Wiring Schematic for SD SN2, ideas needed pls.

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Hi, Guys.
I'm building my second home built guitar. And need some advice re wiring the pickups.

It is going to be Telecaster shaped with a 21fret neck. I've already made the body blank from Brazilian Mahogany with a 6mm quilted maple top. The neck is birdseye maple with a Wenge fretboard.

I've gone for a modern telecaster bridge, Fender Texas Special bridge pickup and have just received my Seymour Duncan Custom mini humbucker (SN2) for the neck.

I will need bridge, neck(single), neck (hum) options. I hope to be able to tap the mini humbucker and use it with bridge pickup. Both in & out of phase (to get a Strat 'quack').

My question is:- Is there a circuit available that will let me acheive this with a 5-way, Strat type selector switch? I really don't want to have to go for a push-push pot if it can be avoided. But I don't discount this to use with a 3-way switch.

Any help is appreciated

Mark, UK.
 
Re: Wiring Schematic for SD SN2, ideas needed pls.

welcome to the forum!

so you will have a sm2 in the neck and texas special in the bridge right?

i would forget about the out of phase option, without independant volumes it is kinda worthless, very thin, anemic, and trebly. the strat quack comes from two pups being parallel/in-phase wired, not out of phase. its a common misnomer, like a tapped humbucker (you split a bucker, not tap it).

any way if it were me i would wire it up so you would have this:
1- full output neck
2- full output neck and bridge
3- bridge
4- split neck and bridge
5- split neck

which can be done with a std five way switch
 
Re: Wiring Schematic for SD SN2, ideas needed pls.

Thanks for your advice. It sounds like a good option.

I have found that I'm ok with the carpentry & the soldering, but actually working out the electrics has stumped me a little.

Do you know where I can get a schematic/diagram of the connections needed?

Thanks

Mark
 
Re: Wiring Schematic for SD SN2, ideas needed pls.

welcome

if it were me i would wire it up so you would have this:

1- full output neck
2- split neck
3- full output neck and bridge
4- split neck and bridge
5- bridge

schematic shouldnt be hard to come by - did you check the schematic library on the SD website?... i assume you are using master volume / master tone?
 
Re: Wiring Schematic for SD SN2, ideas needed pls.

bill how would you do that with a std five way? can it be done?
 
Re: Wiring Schematic for SD SN2, ideas needed pls.

Jeremy's right. Both methods yield the same results, just in a different order. Jeremy's way can be done with a standard 5-way, while Bill's needs a Superswitch.
 
Re: Wiring Schematic for SD SN2, ideas needed pls.

Thanks for this Guys.

Hi Jeremy, do you know where can i find the wiring diagram for this set up. I now understand you can do this with a 5-way switch, but I don't have the knowledge to work out the connections myself.

Cheers

Mark
 
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