Wiring help - switchable series/parallel coils

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andyg_prs

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Hi,

I have a guy routing my guitar to install a humbucker in the neck position of my guitar - actually a single coil sized stacked humbucker - deeper than the existing single coil, hence the routing. The guitar is currently SSH and the pickups are direct mounted...no scratchplate / cavity hence the routing necessity. So, I'll end up with HSH.

He'll do the wiring (actually his dad)....but I don't want to take any chances (I know the guy is great at his woodwork - he builds classical guitars from scratch, I have no idea of his dad's capabilities) hence this query.....

The pickups are actually all Dimarzio.

I'm looking for a single coil-like option for the new pickup - and will supply a push push pot (I don't like push pull for live work) to coil tap. But in reality I don't know if a coil split (tap) or the two coils in parallel are going to give me the effect I'm looking for. Hopefully I'm not confused and normal HB wiring is the coils in series.

So I was thinking, there must be a way to have a simple switch tucked away in the control cavity that sits between the new HB and the DPDT switch on the pot. And I'm hoping there is a way to wire that switch such that the push/push pot/switch will either go from full humbucker to coil split or to coils in parallel.

Does that make sense?

If so, does and clever and kind person have a wiring diagram / illustration they could provide?

I'm only looking to do this for the neck stacked humbucker, not the bridge.

Apologies if this is unclear.

Thanks,
Andy
 
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ArtieToo said:
Can you clarify this one point? "Full humbucker" and "coils in series", are the same thing.
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Bugger - I meant coils in parallel.

I’ll edit. Essentially with push push pot in one position, the neck will be full humbucker - in the other it’ll be either split coil or coils in parallel - determined by the switch in the rear cavity.
 
GuitarDoc said:
This diagram shows the split on the bridge but just do this wiring with the neck pup if that's the one you want to split.

https://www.seymourduncan.com/images...1VppSPL_2T.jpg

Keep in mind that these are Duncan wire colors. For DiMarzio:
Green is ground
Black and white are connected together and go to the p/p switch for split
Red is the hot
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Thanks, but I know how to split. My question is how to use a push push switch for full or <something> and then a further switch in the cavity for the something to be either coil split or parallel coils.
 
andyg_prs said:
Thanks, but I know how to split. My question is how to use a push push switch for full or <something> and then a further switch in the cavity for the something to be either coil split or parallel coils.
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OK. You'd need a DPDT switch and you could even wire it for series/split/parallel. But, once you change your push/push switch from series to "whatever", I don't think the second switch wouldn't function the way you want.
 
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