Chicken Curry
Tele-Meister
I'm new to wiring guitars, just purchased parts but pickups and control panel need to be put together.
Any advice on wiring up a 5 way switch?
Any advice on wiring up a 5 way switch?
Wiring S/H Tele with 5 way switch
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That’s a pretty broad question. If you’re looking for wiring diagrams check out Seymour Duncan.
https://www.seymourduncan.com/resources/pickup/wiring-diagrams
What are you trying to achieve by using a 5 way switch?
https://www.seymourduncan.com/resources/pickup/wiring-diagrams
What are you trying to achieve by using a 5 way switch?
jvin248
Doctor of Teleocity
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Is your humbucker two, three, or four wire?
Easiest is treat the humbucker like a standard single coil neck pickup then follow the traditional diagram.
Use a push/pull tone pot and split the humbucker to a single coil.
Some like to install a fixed 470k resistor at the switch and a 500k volume pot so when switched to the bridge pickup the fixed resistor knocks down the volume pot effectiveness as a 250k for better single coil tone and use the straight 500k volume pot for the humbucker.
Measure your pots with a multi-meter and see where they sit on the tolerance spec (it's 20% wide) as they can alter your tone just like selecting 250k/500k will do, bright or dark output even when the knobs are 'dimed'.
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Is your humbucker two, three, or four wire?
Easiest is treat the humbucker like a standard single coil neck pickup then follow the traditional diagram.
Use a push/pull tone pot and split the humbucker to a single coil.
Some like to install a fixed 470k resistor at the switch and a 500k volume pot so when switched to the bridge pickup the fixed resistor knocks down the volume pot effectiveness as a 250k for better single coil tone and use the straight 500k volume pot for the humbucker.
Measure your pots with a multi-meter and see where they sit on the tolerance spec (it's 20% wide) as they can alter your tone just like selecting 250k/500k will do, bright or dark output even when the knobs are 'dimed'.
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Chicken Curry
Tele-Meister
Interesting website, looking through it now, thanks. The only selector switch I have is a 5 way switch. Parts are expensive here in oz ($30 for a 3-way switch!) and I'm not buying new parts as I'm new to this so right now using what I got.
Chicken Curry
Tele-Meister
Two wires from both the humbucker and single coil bridge pickups. White wire and bare.
erix
Tele-Holic
I just found out the legendary Phoetenix collection of wiring diagrams is back online here: https://guitarnuts2.proboards.com/thread/8891/phostenix-guitar-wiring-diagram-library
Didn't see one in there for a HS tele w/regular 5-way switch though....
Didn't see one in there for a HS tele w/regular 5-way switch though....
