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Custom Tele wiring help!!

tonycaster
March 20th, 2007, 10:36 AM
Hey guys! I'm a noobie here so please bear with me :)
So the deal is that I'm getting this custom tele made by a super guy down in South India.. that's right, not South Indiana.. India :P
SO.. It's got a DiMarzio Chopper-T(humbucker) in the bridge, and a Twang King(single coil) in the neck. What I wanna know is whether I can get the following switching options using just one 5-way super switch :

1. Bridge Humbucker in series with itself
2. Bridge Humbucker in parallel with itself
3. (Coil split on bridge humbucker) + (neck pup) in parallel
4. Neck pickup alone
5. (Coil split on bridge humbucker) + (neck pup) in series

Ideally, the last 2 options would be the way they are, but it seems logical that they may have to be interchanged.I don't know though!
Any help here would be AMAZING!!
Thanks for taking the time guys. Oh.. and my baby is looking beautiful! I'll post pics once everything's back in.
Cheers.

Deaf Eddie
March 20th, 2007, 11:34 AM
That shouldn't be too tough. Check back in a day or two, and I'll have a custom drawing posted for you. Or, just e-mail me...

Deaf Eddie
March 20th, 2007, 12:04 PM
Here ya go...

http://deaf-eddie.net/tdpri-drawings/h-s-tele.jpg

tonycaster
March 21st, 2007, 10:15 AM
hey eddie!
thanks so much for the help!!
But i'm a total novice, so could you please explain the color coding, just so i know that i'm not messing things up?
lemme see how this goes.. i'll get back as soon as all's up and running... thanks again :)

Deaf Eddie
March 21st, 2007, 10:31 AM
You said you had a DiMarzio humbucker, so I used their color code for the pickup leads - green is ground, black and white (OK, it's kinda yellowish) are the series pair, red is the hot. For the single coil, I just kept the same idea going - green for ground, red for hot. Same-same for the whole drawing - green is ground, red is hot.

The grounds should all be tied together, typically on the back of the volume pot. I don't draw in all those lines, but they are implied by the little "christmas tree" icon.

The "fuscia" (or whatever color red/purple/pink that is) is the jumper from the 5-way to the volume pot. All the lugs on the 5-way that it touches must be jumpered together.

tonycaster
March 22nd, 2007, 08:00 AM
Eddie.. You totally rule man! Thanks so much! Color-coded and everything :P

Just for that , as soon as she's ready, I'm gonna send you exclusive nude pics of her :P
..if you're into that sort of thing :)
Should be a couple more weeks now..
Thanks so much again!

tonycaster
June 5th, 2007, 12:28 AM
My Tele is here Eddie!!And thanks to you, she sounds AMAZING!! I'm just waiting to be able to develop some film, and I'll have some pics up . Lemme describe her until then :)
She's got a figured-like-crazy acacia top on a red cedar body, acacia neck with satinwood fingerboard, abalone inlays, 22 medium jumbos,dimarzio chopper t and twang king in the bridge and neck respectively, special 5-way switching thanks to you:), gold plated grover locking tuners, gold gotoh bridge and hardware, and gibson scale(!)
Did I tell you she sounds beautiful? I'll see how soon I can post some guitar-thru-amplitube clips coz I don't have a good amp.
Thanks so much again... But I think i may require your services for my next project as well :)

tonycaster
September 15th, 2007, 11:13 AM
Gallery link :

http://www.tdpri.com/telephoto/showgallery.php?cat=537