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noah330 · August 13th, 2011, 07:37 PM

Hi,

I have a Tele with one humbucker (4 wire) in the bridge. I would like to know if it would be possible to put a 4 way switch in and do some sort of cool wiring trick. Maybe a split/parallel/series thing or something?

Any ideas?

tribalrat · August 13th, 2011, 08:19 PM

Ive done a 5 way switch with 2 single coil sized humbuckers so it had humbucker sound but was also coil tapped for the classic tele sound. Pretty cool sounds. What you could do is use a 4 way and have the pickup in series,then parallel,then coil one tapped and then the second coil tapped. I also know the avril lavine tele runs one humbucker with a 3 way so it has normal humbucking mode then has each coil tapped.

noah330 · August 13th, 2011, 09:20 PM

cool, thanks!

Phostenix · August 14th, 2011, 01:04 AM

Here's my untested drawing. I used Seymour Duncan colors.

Dekka · August 14th, 2011, 02:26 AM

Here's one I was toying with for a 5 way Superswitch.

SFrench · August 10th, 2012, 12:59 PM

I was thinking the same thing, as I am planning for my first build. I was thinking something along the lines of this:

http://www.seymourduncan.com/support...tic=esquire_hb

But I am not entirely sure how this would work. What did you use? Sorry for posting so long after, but I could do with some inspiration

August 13th, 2011, 07:37 PM	#1 (permalink)
noah330 Tele-Meister Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Maryland Posts: 354	1 Humbucker and 4 Way Switch - Possible? Hi, I have a Tele with one humbucker (4 wire) in the bridge. I would like to know if it would be possible to put a 4 way switch in and do some sort of cool wiring trick. Maybe a split/parallel/series thing or something? Any ideas?

August 14th, 2011, 01:04 AM	#4 (permalink)
Phostenix Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Phoenix, AZ Age: 49 Posts: 1,382	Here's my untested drawing. I used Seymour Duncan colors. __________________ Whatsoever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might. ~ King Solomon My Guitar Wiring Library: https://sites.google.com/site/phoste...gdiagrams/home

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Dekka TDPRI Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Newcastle, Australia Posts: 52	Here's one I was toying with for a 5 way Superswitch. Attached Images

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August 13th, 2011, 08:19 PM	#2 (permalink)
tribalrat TDPRI Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: liverpool,new york Posts: 14	Ive done a 5 way switch with 2 single coil sized humbuckers so it had humbucker sound but was also coil tapped for the classic tele sound. Pretty cool sounds. What you could do is use a 4 way and have the pickup in series,then parallel,then coil one tapped and then the second coil tapped. I also know the avril lavine tele runs one humbucker with a 3 way so it has normal humbucking mode then has each coil tapped.

August 13th, 2011, 09:20 PM	#3 (permalink)
noah330 Tele-Meister Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Maryland Posts: 354	cool, thanks!

August 10th, 2012, 12:59 PM	#6 (permalink)
SFrench TDPRI Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Somerset, England Posts: 42	I was thinking the same thing, as I am planning for my first build. I was thinking something along the lines of this: http://www.seymourduncan.com/support...tic=esquire_hb But I am not entirely sure how this would work. What did you use? Sorry for posting so long after, but I could do with some inspiration

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