Pot liberator with HSH strato

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Hey guys, I'm new into this, I'm building my first guitar at the moment, so it's a newbie question. Is there a way I can install a potentiometer liberator as master volume with a HSH set with two tones? I searched on SD diagrams, and couldn't find a scheme close to this, so I'm wondering if it's possible.
 
Yes, you should be able to do this. Depending on the pickups you have, the color of the wires might be different. This is a diagram for 3 stacks, so ignore the red & white wires on the middle pickup. BTW, the Liberator section of the website with the diagrams is missing a lot.
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One of the things to understand about the Liberator is that it's simply two items connected together. A pot, (either 250k or 500k), and a terminal strip with wires. Both are independent of each other.

Refer to the diagram I post. All the red arrows, (pad labeled "In"), are the input to the pot.
All the green arrows, (center pad labeled "Out"), are the middle lug, or output of the pot.
All the cyan arrows, and every pad labeled "Gnd" are the same point.

The large terminal block is just that, with wires connected to it. You can can do anything you want with it. The colors are chosen to make it easy to wire two Duncan humbuckers, but they can be used for anything. They aren't connected to the pot.

I personally find the 4-term block odd. You aren't going to "quik-change" the pot. I'd solder the output of whatever switching you do to the "In" pad, the "Out" pad to the tip of the output jack, and the sleeve of the output jack to any "Gnd" pad. Your bridge ground would also solder to one of the "Gnd" pads.

After that, solder the flying leads however you want for what you're doing. For example, they could start from one end and just be N+/-, M+/-, B+/- . Just make sure you map what you're doing on paper so you can swap pups later. (That's what the Liberator is designed for.)

Hope this helps.
 

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Once again, you give a great explanation. There is not really good information about the Liberator on the website.
 
Thanks Dave. That's actually why I bought mine. So I could meter it out, and hold it in my hand when someone asks a question about it.
 
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