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Post by francomanca on Sept 21, 2010 16:06:39 GMT -5
Hi all the gurus! basically, while the wood work was decent enough to have the guts to show it around, the electronic part ...well..in that I'm exactly ..ZERO! I did make a sort of Telecaster to drop in a pair of Humbuckers very SD ish ...korean...seem to be well made and attention to details is in them... the guy who sold them on ebay gave me a diagram from Seymour Duncan and told me just to replicate the connection in a straightforward way... as well I've bought two 500 k pots (tone and volume) and a 5 way switch (the kind I believe you might be calling ...an import!) the diagram from SD is very simple indeed.: only problem I have is that, when I try to find out on which lug I have to solder the wires, all the easyness disappears. the switch on the SD diagram shows 4 lugs on each side, while my switch has got 7 lugs inline. would you please help me to determine which wire I should solder in each lug? the guy who sold me the switch told me that the little metal box of the switch must face "away" from the pick ups and of course the connection plate faces to the pick ups Here I attach the SD diagram and a diagram I did in words to understand the positioning of wires. I hope you can take the time to help me to solve this doubt and I thank you in advance. Many thanks from Italy Franco
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Post by newey on Sept 21, 2010 18:50:33 GMT -5
Francomanca- Hello and Welcome to Guitar Nutz 2! If your switch only has 7 lugs, it likely has a single common, or pole, connection; this will usually be the center lug. Most 5-way switches, whether of the "import" variety or the old-style USA ones, have eight lugs, with 2 common lugs, one for each pole of the switch. We've seen these 7-lug switches before, they're apparently chinese-made. Having only the single lug (which is then internally connected to both poles), these are not much use for fancy wiring schemes. If all you want is to switch the HBs like a Tele or LP (i.e., N/ N + Br / Br), it's fine- although you would have redundant positions at 2, 3 and 4. If you want more switching options, you'll likely need a better switch. I can't tell what you intend to do because your diagram didn't display. If you are having difficulty posting images, the instructions to do so are in the reference section. (Note that you can't "attach" a diagram to a post, you have to insert the image into your post from an image host. Only staff are allowed to attach files, to prevent spammers from attaching the bad stuff . . .) To check your switch, you'll need a multimeter. I would suspect the switching order to be 1-2-3-Com-1-2-3, but it might be 1-2-3-Com-3-2-1. This is for a 3-way switch; for a 5-way, position 2 is always "1 + 2" and position 4 is always "2 + 3". But first, we need to determine if this switch will do what you want. If it won't, no need to check it!
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