Strat wiring

beandip

Frito's Better Half
I've got a friend who wants me to wire up his strat, he wants a 3 way switch, with the following combos'.
position 1: neck and mid
position 2: all
position 3: bridge and mid

how do you do this?
 
Re: Strat wiring

that would be a pretty sweet setup, let me know how it sounds on all. what strat is it?

and sorry i cant answer your question, im good with the iron, but the solder fumes have already gone to my head and i really can't figure these things out that easily!

-Dan
 
Re: Strat wiring

thats tough....strange preference of a combination.lol i dont think thats possible with a 3 way switch. maybe you could get a regular 5 way switch with 4 terminals on each side. that would be the only way you would have enough terminals to do it. you could even add more combos that way....
 
Re: Strat wiring

Why not use a 5 way switch with a push/pull pot that automatically turns on the bridge pickup when pulled up? With that setup, you can get all the possible pickup combinations. That's what I'm doing with my Strat project, one push/pull pot to select the bridge pickup, and one to put the neck and bridge pickups in series.

Ryan
 
Re: Strat wiring

great idea's guys. I'm just going with what was written down, this guy wants me to build him a guitar kinda sorta. it's mostly just painting a guitar, but yeah.
 
Re: Strat wiring

Go with a 5way and then use one vol, one tone and make the lowest pot a blender to blend in either the bridge or the neck depending on where the 5way is. If you're in a 2 or 4 position, you can get some funky quack. Neck and bridge together have a slight tele sound, especially if you put a Twangbanger in the bridge!
 
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