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"HHH" TSO wiring with 11 sound options

TiesarT
May 28th, 2012, 09:53 PM
Hi everyone, I'm from Brazil and I'm building a TSO with a luthier but we are facing a challenge.
This guitar has 3 Joe Barden Pickups, 2 S-Deluxe Neck/Middle and 1 Modern-T bridge.
The challenge came with my desire to have a versatile guitar.
I wish to have all seven pickups combinations plus a series/parallel option when 2 or three pickups are on.
That would give me this:
Neck (1 sound)
Middle (1 sound)
Bridge (1 sound)
Neck/Middle (series/parallel) (2 sounds)
Middle/Bridge (series/parallel) (2 sounds)
Neck/Bridge (series/parallel) (2 sounds)
Neck/Middle/Bridge (series/parallel) (2 sounds)

A total of 11 sounds in one guitar, this is probably too much but it may be nice and even useful.

One of the things is that I don't want my control plate looking like a mess of buttons and pots. I wish (if possible) to have as little visual information as possible.

something like a blade switch ( 3, 4 or 5 depending on the necessity) and two push/pull pots (tone and volume)
Is that possible???

these are similar diagrams, which I found here, that I suppose that are about to solve my "problem":

http://www.tdpri.com/forum/tele-technical/240068-wiring-diagram-3-pickup-tele-w-extras.html

http://www.tdpri.com/forum/tele-technical/289975-3-toggle-switches-parallel-off-series.html


I'm really sorry for my English, but I'm thankful of any help I can get

Phostenix
May 30th, 2012, 11:35 AM
Take a look through my wiring diagram library here:

https://sites.google.com/site/phostenixwiringdiagrams/home

One of those threads that you posted has a setup that will give you the options you want, but you have to use 3 toggle switches.

I really like the 3-Way Splender setup I have, but it requires a 3-way Super Switch.

https://sites.google.com/site/phostenixwiringdiagrams/the-splender#3waysplender

The various versions of the Strat-X2 & Strat-X2 Plus will also give you a lot of the choices you want:

https://sites.google.com/site/phostenixwiringdiagrams/strats/strat-x2

https://sites.google.com/site/phostenixwiringdiagrams/strats/strat-x2plus

TiesarT
May 30th, 2012, 06:11 PM
Thanks!!!!!!!
I really like your Nashville X wiring diagram, I think i might go that way, but it will be difficult for me to get a Super Switch and a S1. Will try to do something else to get the same result. And thanks again, if you didn't respond the post I would spend days trying to have all sounds with a five way switch and two push/pull pots, I think I got to 9 different sounds but not all 11. :)