What to do with 2 pole 6 position rotary switch

[fret_man]

I have a pair of P-rails in my SG custom standard which sound great. This has always been a very dark sounding guitar and the stock HB pups where very warm and fat. I was looking for something to brighten it up and the P-rails seem to be the ticket. I installed two 2pole rotary switches to get Rail-P90-Series-Parallel, and that works well. But the only 2pole single-ganged rotary switch I can find than fits inside the thin body is the 6 position switch from Stewmac or Allparts. OK, I can still get my 4 sounds and still have 2 left over.

I am using a total of 3 rotary switches - neck pickup, bridge pickup, and pickup selection. These all have series-parallel-pickeup1-pickup2 positions, plus the 2 extra positions. I have a separate DPDT mini-toggle for out of phase selection.

I'd like to collect ideas on what to use those two extra positions for. Ideas I have so far are:

Out-of-phase doesn't work - I need an extra pole for that.
Kill switch is OK, I guess. But it seems like a waste.
Perhaps 2 positions of a varitone circuit?
Maybe I can adjust the stops and restrict the switch to 4 positions.

I'd appreciate any ideas you may have. Thx!

 

[fret_man]

Re: What to do with 2 pole 6 position rotary switch

OK, I decided to go with P90-Rail-parallel-P90-series-parallel.

This way I can get all combinations by adjacent clicks, except for Rail-series, which I don't think I'll ever need. In addition, if I need humbucking I have series-parallel adjacent to each other. If I want single coil, I have P90-Rail adjacent. If I'm playing mostly Rail, I can switch to P90 or parallel to get a little more meat. If I'm playing mainly P90, I can switch to parallel for a little sweetness or series for fatness. Now, the only probelm is trying to remember which setting is which...