Wiring mod to Classic Player 50s Strat - please help!

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Tibbonds

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Hi guys,

The classic player 50s strat comes as stock with a Super Switch, and is wired as follows:

1) bridge
2) bridge and middle in parallel
3) middle
4) bridge and neck in parallel
5) neck

Please note how position 4 differs to normal strat wiring. Tone 1 governs neck and middle, and tone 2 is dedicated to the bridge pickup.

I'm happy with all that, but I want to be able to get the pseudo humbucking bridge/middle in series and middle/neck in series tones too.

I was thinking maybe the best way of keeping the 5 existing tones whilst adding these 2 news ones would be to fit a push/pull pot to switch the middle pickup on in series with the others, so I can achieve the 2 extra totnes with the 5 way switch at positions 1 and 5.

Can this be done? If so, does anyone know where I might find a wiring diagram?
 
Re: Wiring mod to Classic Player 50s Strat - please help!

Just wanted to clarify this, as I feel I may have over-complecated my wording on the original post.

I want to fit a push/pull pot to turn the middle pickup on or off regardless of the 5 way selector - but on this switch, I want the middle pickup to be connected in series.

Anyone? I’l be very grateful if someone can help!
 
Re: Wiring mod to Classic Player 50s Strat - please help!

I'm bumping this in the hope someone can help me out pleeeeeeeease!

Can anyone tell me if there is a way I can get bridge/middle and also middle/neck IN SERIES selections from this strat? If the way I mentioned in my first post isn't do-able, can anyone suggest me a way that it can be done?

A little insentive (it's all I have that I can spare).... if anyone can give me the information I need, I have a Kent Armstrong Hotrails for Tele bridge pickup that I'll happily post to you free of charge!
 
Re: Wiring mod to Classic Player 50s Strat - please help!

Oooooh, I also have a Gordon Smith bridge humbucker going spare too...take your pick.
 
Re: Wiring mod to Classic Player 50s Strat - please help!

For the neck or bridge in series with the neck, you could get an S1 setup. A much easier method, though, is to wire the neck and bridge to a Tele switch; then take the output through a DPDT switch that has the middle pup in series, or straight-through:

Code: 
        *    --- plain wire ---    *
In ---- *                          * ---- Out
        * black  Middle Pup  white *

I hope this diagram makes sense... Anyway, this gives you six sounds -- neck, bridge, both; with or without the middle pup in series -- but ISTR that the S1 system gives you more.
 
Re: Wiring mod to Classic Player 50s Strat - please help!

Thatnk you for the reply! That's half way to where I want to be, but I don't want to lose the parallel bridge/middle combo. In fact I don't really want to lose any of the tones, I just want the extras.

I know I'm asking a lot, but surely it can be done somehow???
 
Re: Wiring mod to Classic Player 50s Strat - please help!

Interesting about the S1 system though - I have seen that during my seemingly endless searches, but it seems from what I have seen to be for either an HSS or HH configuration?
 
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