Wiring Diagram for HSS, 1 volume 1 tone with 5 way super switch and dual 250k/500k pots

[esialb]

Hey y'all!

First time poster and newbie to guitar electronics here. I have a project guitar (an 80's Martin Stinger) that was handed down to me and I'm currently researching to redo all the electronics in it. I'm going to attempt to use the old pickups but have purchased the following components to wire it up:

- 5 way Fender Super Switch
- 2x dual 250k/500k Fender pots (one master volume, one master tone)

I purchased the super switch and dual pots thinking that it would be simple to hookup and provide versatility so the single coils could see 250k and the humbucker could see 500k, but I have yet to find a diagram utilizing all of these things at once and I fear this will be more difficult with the dual pots. I would love some help with getting this hooked up into a simple configuration with the parts that I have, rather than getting a resistor and using that to get the single coils to see 250k. The humbucker also just has one lead coming off of it with a hot and a ground, so no need or ability to do any coil splitting.

Is this possible with what I have, or should I just get a resistor and do the typical HSS wiring with 500k pots for everything?

 

[jeremy]

welcome to the forum!

im not familiar with that guitar, but from what you said, i assume its a hss. im not sure what you mean by dual 250k/500k pots. you mean something like this or something else?

https://mojotone.com/products/fender-62-jazz-bass-tone-stack-potentiometer?variant=41689637388384

 

[Sam SG]

Not for nothing but I'd research that Martin and see what its value is befor ripping into it. It may be best to leave it 100% original.
As far as wiring the axe with duel pots. My quick guess is it would be best to wire the switch hot on one side send the bridge lug to the 500k vol pot side then to bridge pup.
Then wire the jack to the 250k side of the volume then feed the other side of the switch wiring the middle and neck off there respective lugs. Wire the tones direct from the volume pots to the tone pot....500k to 500k sides and 250k to 250k sides.
Thats a quick thought....may have a wacky sounding position 2 tho with two value pots tho

 

[Sam SG]

With standard crl 5way. This is my take.
I get dyslexic when i dont have the switch in hand so verify I have the lugs correct. But thats the jist of my take on it.

 

[esialb]

welcome to the forum!

im not familiar with that guitar, but from what you said, i assume its a hss. im not sure what you mean by dual 250k/500k pots. you mean something like this or something else?

https://mojotone.com/products/fender-62-jazz-bass-tone-stack-potentiometer?variant=41689637388384

Yep, it's an HSS with one volume and one tone pot. These are the dual pots I got https://www.sweetwater.com/store/de...ZjCsqlJUvYZ00K9TUdCuuA-ASS13zhChoCvyYQAvD_BwE

 

[beaubrummels]

You shouldn't need a super switch or dual-ganged pots. You're making it unnecessarily complicated and you are going to have tone artifacts with the bridge and middle on and both 500k and 250k pots mixed at the same time.

There are plenty of diagrams out there for HSS that have a simple resistor that gets switched in with the humbucker to have it 'see' 500k.

 

[Sam SG]

You shouldn't need a super switch or dual-ganged pots. You're making it unnecessarily complicated and you are going to have tone artifacts with the bridge and middle on and both 500k and 250k pots mixed at the same time.

There are plenty of diagrams out there for HSS that havthats e a simple resistor that gets switched in with the humbucker to have it 'see' 500k.

Thats what I was saying about position 2 being wacky.