Esquire with a Kill Switch???

Ok,first and foremost I am a newbie to the forums,but I have been visiting this site for years. Last night I stayed up till 4 am going through pages and pages on here and google trying to answer a tough question about Esquire wiring,But I couldn't find anything at all!

I have this crazy idea to create a bare bones rat rod feel Esquire... totally achievable ...only one problem...is my idea for wiring achievable as well?

Here my plan:
-Take a standard Esquire replacement body and wire it up with NO volume pot....NO Tone Pot....Just one pickup and a 3 way switch to control the tone via the Esquire 3 way settings...except change it up a little bit like this....

The pickup will be a Seymour Duncan Antiquity

Position 1 - The Esquire Bassy tone
Position 2 - Kill Switch....kills the whole guitar
Position 3 - Wide open Bridge Pickup with tone knob on Zero (Eric Clapton's Cream esque tone)


Is this a possible wiring scheme? I mean No volume or Tone knobs (pots)....Just a single pickup to the switch to the input jack,with the above mentioned settings....


Also,another quick question...If I have a tone pot,with a .022 tone Cap on it....what would the value equal with the tone knob rolled to zero? like what Tone cap could capture the value or vibe of a .022 cap rolled to Zero?

I'd think that's achievable without to much effort, but I'm not sure how useful it would be to have only those two dark tones.

To simulate the tone rolled all the way down, you would connect the 0.022uf cap and a resistor with the closest value to 250k in parallel from the corresponding switch lug to ground.

This is such a relief,I really appreciate your help. I personally like dark tones,but its mostly for aesthetics. What resistor would be the closest to 250k? :P

Looks like 240k would be closest, but depending on what resources you have, the shop may not have that exact value. I bet anything from 200-300k would do the trick.

Looking at the Seymour Duncan Esquire diagram, I think you could start with that and go from there. Leave the middle position lugs empty and for position 1, connect the resistor and cap to ground.

Obviously, you're bypassing the volume pot and going straight to jack. You'll have to use the metal casing of the switch for ground. You'll probably want to rough the surface up first so the solder will adhere.

Thanks again! Very helpful.. now to find a Tech to do my bidding ...