Wiring 2 P-Rails with 5-way super switch?

[stu42]

Re: Wiring 2 P-Rails with 5-way super switch?

You guys are amazing. Thanks so much for the info. Again...I'll have to re-read it several times and have a look at my guitar before it will make sense to me.

Dr. Newcenstein...I had to go out of town so I can't confirm how it's wired right now. An amp-builder friend of mine installed the pickups for me and I just asked him for the combinations I have now and I don't know what the wiring looks like.

I mentioned to him what I wanted to do and this is the info he emailed to me:

"Adding a small switch would do the trick. Maybe one of the pots can be
replaced with a pull pot. I forget the spacing and if any of the pots
make contact with the PCB or not.

What it would do is: when the switch is engaged, positions 1 and 2 would
be the same (parallel coils for the bridge pickup). Positions 4 and 5
would also be the same (parallel coils for the neck pickup). Position 3
would be parallel of both pickups in that configuration. So the 5-way
switch would only have 3 selections (but with two of the selections
doubled for the outer-most selections)."

I would be quite happy with that if that could be done easily. I was hoping to replace the tone control with a P/P switch. I don't know the value of the tone pot in the guitar now but I have a 500ohm pot with a P/P switch that I could potentially use.

Would either of you guys be able to provide me with a picture of what the wiring would look like with the P/P tone pot and the three new selections?

Again...you guys rule!

Thanks so much.

 

[bob7point7]

Re: Wiring 2 P-Rails with 5-way super switch?

Here's another wiring method that would get pretty close to your original 10 selections using a 5-way super switch and a toggle/push-pull. I've been using this setup in my P-Rails equipped guitar and I'm really happy with it. The options are:

Toggle up:
1. Bridge P90
2. Bridge Series Bucker
3. Both P90s
4. Neck Series Bucker
5. Neck P90

Toggle Down:
1. Bridge Parallel Bucker
2. Bridge Rail
3. Both Rails
4. Neck Rail
5. Neck Parallel Bucker

Here is the schematic:

Good luck!
-Bobbie

 

[stu42]

Re: Wiring 2 P-Rails with 5-way super switch?

Hey Bobbie...thanks for that. I think this is one schematic I'd seen before that I was interested in but couldn't find recently. It has its pros and cons in terms of accessibility of different modes/tones, just like any other setup, but it definitely includes all of the possible choices which is very cool.

Cheers!!!
Stu

 

[CronoDL]

Re: Wiring 2 P-Rails with 5-way super switch?

Here's another wiring method that would get pretty close to your original 10 selections using a 5-way super switch and a toggle/push-pull. I've been using this setup in my P-Rails equipped guitar and I'm really happy with it. The options are:

Toggle up:
1. Bridge P90
2. Bridge Series Bucker
3. Both P90s
4. Neck Series Bucker
5. Neck P90

Toggle Down:
1. Bridge Parallel Bucker
2. Bridge Rail
3. Both Rails
4. Neck Rail
5. Neck Parallel Bucker

Here is the schematic:

Good luck!
-Bobbie

Sorry if bringing this thread back from the dead!

The wiring scheme in this diagram seems like it would work great for a Strat project I'm putting together. What I'm wondering is if anyone can expand on it and show how I would wire this with 1 master volume and 2 tone pots. It would be greatly appreciated! I have most of the parts coming in, and I'm thinking of ways I can hook up the 2 p-rails, and this scheme looks awesome.

Thanks in advance for any help!

 

[nonpartisanartisan]

Re: Wiring 2 P-Rails with 5-way super switch?

Old thread, I know.. I have a wiring for the 5 way switch that provides
Hb Hb/Hn Hn Rn Rb+Rn
Pb Pb/Pn Pn PAFn Rn

with a toggle switch or "smooth dial* blend between the two but you need one dial committed to the stacked pot for the blend...

Adding another push-pull switch can invert the bridge for Rb Rb~Pn and Hb~Hn but it seems like a lot of effort for modes that aren't used. ...

How many people use the bridge rail solo or bridge as PAF?

-r