Upgrade the electronics

[MrFlexx]

I have a Charvel San Dimas with a JB and a '59 but I hate the electronics in the guitar as it seems to be the cheap ones. The thing I do like though is the no-load tone control and the split-coil on the volume. I want to change the 3-way switch to a CLR and the input jack to a Switchcraft, but I have no clue on what pots to get.
I want to have coil-split on the volume control and a parallel/serial on the tone control. I also want a treble bleed. Do I need a paper bee .22 or .47 or none? And lastly: Schematics for this?

 

[Mincer]

When you say 'parallel/serial', I am guessing you mean with 1 pickup...neck or bridge? Also, are the electronics not working, or what? Generally, you'd use 500k pots, and cap is your choice- 47 shaves off more high end.

 

[MrFlexx]

Yes I mean with 1 pickup, the way Dann Huff uses it. The guitar is a Mexico made Charvel that plays and sounds better than my americsn ones. I tried over 10 different ones and this is one of the really great ones. The problem is that it's cheaper electronics in these guitars. Lime the 3-way switch goes silent between the positions and the CLR in my other Charvels do not. So I'm changing all the electronics.

 

[Mincer]

Finding a diagram for both split coils is easy. Adding to that a diagram that can provide one pickup in series/parallel is a little harder. Actually, I am not sure how possible that is as you need to separate the series link to do that. Anyone else?

 

[GuitarStv]

Be careful re-wiring Charvels. The pickups in mine had the wires in a different configuration than the normal manufacturer's colour codes. (slug/screw coils were reversed by wires and the polarity of one pickup was opposite.

 

[zionstrat]

Finding a diagram for both split coils Actually, I am not sure how possible that is as you need to separate the series link to do that. Anyone else?

Exactly, you would need another double pole to separate red and white... But it would be easy to series/parallel one of them and split the other.

 

[Mincer]

Exactly, you would need another double pole to separate red and white... But it would be easy to series/parallel one of them and split the other.

Yeah, that would be far simpler.

 

[Artie]

You want your caps to be .022 uf or .047 uf. That "zero" is important. I prefer .022 myself. You don't need expensive caps in a guitar tone circuit. I use Orange Drops, which even are overkill.

 

[GuitarDoc]

What about your output jack?