What do you do with your knobs on a HH Strat?

I'd probably do individual tones that pull up for splits.
You could do master volume, master tone, and the third as a spin-a-split for one pickup.
(Or a stacked pot as spin-a-split for both)

Some might prefer two individual pickup volumes with one master tone that pulls up to partially split both.
I like that arrangement on the DGT; it allows Les Paul-type balancing subtlety that superStrats normally don't have..

Master volume is simpler though, especially for those unaccustomed to 4-knob guitars
 
Turn them up and down



Master volume and two tone

Unless you want to get crazy, there are a million options.
 
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I've done all the options when I think about it. My oldest Frankenstrat has a single volume control, no tone control. I've had it with 2 tone before, 1 tone. My last Warmoth build was 1 volume / 1 tone with auto-splits in 2 and 4 on the 5-way. It was a cool setup.
 
One of them makes the guitar louder or quieter, one of them cuts bass, and the third sits in my parts drawer where my pinky will never accidentally hit it
 
My HH Strat is wired with two independent volumes and a master tone.

I used a five way superswitch to give the following selections:

P1 - bridge full humbucker
P2 - both pickups slug coils
P3 - both pickups full humbucker
P4 - both pickups screw coils
P5 - neck full humbucker

I can turn off the pickup I don't want in P2 or P4 by turning down its volume pot.. i suppose I could gave used push-pushes to completely isolate the pickups but I didnt bother. On a Strat I prefer push pushes to push pulls because I can't grip standard strat knobs well enough to pull on them.

Inspired by Mincer, I flipped the magnet in the neck pickup and wired it in backwards so it's RWRP relative to the bridge, giving me hum canceling in P2 and P4.

You could also copy the P-Rails circuit on the SD website to accomplish much the same as I did using push pushes / push pulls, but the wiring is very complicated.
 
ThreeChordWonder said:
My HH Strat is wired with two independent volumes and a master tone.

I used a five way superswitch to give the following selections:

P1 - bridge full humbucker
P2 - both pickups slug coils
P3 - both pickups full humbucker
P4 - both pickups screw coils
P5 - neck full humbucker

I can turn off the pickup I don't want in P2 or P4 by turning down its volume pot.. i suppose I could gave used push-pushes to completely isolate the pickups but I didnt bother. On a Strat I prefer push pushes to push pulls because I can't grip standard strat knobs well enough to pull on them.

Inspired by Mincer, I flipped the magnet in the neck pickup and wired it in backwards so it's RWRP relative to the bridge, giving me hum canceling in P2 and P4.

You could also copy the P-Rails circuit on the SD website to accomplish much the same as I did using push pushes / push pulls, but the wiring is very complicated.
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That's a really cool and very flexible setup. I have the same thing except I used master volume and master tone controls. The third knob on mine is a dummy.

This was how my Blacktop Strat came wired from the factory except it used two tone controls and a master volume. Totally sold me on just how great a HH Strat can sound and it is seriously like the Swiss Army Knife of guitars. For those occasions when I can only take one guitar, my Blacktop Strat is it.

The only issue I had with it in stock form was that the (BHK) neck pickup was not very good sounding and it was a total pain to replace since it was wound very differently than SD pickups. I opted to just redo the whole thing with a Custom Custom bridge and Pearly Gates neck. Flipped the magnet and reverse wired the CC for proper hum cancelling in all positions. It works just like it did stock except the SD pickups sound leaps and bounds better than the BHKs.
 
I have this wiring on several guitars with different pairs of pickups. It works well on all of them and I love that all positions are hum cancelling.
 
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