Strat HSS wiring diagram needed, help!

Dave111

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Changing SSS to HSS. Searched tons of diagrams - no luck.
I'm using Vol pot 250k/500k combo, Tone 1 250k for neck and middle single coils, Tone 2 500k for bridge 78 humbucker, 5 way blade switch, no coil splitting. Position 2 issues not minded.
I would appreciate a diagram to help me wire this.
 
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If you aren't doing anything weird, like coil splitting, then wiring is pretty straight forward. On the 78, twist red & white together, then solder them and tape them up. (Heat shrink is preferred if you have it.) If the singles are Duncans, then you can twist green and bare together, then solder them to ground. Then black to the switch.

If the singles aren't Duncan's, then don't twist green and bare together. Still do green and bare to ground, but keep them separate. That way, if they're out-of-phase with the singles, it will be easy to flip black and green.

Make sense?
 
I appreciate the feed back. Thank you.
The singles are oem '73 Fender. What i really need is a wiring diagram to get the singles to Tone 1 and the bucker to Tone 2, wire the combo Vol, and with the tricky (in my mind) routing of the 5-way switch.
Thanks again.
 
If the switch is crl and wired with one side for pickups, other side feeding tone pots. On the " tone side" Hook the bridge tone to the bridge lug on the switch then the other tone pot hook to the middle lug and jump to the neck lug.
 
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