Strat.. 2 Volumes, 1 tone - Would this work?

[prismatic67]

Well, I plan to wire my strat back to 3 single coils, humbucker tone is just not for me.. haha

Anyway, I do like having separate volume controls- in this case a volume for the neck alone, a volume for the bridge + middle, and a master tone. I initially though I'd need one of those superswitches, but came to realize my 3-way selector might work for this application. I dislike bridge/middle quack, and would rather use my 3-way with a mini-toggle to turn the neck on with either the middle or bridge. Or fudge the switch to get all three on. Back on topic...



Sorry about the messy diagram, I just drew it up to verify before I begin wiring. And yea that's right, SSL-5s' in the bridge/neck and an SSL-52 in the middle. :evil:

 

[Funkfingers]

Re: Strat.. 2 Volumes, 1 tone - Would this work?

The schematic appears to illustrate the volume pot for the neck position pickup in permanent physical connection to both the tone control input terminal and, ultimately, the output jack socket.

Logically, rolling back the neck PU volume pot diverts all signals to ground.

 

[prismatic67]

Re: Strat.. 2 Volumes, 1 tone - Would this work?

Isn't the neck PU volume pot only connected to the tone control and output jack when in position 3 on the selector, or when the mini-toggle is flipped. It follows the same design as the middle + bridge PU volume pot, except that it's dedicated to the neck pickup not switched with the other half of the selector.

 

[ItsaBass]

Re: Strat.. 2 Volumes, 1 tone - Would this work?

I'd consider an added pot or a concentric pot before going to master tone. Strats (most guitars, really) lose a couple of very cool tonal options if you take away the independent tones.

 

[Guitaraxz]

Re: Strat.. 2 Volumes, 1 tone - Would this work?

The schematic appears to illustrate the volume pot for the neck position pickup in permanent physical connection to both the tone control input terminal and, ultimately, the output jack socket.

Logically, rolling back the neck PU volume pot diverts all signals to ground.

The solution is to make "individual wiring". Make the input lug to the volume pot the middle lug, and the output the right hand lug. Problem solved.
That's how we wire LP's when we want individual volumes when both pups are on, otherwise you have a master volume. That's how basses with 2 pups & no switch are wired.

EDIT: I once read of a dude who made a similar wiring to get 7 tones from his strat. He put a 3 way switch (selecting 1-bridge, 2-bridge/neck, 3-neck) and a push/pull pot on a volume to turn on the middle pup whenever he wanted which gave him (with push/pull) 1-bridge/mid, 2-bridge/mid/neck, 3-neck/mid. He put 2 volumes (individually wired) so when he turned the volume for neck & bridge to zero and turned on the push/pull he got only middle. Master tone & no holes were made on his ax.

 

[prismatic67]

Re: Strat.. 2 Volumes, 1 tone - Would this work?

The solution is to make "individual wiring". Make the input lug to the volume pot the middle lug, and the output the right hand lug. Problem solved.
That's how we wire LP's when we want individual volumes when both pups are on, otherwise you have a master volume. That's how basses with 2 pups & no switch are wired.

Like this? I am not concerned if the signal bleeds through when the pot's at zero, as the switch will prevent it.



Oh and I know the tone control looks like it's wired backwards, but it actually works normally. Wiring it normally causes it to be backwards! I think this no-load pot is reverse tapered? Oh well, no big deal..

EDIT: The 500K in the neck is correct, I think the SSL-5 sounds more lively and responsive in the neck with that. A little on the harsh side in the bridge, so 250K for that and the middle.