adamp1027
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Post by adamp1027 on Jul 18, 2018 23:24:10 GMT -5
Hello!!
I succesfully wired my Guthrie Govan Charvel copy with the stewmac E megaswitch and HSH (1 volume pot + 1 tone pot). I used the wiring for the following positions:
1. Neck humbucker 2. Split neck + middle 3. Split neck + split bridge 4. Split Bridge + middle 5. Bridge humbucker
However, I was playing a strat yesterday and realized how much I like those single coil tones. I was thinking of changing the volume pot to a push/pull in an attempt to get some other sounds. Would this allow me to at least get the neck split on its own and the bridge split on its own? The E megaswitch instructions say you can't get the middle pickup on its own.
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Post by newey on Jul 19, 2018 21:41:53 GMT -5
If you want the mid on its own, a push/pull switch could be used to turn it on/off by itself, disconnecting it from the 5-way.
Maybe. We'd need to see how that Megaswitch is wired at present, but I think it could be done. Basically, as I'm envisioning it, the P/P would split both HBs simultaneously, so in pos. 1 you'd get the bridge split and in position 5 the neck split. My only question mark is how that would integrate with the current two-HB splitting at position 3 of the switch- for that, we'll need a diagram.
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Post by adamp1027 on Jul 20, 2018 0:41:17 GMT -5
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Post by thetragichero on Jul 20, 2018 7:08:13 GMT -5
how much do you use position 3 (split N + split B)? if the answer is "not so much," maybe starting from scratch is your best approach for that matter, how much do you use the 2 and 4 positions? i am not the biggest fan of split humbuckers personally (they seem to have the worst of both worlds to my volume-damaged ears) depending on the type of music you play, a series/parallel push/pull pot (or one for each 'bucker) could be up your alley as much as i love to just jump in and tweak stuff, playing around in all positions to find out what you'd like to keep and what you'd rather scrap could give us some parameters to start off with ^^^^^ rather disjointed thoughts while eating my breakfast, you're welcome to ask me for a refund
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Post by adamp1027 on Jul 20, 2018 10:36:58 GMT -5
I actually like all 5 positions a lot. 2 and 4 are nice variations for jazz and funk, position 3 has a bit of a tele sound, although I don't use it quite as much as the others mainly because I don't play that style as much. If the split hums won't sound good on their own, then maybe getting the middle pickup on its own would provide one real strat tone. Any ideas on how to wire a push pull to isolate the middle pickup?
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Post by thetragichero on Jul 20, 2018 20:31:50 GMT -5
yes a middle override switch will only use one pole of the push/pull pot. this will be just the middle pickup regardless of five way switch position
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Post by Yogi B on Jul 21, 2018 0:39:22 GMT -5
a middle override switch will only use one pole of the push/pull pot. Not quite, the switch connects the hot of the middle pickup to other pickups in the 2 & 4 positions so as newey stated earlier it'll need disconnecting from the switch (with the other pole of the p/p).
The Schaller / Eyb Megaswitches are all essentially equivalent to a 4P5T with some amount of simplification; in particular the version 3.0 of the E switch works as follows: | Common | Pos 1 | Pos 2 | Pos 3 | Pos 4 | Pos 5 |
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Pole A | Terminal "4" | Terminal "3" | Terminal "2" | Terminal "1" |
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Pole B | Terminal "8" |
| Terminal "6" | Terminal "5" | Terminal "5" | Terminal "5" |
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Pole C | Terminal "8" | Terminal "7" | Terminal "7" | Terminal "7" | Terminal "6" |
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Pole D | Terminal "12" |
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| Terminal "11" | Terminal "10" | Terminal "9" |
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Which is hooked up using the following (HSH combo #2, reproduced here for reference) - ground
- connect to 1
- free
- bridge humbucker series link
- neck pickup hot wire
- middle pickup hot wire
- bridge humbucker hot wire
- output (to volume pot)
- free
- ground
- connect to 10
- neck humbucker series link
(bridge, middle & neck ground wires all being permanently connected to ground) Thus splitting the humbuckers in the outer positions should simply be a case of connecting the unused 3 & 9 terminals to ground. Alternatively, with some more complex reorganisation of the wiring I think there is a way to have the push/pull swap position 3 to middle only. Unfortunately I don't see a way of doing both.
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