Schematic for a Fender 5 way

hamerfan

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I recently found a nice schematic for 5 way switch on a 2 pickup guitar. I plan to use it in a HS strat.
I think I gonna swap bridge and neck and than wire it upside down (means position 1 becomes 5, 2 becomes 4...).
This two alterations together:
Position 1: bridge and neck series
Position 2: bridge with cap or tone pot
Position 3: bridge alone
Position 4: neck and bridge parallel

Position 5: neck alone

If I want to have an autosplit function in Pos. 1 and maybe 4, I guess I need a Superswitch?

Original schematic:
 

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Put down a list of which combinations you want in which position. I can draw up a circuit for you.

You don't necessarily need a superswitch. For example with a two volume one tone setup you can wire each pickups volume pot between the pickup and the switch, wire the tone in parallel with the output to the output socket, leaving the second side of a regular switch free for doing auto coil splits.
 
Reminds of a similar wiring I did a few years back for a Hum bridge P90 neck Tele. Being a Tele...No room for a superswitch. Owner provided his own schematic for Fender type 5 way which gave 1.Neck only 2.,Neck and Bridge in parallel 3. neck plus bridge in parallel with a cap. 4. Bridge only and 5 Bridge and neck in series. Volume control was a PP which gave OOP in position 2, half OOP in position 3 and OOP in series in position 5 . Tone control was a no load on 10 and we somehow manage to squeeze in a subtle mini DPDT on-on-on between the knobs to give parallel and coil cut options for the Bucker.. There was even a treble bleed. .Recollect heck of a job getting wire lengths perfect so it all squeezed in. Guy loved the finished project , Guitar did have some good sounds thru an AC15 .
 
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