Weird wiring idea: One pickup with 5 way switch

[Pierre]

1: full on humbucker
2: bridge coil
3: full bypass of volume and tone control
4: neck coil
5: parralel wiring

I'm getting a TB10 Full shred from Theodie which leaves me with a Jackson J50BC to put in my to-be beat up guitar (not sure yet, it could be a second hand Charvel or simply a Squier). I've always wanted my own cheapo one hum superstrat and I thought this could be the good occasion. I'll get a soldering iron and try to solder this myself as well, just to see how it goes...
Would this wiring be possible, and would it be uberly complicated?

 

[Artie]

Re: Weird wiring idea: One pickup with 5 way switch

You could do it with a Superswitch, but I don't see any way to do it with a standard 5-way. You could, however, probably get any 3 of those 5. (Except the parallel one.)

 

[Pierre]

Re: Weird wiring idea: One pickup with 5 way switch

What's a superswitch?
This would most likely be on a Squier standard Strat or a Charvel model 3. I don't know if these have a standard 5 way or a superswitch?

 

[Artie]

Re: Weird wiring idea: One pickup with 5 way switch

You'll definitely have the "standard". A Superswitch is like this:

http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Electronics,_pickups/Components:_Switches_and_knobs/Super_Switch.html

Although, other places sell it.

 

[SpiderVenom]

Re: Weird wiring idea: One pickup with 5 way switch

Also, at stewmac, check out this link: http://www.stewmac.com/freeinfo/I-3200.html

That'll explain what you need to know about the switch.

 

[Zhangliqun]

Re: Weird wiring idea: One pickup with 5 way switch

I like this kind of innovative thinking. But my suggestion would be to use a 4-way to give you the following options:

1) Parallel
2) Activates a pot for Spin-A-Split
3) Full bypass of all pots
4) Reverse the phase of the pickup so that Spin-A-Split now dials the OTHER coil in and out.

This would give you all the tonal variety ANYONE could ever hope to have out of one pickup.

 

[Pierre]

Re: Weird wiring idea: One pickup with 5 way switch

What's a spin a split?