Trying To Figure Out A Wiring Set Up

Magnum9987

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Hey guys, this is my first post on the forum! I've been on here for a little while, reading and researching, and I'm about to start a new project, and wanted to get some help.
First, I'll give a little background on the project. I am putting together a Tele! I have a body already routed for a P90 Neck pickup, and a standard Bridge pickup cavity. I have a 500K linear push/pull pot for the volume, and a 500K audio taper push/pull pot for tone. I have a 22 Pico-Farad oil cap. I am going to use the vintage Gibson wiring. I want to try and get a blend of vintage Gibson and Tele tones, but be capable of getting hotter tones if I wanted.
Now, things are going to get weird. I want to use a four way switch. But, for the bridge pickup, I am using an STHR-1 "Hot Rails," mini hum bucker. I want to use the two push-pulls to both coil split, and series/parallel the pickup. AND, when the pickup is coil split, I want it to hum cancel the neck pickup, if I am using it in the 2 or 4 positions. Its kind of a Page-Bucker setup for the bridge pickup.
Now, here are the wiring instructions for the pickup
http://www.seymourduncan.com/images/products/electric/telecaster/501015-115_RevD_web.pdf
And on this website, they have a 4 way switch diagram.
http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/the-telecaster-mod-guide-1
I've been sort of going back and forth in my head if it can work or not. I was just looking for some help trying to figure out a wiring diagram, or for someone to tell me that this is positively, not going to work. Really, any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!
 
Re: Trying To Figure Out A Wiring Set Up

Good luck with the "vintage Gibson wiring" on an electric guitar with just two control pots. (The Gibson "Fifties wiring" is only of any benefit on circuits where the pickups run through their respective control pots BEFORE the selector switch.)

Nothing weird about the four-way selector switch wiring, per se. It does a fine job of obtaining a fat sound from the two traditional Telecaster single coils. The series interconnection of a juicy P90 and the scorching Hot Rail could result in mud.

I recently installed an SD P90 Stack and Custom Shop Tele Lead Stack #81348 into a 2014 Fender MIM Standard Telecaster. Sounds fine with A250k pots. A 250k Fender No-Load tone control might extract a touch more edge from the lead pickup.

When coil splitting the Hot Rails pickup, you need to consider which coil to leave operational. (This will affect the tone.) It would be easier to resolve phase/polarity relationship issues between the two pickups by means of the magnets in the P90.
 
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