Where can I find info. about how works a 5 way switch?

[mmguz]

I want to know how works the 5 way switch in my ibanez rg 570 because I want to change my invader pickup to a jb, but want to change the config. and i have no idea I know how to sold but not how the switches work
my actual config= neck, nech+sigle, single, singel+bridge,bridge
and I want =
sigle, single+neck,neck, neck split+bridgesplit,bridge.
Could you help me??
Thanks

 

[Robert S.]

The inline 8 terminal switches are numbered across 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 with the 4 and 5 terminals being the commons and are used as the switch outputs.

1 is the bridge hot
2 is the mid hot
3 is the neck hot
4 is the output to the volume pot.

Ibanez uses a few different wirings in their guitars and the schematics are available at www.ibanez.com

To start your mod wire the neck hot to the #2 terminal and the middle pickup hot to the #3 terminal. I haven't figured out how to split the pickups in the #4 position and keep them hum cancelling using the 5 way in that guitar. If you wired the common (#5 terminal) to ground, the coil link (red/white on SD pickups) of the neck pickup to #8 and the coil link of the bridge pickup to #7 the pickups will split in the #4 position but they won't be hum cancelling.

It may be possible to wire the splits to be hum cancelling in the #4 position but I haven't been able to come up with it yet. A dpdt push/pull pot would make the splits easier to manage and would also give you the neck/bridge full on option which is also a very useable tone on a RG 570.

 

[dalastcaffeine]

so what's 5678???

 

[Robert S.]

5 is a common, 6-7-8 are simular to 1-2-3 just like on a Fender switch. they are used for tappind and running feeds to the tone control portion of the circuit depending on how the circuit is layed out.

 

[mmguz]

Thank you Robert for your help, I´m gonna think in push poll pots, but may be gonna bring the guitar to a luthier, it´s a great art to do changes in a guitar.

 

[Marcel]

The "normal" 5-way switches are something like this. You have to find the numbers youself....

Position, Terminals are connected 8 (<->):
1. 1 <-> 4; 5 <-> 8
2. 1+2 <-> 4; 5+6 <-> 8
3. 2 <-> 4; 6 <-> 8
4. 2+3 <-> 4; 6+7 <-> 8
5. 3 <->4; 7 <-> 8

maybe the numbers are wrong. With my 4 and 8 are common I thinkt this is a Ibanez switch with the numbers this way.... But I'm not sure...

 

[mmguz]

Thank you Marcel, so I don´t understand what means the numbers, terminals? and wich is the result of convine them in your diagram. what means <->
I feel a little fool.
and thank you all for all your help, this is a great forum.

 

[Marcel]

A sorry it was just confusing. It was late in the night
I wanted to say that their is a common terminal (4) which goes to terminal 1 in Pos 1,
to 1 and 2 in pos 2,
to 2 in pos 3,
to 2+3 in pos 4
and to 3 in pos 5

the same with the 4 other terminals: 5 is common ....

the terminals are:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

I've just found the diagram but it's too large to post here i can mail it to you or you search on the ibanez website...