Super Strat Wiring with 1 volume + 1 tone

[Danyosound]

Electronics elude me. I've been comparing diagrams all day.

I want the Super Strat pickup options, but I only have 1 volume and 1 tone to work with, and I don't really feel like getting a stacked tone pot. I've rather just have a master tone for everything. All the diagrams have two tone pots though. I want all the goodie options in the switching: series/parallel, etc.

Switches: 2 on/off. 1 on/on/on.

Any suggestions on how to do Super Strat wiring with 1 volume and 1 tone?

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3XSEJULEZpg/maxresdefault.jpg

 

[beaubrummels]

Re: Super Strat Wiring with 1 volume + 1 tone

Master volume and master tone pots just need to come between the pickup selector switch and the jack.

 

[Danyosound]

Re: Super Strat Wiring with 1 volume + 1 tone

Master volume and master tone pots just need to come between the pickup selector switch and the jack.

Can you explain a little better? There are 3 switches to deal with: no blade.

 

[Brandenburg]

Re: Super Strat Wiring with 1 volume + 1 tone

Can you explain a little better? There are 3 switches to deal with: no blade.

like this

 

[Danyosound]

Re: Super Strat Wiring with 1 volume + 1 tone

Thanks! I'll try it out!

 

[Brandenburg]

Re: Super Strat Wiring with 1 volume + 1 tone

Thanks! I'll try it out!

it should work..

i am baffled at the drawing calling it a superstrat wiring... thats not what i thought a super strat was. I thought a super strat was an HSH or HSS configuration.. I guess the author of the drawing has a liberal interpretation of what a super strat is.. EVEN a 3 stacked single coil or rail loaded strat is just a hotrodded strat .. in any case its just a name i guess

never seen a drawing quite like this.. it is similar to the way guitars where wired in the 80's where 3 switches on a strat style guitar was all the rage.. kramer,jackson,and charvel..but more involved,, Ill decipher it a bit later.. Might have to add a bit of color to it to better see the flow

 

[Danyosound]

Re: Super Strat Wiring with 1 volume + 1 tone

I believe this "Super Strat" wiring is the Dan Armstrong wiring.

I should have mentioned that I'm using a JB Jr in the bridge, and in fact I'm wiring up a Jaguar-type guitar, with 3 pickups.
I have red and white wires taped off, green and silver together to ground, and black as hot.

I tried the wiring and it's rather buzzy. There is no 'off' from the 3-way switch. I'll try to provide some pictures.

Here's the Dan Armstrong "Super Strat" wiring I'm to do.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWqedy8Wo48

 

[Brandenburg]

Re: Super Strat Wiring with 1 volume + 1 tone

I believe this "Super Strat" wiring is the Dan Armstrong wiring.

I should have mentioned that I'm using a JB Jr in the bridge, and in fact I'm wiring up a Jaguar-type guitar, with 3 pickups.
I have red and white wires taped off, green and silver together to ground, and black as hot.

I tried the wiring and it's rather buzzy. There is no 'off' from the 3-way switch. I'll try to provide some pictures.

Here's the Dan Armstrong "Super Strat" wiring I'm to do.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWqedy8Wo48

i understood enough of the wiring at first glance to know that there was no on/off on the last switch.. i didnt take the time to trace through the whole drawing.. could of been done with 3 on/off switches or perhaps 2 on/off and 1 on/off/on

as i said.. individual pup on/off switches where real popular in the 80's.. look at any guitar mag and you'll see what i mean

drew up something real simple with just 3 on off switches.. you can get really involved but this is at its simplest IMO

not sure what mods the dude had going on in that wiring but if i had to guess with out tracing it out that he was putting the bridge in series with the middle/neck..

 

[Danyosound]

Re: Super Strat Wiring with 1 volume + 1 tone

Here are some pictures.

I originally had a very complex wiring scheme with a large 3-way toggle, a small 3-way toggle, and an on/off slide switch.

I kept hitting the large 3-way toggle in performance, so I've decided on the small 3-way toggle, and two on/off switches, in this "Super Strat" or Dan Armstrong configuration.

 

[Danyosound]

Re: Super Strat Wiring with 1 volume + 1 tone

This is what I'm trying to achieve, but again, it's for 1 volume and 2 tones.

Notice all the options: series, parallel, and every combination of pickups. It uses two 2-way switches and one 3-way switch.

 

[Brandenburg]

Re: Super Strat Wiring with 1 volume + 1 tone

on the tone all you have to do is connect the middle lug of the tone to either the input or sometimes people connect it to the output.. i.e outer lug of the volume that connects to the switches or middle lug.. thats it..

never wired up a series switch like that.. ive done it on a DPDT that was just for series switching and with 5 way super


not trying to highjack your thread but here is my guitar:
She is wired up pretty unique for a dinky.The wiring is based off an andy timmons wiring scheme with some additions.. also,my guitar has a pretty unique pup for such a shred stick of a guitar.. medium output vintage.. 1979 ttop.. people look at me funny but hey, it sounds really good


and the guitar its in


in the near future I want to get another guitar that is similar to this guitar and get it fully customized with a refinish,fret job, some other enhancements.. I have a very specific idea of what I want which is in itself , pretty rare.. Just like this guitar will be based on the above.. so is the wiring diagram i drew up

 

[eclecticsynergy]

Re: Super Strat Wiring with 1 volume + 1 tone

1979 ttop.. people look at me funny but hey, it sounds really good

I think a T-top makes a pretty good match for singlecoils. Mine's a '79 too; I used it in bridge position on one of my Floydcasters for thirty years.

 

[Mincer]

Re: Super Strat Wiring with 1 volume + 1 tone

I think I remember when this appeared in Guitar Player. I think it is a good project to find the sounds you like but then I would just hardwire them to a super switch or something. I think taking a few moves to get to the sound you want is sort of clumsy.

This is what I'm trying to achieve, but again, it's for 1 volume and 2 tones.

Notice all the options: series, parallel, and every combination of pickups. It uses two 2-way switches and one 3-way switch.

 

[Brandenburg]

Re: Super Strat Wiring with 1 volume + 1 tone

I think a T-top makes a pretty good match for singlecoils. Mine's a '79 too; I used it in bridge position on one of my Floydcasters for thirty years.

yea.. it sounds good but still not that common..probably because unless you just have a t-top lying around, they are expensive now aday.. mines been in this guitar for 7 years or so.. i just like it because it sounds very smooth. some of this is most likely because of the magnets are older and perhaps are slightly degaused a bit because of the age... or it could of been because i stored this pup in a box of around 6 humbucker and 4 or 5 single coils and that could of degaused it slightly..


for the custom guitar to go with that last drawing, i envision either a real t-top that will be modded to use 4 conductor or a reproduction w/4 conductor.. single coils in that guitar are iron gear.. funny.. out of 5 guitars and 12 pickups, only 1 is a SD (sc 101),6 are iron gear(2 volts,smoke stack II,pig iron,rolling mills,hot slag),2 are emg(emg 85 & H,1 is fender(triplebucker),1 is stock fender humbucker,and 1 is gibson(ttop)
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getting back to the thread

i just think that the wiring the op is trying to go for is just overly complex. freeway switch with a on/on or as mincer suggested, a 5 way super