Wiring ideas for a 5 way switch

[74n4LL0]

I've decided to change the wiring of my 7 string tele in favor of a more versatile one.

I will use a 5 way super switch and I'll add 2 more position to the standard ones:

• both pups wired in series
• both pups in controlled out of phase - like position 4 on jerry donahue tele (the Resistances and the capacitor will basically change the sound of the out of phase. The sound should be similar to a strat in position 4)

Here is the wiring diagram...what do you think of it???



do you have observations or ideas?
Have you sniped some errors in the wiring?

[fernando]

very interesting and nice schematic, thanx!

I have two vol controls on my Tele, so when out of phase I can lower the bridge pu and get back some lows. But I want to try that other way (filtering lows of the inverted pup so they are not substracted from the other pup resulting in a sound with more body but still out of phase)

Details of my Tele on my Flicker gallery
1st and 2nd pictures have controls details

I invert the phase of the bridge pup though. I send the plate to ground along with strings etc. but separated from signal ground. So the bridge pup plate is always to ground no mater if it's inverted or not.
I thought it was dangerous to separate the ground of a Tele neck pup cover because it's sort of delicate...

Also, I'll be building a new one based on a white blonde body I just got on ePay.


you discarded series/controlled out of phase, not so interesting for you?

In series, the out of phase setting only work if I use the neck pu in normal humbucker mode (I have a Seth Lover in my neck now) so I wonder what were your results w/ single coils in serie and controlled o-o-p

[74n4LL0]

Originally Posted by fernando

very interesting and nice schematic, thanx!

I have two vol controls on my Tele, so when out of phase I can lower the bridge pu and get back some lows. But I want to try that other way (filtering lows of the inverted pup so they are not substracted from the other pup resulting in a sound with more body but still out of phase)

I actually do both, the thing that you do with 2 volumes is the same that the resistors do in my circuit only with a fixed value.

Originally Posted by fernando

Details of my Tele on my Flicker gallery
1st and 2nd pictures have controls details

noice :)
and nice cat :)

Originally Posted by fernando

I invert the phase of the bridge pup though. I send the plate to ground along with strings etc. but separated from signal ground. So the bridge pup plate is always to ground no mater if it's inverted or not.
I thought it was dangerous to separate the ground of a Tele neck pup cover because it's sort of delicate...

well, maybe it is...I don't have a pup cover being my tele a seven string one (they don't make 7 string pup covers).
Details of my tele
I may add that I put a push pull pot for volume and what it does is basically leaving the tone circuit out. it's awesome: it gives me an esquire sound in the bridge and it allows me to have a better sound with the series (that else with 2 250k pots is limited, now it's brighter and with a little more bite)

Originally Posted by fernando

you discarded series/controlled out of phase, not so interesting for you?

In series, the out of phase setting only work if I use the neck pu in normal humbucker mode (I have a Seth Lover in my neck now) so I wonder what were your results w/ single coils in serie and controlled o-o-p

Well there are 5 positions in that switch so I just tought that the series controlled o-o-p was the less interesting. I really didn't try that.
But Imo the result should be kind of similar to a humbucker in middle position.

[fernando]

series and no tone! it sounds good for a super bity sound...

[74n4LL0]

Originally Posted by fernando

series and no tone! it sounds good for a super bity sound...

yes else is a little too nasal and too muddy with the low B

[fernando]

another option would be to install a Q-filter (from Bill Lawrence, or similar) as an option on the tone pot (push-pull to select traditional capacitor or Q-filter)
This way you can alter the series sound (or any other)

OK, and maybe another push pull on the vol pot to disengage any of the tone options when in series (or in any other combination) as you are doing on your series mode