Splitting stacked singles

[l0rdhumungus]

I have a Fender HM Strat with HSS layout and a 2 way mini toggle for coil splitting. Would it be possible to wire the middle and neck stacked singles for coil splitting, or all three pickups to the one 2 way mini toggle? I am borderline disabled when it comes to understanding wiring so explain it like you would to a small child or golden retriever. Pickups in the guitar are Parallel Axis Distortion Stacked Strat Plus in the middle and Vintage Hot Stacked in the neck.

 

[Mincer]

The switch would only allow 2 pickups at the most to be split at once. But honestly, you won't gain much tone-wise by splitting the 2 singles, unless you are combining one of the humbucker coils with top coil of one of the singles.

 

[Artie]

You can do it if you use the 5-way to "steer" the N/B split wires to the switch. Colors will be slightly different with your pups.

SCHSCHSCH_5W_1Vpp3SPL_1T.pdf

 

[Mincer]

You can do it if you use the 5-way to "steer" the N/B split wires to the switch. Colors will be slightly different with your pups.

SCHSCHSCH_5W_1Vpp3SPL_1T.pdf

They wouldn't be separate, though, right?

 

[ehdwuld]

Make sure you split to the top coil

I wired a Fender noiseless backwards and could barely hear it

 

[Artie]

They wouldn't be separate, though, right?

I'm not exactly sure what you're asking here. I'm assuming a standard 5-way switch. So, if you flip the toggle, you'd have the normal 5 positions, but each pup would be split when it was selected. You'd just be using a toggle rather than that diagrams push-pull.

 

[Mincer]

I'm not exactly sure what you're asking here. I'm assuming a standard 5-way switch. So, if you flip the toggle, you'd have the normal 5 positions, but each pup would be split when it was selected. You'd just be using a toggle rather than that diagrams push-pull.

Right, but they can't be individually split with that scheme, right?

 

[Artie]

Right, but they can't be individually split with that scheme, right?

Yes. I see what you mean. It's all or nothing. But to split them individually, you'd need two SPST switches, and the 5-way.

SPDT or DPDT would work. You just be wasting part of the switch.

 

[Mincer]

Yes. I see what you mean. It's all or nothing. But to split them individually, you'd need two SPST switches, and the 5-way.

SPDT or DPDT would work. You just be wasting part of the switch.

Yeah, I think we were thinking the same thing. My communication needs work.

 

[Artie]

Yeah, I think we were thinking the same thing. My communication needs work.

Then again . . . it's Saturday, watching football, with my favorite libation. Your communication is probably ok.

 

[idsnowdog]

Why would anyone want to split a stacked single coil?