Qustion on 3 mini switch wiring

[tommytoenail]

alright i want to wire 3 individual switches for each pickups i think in order to do this i'll need SPDT switches but my qustion is if i wire them parallel off series will i be able to A) select bridge & neck in parallel & B) could i select a pickup in series & parallel or just either series or parallel and no mixing. Unfortunitly my knowledge of electronics is limited but with the help from some friends my soldering skills are pretty good.
Thanks
TT

[Deaf Eddie]

Since you say "THREE SWITCHES" I will assume that this scheme would work for you. It's the ol' Dan Armstrong three-mini-toggles for twelve tones scheme. I had one of my Strats wired like this, and it's not as confusing as it seems at first glance - it actually makes pretty good sense after you've played it for a bit. All the "magnificent seven" parallel combos are there, and the rest are series and series/parallel combos.



Note that the bridge toggle is an on/ON/on three-way, the mid and neck toggles are on/on (two-way). You can get these at Stewart-MacDonald, RadioShack, and many other fine establishments.

[tommytoenail]

hey DE thanks for the response and your sight is awesome. i actualy stumbled upon this diagram while looking for a sweet switch selector mod and decided on this one instead http://www.1728.com/guitar2.htm becasuse part of the reason im doing this is 1 to have something to do & 2 get into the realms of brian may. now my question is what type of switches is he using for the phase switch i already bought 3 on/on/on switches for the pickups but i cant figure out what type of switches hes using for the phase switches. so again thanks for the diagram but could you tell what type and possibly where i could pickup the switches for the phase switch.
Thanks
TT

[Deaf Eddie]

You can't use your on/on/on switches for that mod.

The phase and series switches are regular ol' DP/DT on/on switches.

He states that the pup on/offs are SP/ST on/offs, and they are drawn that way, but you actually COULD use DP/DT on/on for ALL the switches, including the pup on/offs.

[Dingus]

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