wiring problem!!

[tone_guru]

I just installed a Screamin' Demon, Hot Rails, and a '59 (H/S/H). I have a 5 way switch, and when I switch to the second position to use the Hot Rails I get clean tone, no distortion at all!! What do I need to do to split the coils for the Demon and the Hot Rails?

I tried the wiring diagrams on the Duncan website, but I don't know where to put the red and white. I put it where the stock pickups were wired.

 

[frankencat]

Re: wiring problem!!

For each pickup, the red and white wires go together and to ground to "split" the pickup (grounds out one coil). On a standard Fender style 5-way wafer switch, to split the pickup in a certain position you usually have to use one side of the switch for ground and one side for hot. The hot side is wired up for standard 5-way switching and the ground side is used to connect the various poles to ground. You then hook the red and white wires to the appropriate poles in order to have the pickup split in that position.

Here's a diagram for you: http://guitarelectronics.zoovy.com/product/WDUHSH5L1101

-Frank