wiring a triple-coil pickup - help please

[Ro_S]

I have a Fender 'triplebucker' pickup. It consists of three coils/blades, each with its own two conductor wires. (see pictures and specs below).

I'm interested in wiring a rotary switch or a Strat style switch dedicated to the triplebucker so that I can select between several different wiring configurations of the three coils. (Note: Coil #3 is fabricated differently to the other two coils.)

I'd like to achieve something like the following wiring permutations, listed below.
Would this be possible? thanks

e.g.

• Coil #1 + Coil #2 in series (humbucker mode A)
• Coil #2 + Coil #3 in series (humbucker mode B)
• Coils #1, #2 and #3 in series (full triple coil mode)
• Coils #1, #2 and #3 in parallel ?
• Coil #3 only (single coil mode A)
• Coil #2 only (single coil mode B)
• Coil #1 + Coil #2 in series with Coil #3 in parallel. (humbucker mode A in parallel with single coil #3)

official Fender specs:

Coils 1# & #2 in series:
DC Resistance: 10.5k ohms.
Inductance: 7.1 henries
EQ (Bass/Middle/Treble): 5/6/6.
Enamel-coated magnet wire delivers warm vintage-style tones
Alnico 5

Coil #3:
DC Resistance: 6.0k ohms.
Inductance: 2.5 henries
EQ (Bass/Middle/Treble): 5/5/6.
Formvar-coated magnet wire adds brightness and glassiness.
Alnico 5

 

[Syddd]

Re: wiring a triple-coil pickup - help please

Well you aren't going to get all seven options out of one rotary switch. Unless you combine it with a push-pull pot or other switch. What are your limitations? It's a question about how many switches you want to use.

 

[Ro_S]

Re: wiring a triple-coil pickup - help please

Well you aren't going to get all seven options out of one rotary switch. Unless you combine it with a push-pull pot or other switch. What are your limitations? It's a question about how many switches you want to use.

Limit it to, say, 6 permutations then. I want one switch only.

 

[Funkfingers]

Re: wiring a triple-coil pickup - help please

Rotary switches tend to have a maximum of six positions.

The basic coil combinations listed in the opening post are all possible. The hum-cancelling status depends on the coil winding directions and overall magnetic polarity.

The expression "magnet wire" is meaningless waffle.

 

[Ro_S]

Re: wiring a triple-coil pickup - help please

Rotary switches tend to have a maximum of six positions.

The basic coil combinations listed in the opening post are all possible. The hum-cancelling status depends on the coil winding directions and overall magnetic polarity.

The expression "magnet wire" is meaningless waffle.

Okay, thanks.

Yep, I'll find out which coil/s is RW/RP - or at least RP. (I'd guess it's the middle one and possibly the neck-side coil too.) I'd want it to be hum-cancelling in both dual-coil permutation modes.

Yeah, what is Fender's ''magnet wire''?

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How can I find a wiring diagram for a rotary position switch to do what a want? I haven't a clue how to do it.