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Post by fobits on Mar 14, 2006 17:58:30 GMT -5
I'm new to the forum, which I found through the GuitarNuts website. It's great to see all of this interesting stuff here, and perhaps I can add something new to look at. There is a discussion in the main forum about Mike Richardson's 10-tone Strat wiring. I have just finishing rewiring my guitar in a way which was inspired by his design, but adapted for twin humbuckers and simplified a bit. Mike gets ten tones from three single-coil pickups, and four of them are humbucking. My version get eight tones from two humbuckers, and all are 100% hum-canceling. The selector is a Stewart-MacDonald "Super Switch". The one which I call the "mode switch" is any DPDT on-on type. I'm currently using a mini-toggle, but would like to find something which looks better and is more sturdy. The combinations are laid out in what I think is a logical way. When the selector is in the first three positions, the mode switch changes the coils between series and parallel. When the selector is in position 4 or 5, the mode switch has no effect, because the signal doesn't go through it. I just finished the job last night, and I'm happy to report that everything works exactly as it is supposed to. There are a lot of sounds over a wide range, and complete silence when the strings are still. Here's the schematic. Enjoy.
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Post by ChrisK on Mar 14, 2006 23:18:55 GMT -5
Welcome,
I've exalted you just for the clarity of your drawings. I would have varied the switch order, but that's just me.
I'm fairly Tele/LP oriented on a two PU guitar, so I would do the following:
Down
1. Bn + Bs 2. Bs + Nn (or whatever is the slug coil on the bridge) 3. (Bn x Bs) + (Nn x Ns) 4. (Bn + Bs) + (Nn + Ns) 5. Nn x Ns
Up
1. Bn x Bs 2. Bs x Nn (or whatever is the slug coil on the bridge) 3. (Bn x Bs) + (Nn x Ns) 4. (Bn + Bs) + (Nn + Ns) 5. Nn + Ns
But hey, yours is great!
What package are you doing your drawings in?
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Post by fobits on Mar 15, 2006 17:54:38 GMT -5
Heh. I'm using SmartDraw 3.24 from 1998. When I bought it, it was an inexpensive shareware program, around $30 or so.
Before posting I checked their website, and now they are up to version 7.0... with a huuuge jump in price. Thank goodness for CD-ROMs.
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Post by ccoleman on Aug 28, 2006 22:13:43 GMT -5
fobits, congrats, I like the design... I'm trying to accomplish something similar (with unk and johnh and sumgai and other generous guys' help)...
Could you post mp3's of the resulting sounds please ??
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