4 way Switch -- Please help

[djevans]

I am in the middle of a telecaster rebuild and have wired my plate in reverse and have tried to do the Fez Parka mod as well. (see picture)
Anyway - the pickups work correctly in all positions, but the series position (position 1 - all the way back because its reversed) doesn't seem any louder or different than the normal fender parallel (position 3). In fact, the parallel actually may be a little louder than the series.
Did I do something wrong? Please help.
thanks
David

[Tuxedo Poly]

The neck hot pup connections are not right on the switch.

[djevans]

Tuxedo:
Could you please elaborate - what exactly is wrong? Thank you in advance for your time.
David

[KokoTele]

When you reverse the plate, you normally would not reverse the switch. The switch and its selections should be facing the same direction as standard.

[djevans]

Koko:
I want the positions to be as listed on the picture. All the way back series, then bridge second from back then parallel second from front then front neck pickup. As I have drawn and labelled them in the picture - do i have them wrong?

[djevans]

i realize that this involves walking through all the connections, but I can't find where I went wrong.
Just to be clear, i have reversed the control plate so the bottom of the picture is toward the bridge. and I am calling position one the one with the switch lever all the way back toward the bridge.
i want the positions to be series, bridge, parallel, neck.
do i have it wired right?

[LarsOS]

Originally Posted by djevans

Tuxedo:
Could you please elaborate - what exactly is wrong? Thank you in advance for your time.
David

Did you notice the difference between your graphic and Tuxedo's?

[djevans]

OMG -- so sorry - I thought that his picture was just mine recopied. I DO see the difference.
Thank you so so much.
David

[djevans]

I think it is positioned like the standard - am I wrong?

[djevans]

Tuxedo - In your picture, it seems to me like the second position ( the one second from the back of the guitar) doesn't control anything. No circuits connected and it is supposed to be bridge only. Is this right?

[djevans]

Originally Posted by Tuxedo Poly

The neck hot pup connections are not right on the switch.

If I am reading this right it is set as
Series
Neck
Parallel
Bridge

...and I wanted
Series
Bridge
Parallel
Neck

[LarsOS]

So turn the switch around, and swap the neck hot with the bridge hot.

You also may - or may not, it depends - need to lift the ground of the bridge pup, in the same way you've probably/hopefully already done with the neck pup.

[djevans]

Originally Posted by LarsOS

So turn the switch around, and swap the neck hot with the bridge hot.

You also may - or may not, it depends - need to lift the ground of the bridge pup, in the same way you've probably/hopefully already done with the neck pup.

You also may - or may not, it depends - need to lift the ground of the bridge pup, in the same way you've probably/hopefully already done with the neck pup.[/QUOTE]

If I turn it around and switch the hots wouldn't that put the series last:

Neck
Parallel
Bridge
Series

My original still seems right to me (see above) in concept -- I just can't figure out why its not working.

To my ears it sounds like:
1.Parallel
2.Bridge
3.Series (loudest, most full)
4.Neck