) to split the bridge humbucker coils when pressed in. Would I need to add any resistors or anything in the split bucker circuit or will it be fine?

Extra info if it helps:
2000 Am. Dlx. Fat Strat, 2 Hot Noiseless PUPS (neck/mid) 1 Fender Humbucker (Bridge), 500K volume pot, 1Meg Tone 1, 1 Meg No-load tone 2 (yes they're both 1meg, and no, I dont know why lol), came with a treble bleed from the factory, .22 and .50 caps on tone pots as per the usual.

Thank you one million times in advance... hopefully I can get this thing wired up tomorrow if anyone knows where that diagram lives :)

Thanks,
Brian
 
Re: Need Wiring Diagram HSS Strat w/Super Switch and S-1...

I think I found a diagram.. not sure if this would work the same having the one humbucker though... also I still need some info on the S-1 coil tap scenario if anybody can help?
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Re: Need Wiring Diagram HSS Strat w/Super Switch and S-1...

I'm about to give up. Sad face.

I honestly had no idea it'd be this difficult to get help with this. Three forums and nada.

The only diagram I could find doesn't account for the humbucker... the way it's wired now, it appears that the original Fender schematic for this switch is incorrect to begin with. It's got the black humbucker wire grounded out in bridge/middle position but not in bridge only... and the red humbucker wire directly to volume output. I had a firm grasp on the whole thing until I started messing with humbucker positions. Lord help me.

https://p4.zdassets.com/hc/theme_assets/549136/200076499/010-1100_02C_SISD.pdf
 
Re: Need Wiring Diagram HSS Strat w/Super Switch and S-1...

Dude, does anyone know anything about this stuff? Does anyone know a better place I should go ask? I thought SD forums "Pickup Lounge" was a no-brainer. Color me freaking shocked... Nothing? Wow...
 
Re: Need Wiring Diagram HSS Strat w/Super Switch and S-1...

There are certainly a lot of people here, but sometimes it takes up to a week for the great wiring gurus to see a post, or come up with custom diagrams.
 
Re: Need Wiring Diagram HSS Strat w/Super Switch and S-1...

Mincer said:
There are certainly a lot of people here, but sometimes it takes up to a week for the great wiring gurus to see a post, or come up with custom diagrams.
Click to expand...

Yeah, I wasn't trying to be a d*ck or anything... just super surprised to get crickets after many days. I've been checking :oo
 
Re: Need Wiring Diagram HSS Strat w/Super Switch and S-1...

I got it figured out...

I did want the switching options from my original post:
Neck
Neck Middle
Neck Bridge (Tele Mod)
Middle Bridge
Bridge

But decided to go with an S-1 to switch the bridge humbucker between parallel and series (instead of my original idea to coil tap it).

I wired up the super switch so all poles were connected... Then used pole 1 for bridge PUP (single wire from S-1 instead of all the humbucker wires) on lugs 1-3, pole 2 for neck PUP on lugs 3-5, pole 3 for tones (neck tone lug 5, bridge tone lug 1-4), and pole 4 for middle PUP on lugs 2 and 4 with a jumper.

I ran all four bridge humbucker wires into the S-1 so that with the button not pressed, the bridge stays parallel (black and green grounded, red and white are outputs) and with the button down it's in series (green still grounded, black connects to white, red is output in series). This is for a Fender DH-1 humbucker.

For the S-1:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/A...Bt3OmcqKOC6TphO6rM2CEXUj8dCQrgPn=w960-h720-rw
I ran:

1A = red in + wire out to bridge PUP lugs on 5-way
1C = white in
2A = black in
2C = green in + ground out to X
jumper 2A to 1B

X - Ground from jack, bent to pot shell, connected to main ground
Y - White wire to jack
Z - Input from 5-way switch common

It all works and sounds awesome! Glad i went with series/parallel instead of the coil split. And with the S-1 it's invisible. Love it. Highly recommend. Basically I have a bridge gain boost and more options at 3&4 positions, but kept everything I liked to begin with.

Brian
 
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