Seeking advice on yet another P-Rails wiring diagram

[tkingen]

After using a set of P-Rails for about a month, I think I'd be happy to just have two options - either P-90 by itself or blade by itself. These are installed in a Fender Tele FMT with one push/pull volume, one push/pull tone and a Les Paul type three position pickup selector switch.

What i would like to do is wire the neck pickup to the volume push/pull, with P-90 in the down position and blade in the up position. Similarly, the bridge pickup would be wired to the tone push/pull with P-90 in the down position and blade in the up position. Volume and tone functions would work for both pickups at all times.

Any advice in making this happen would be greatly appreciated!

 

[MikeS]

Re: Seeking advice on yet another P-Rails wiring diagram

Hey Hermie, you can also isolate the coils by directly grounding the white and green, moving the output to 3-way to the common lug, and moving the red lead to the "bottom" lug. Functionally it works the same, but you avoid leaving the P90 coil hanging out there in the breeze when the rail coil is selected.

 

[tkingen]

Re: Seeking advice on yet another P-Rails wiring diagram

Hermetico,

Thank you!!!

 

[tkingen]

Re: Seeking advice on yet another P-Rails wiring diagram

Hey Hermie, you can also isolate the coils by directly grounding the white and green, moving the output to 3-way to the common lug, and moving the red lead to the "bottom" lug. Functionally it works the same, but you avoid leaving the P90 coil hanging out there in the breeze when the rail coil is selected.

Hi Mike,

What do you mean by leaving the P90 coil hanging out there in the breeze? My uneducated guess would be that it's simply removed from the circuit.

 

[tkingen]

Re: Seeking advice on yet another P-Rails wiring diagram

Sure, Mike. I applied standard solution. The P90 is shortcutted when the Rail is selected. I don't think it can produce any bleed but, yes, it's a better approach yours.

Hermetico,

Sorry to say my lack of wiring knowledge is leaving me a bit confused. If it isn't too much to ask, would you revise the diagram to show Mike's solution?

Respectfully

 

[tkingen]

Re: Seeking advice on yet another P-Rails wiring diagram

No prob.
That's what Mike was talking about:

And thank you again, sir!