2 PU diagram H-S series/parallel pot for bridge

[pahako]

Hi, I have a tele with a HB in the bridge and a single coil in the neck. I am looking for a diagram to add a push/pull tone pot to wire the HB for series/parallel. It also has an import 3 way blade switch. If this has already been covered somewhere else please let me know where to look. Thanks

[sumgai]

pahako,


Hi, and to The NutzHouse!


For starters, try this thread and see if it helps you (Hint: it should ):

Series/Parallel switching

HTH

sumgai

[reTrEaD]

Dec 17, 2019 10:24:55 GMT -5 pahako said:

Hi, I have a tele with a HB in the bridge and a single coil in the neck. I am looking for a diagram to add a push/pull tone pot to wire the HB for series/parallel. It also has an import 3 way blade switch. If this has already been covered somewhere else please let me know where to look. Thanks

Hi pahako

If I'm reading this correctly, your current wiring has two single coil pickups, a three-way selector (Bridge / Both in Parallel /Neck) and a 1-volume, 1 tone configurations. You'd like to change your tone pot for one with a push-pull switch and have a series option available?

While it would be desirable to have the series option only occur when both pickups are selected, there aren't enough poles available in the selector and DPDT push-pull switch to make this happen. Attempting to do this will result in a dead spot when one of the pickups is selected by itself.

BUT ...

It is possible to wire the DPDT push-pull switch to act as a 'series-override'. This means when series mode is selected, both pickups will be in series regardless of the position of the selector. The parallel mode would have the selector retaining its normal three selections.  No dead spot!

If that interests you, you can use the information in this thread to help you design the series override into your current wiring: 3-way + Global Series switch the GuitarNutz (proper) way

EDIT: Note to self: Read the OP more carefully before replying.

[pahako]

Humbucker in the bridge, single coil in the neck, one volume, one tone. I just want to be able to have series/parallel option for the bridge pickup via a push/pull tone pot.

[reTrEaD]

Dec 17, 2019 17:12:29 GMT -5 pahako said:

Humbucker in the bridge, single coil in the neck, one volume, one tone. I just want to be able to have series/parallel option for the bridge pickup via a push/pull tone pot.

Yes, you did say that in the Original Post. I didn't read it carefully. Mea Culpa.


Using a DPDT switch on a push-pull pot to change your HB from it's normal (local) series wiring to parallel should be straight-forward. ... as long as your HB has a four-conductor w/shield wiring cable.

What brand and model HB do you have?

[Deleted]

with a Push/Pull you will only get one of the Pickups in the HB

Now replacing the 3Way switch with a 5way (ill look in to cheaper version, if i can do it) but the 4P5T version (easy)
you could have N, N.HB, HB, N.T, N.B
T and B being the Top and Bottom of the HB

could even do KILL, HB, T, B, T.B  with the Neck on a Push pull to bring in to Play 

the coil split, which part of the HB you want Top or Bottom 





Left is the NORTH and Right is the SOUTH can be done with 2P2T or 1P2T

[pahako]

Dimarzio DP186 Cruiser in the neck, and Dimarzio DP160 Norton in the bridge. I don't want to do anything with the neck, (the neck will be wired in standard series), but  just want to have series/parallel option for the bridge for a more single coil sound without the hum.

[newey]

just want to have series/parallel option for the bridge for a more single coil sound without the hum.

Sumgai's first response above has the goods you're looking for, thanks to reTrEaD for the thorough exposition. The diagram in the link on the lower right is the one you want for a push/pull- pull up for series, down for parallel.

Note that this is a diagram of a module. It will be wired into your particular guitar as the first thing after the bridge HB. The "hot" and "ground" wires coming off of the module will then be wired to your grounding point (for the ground wire, natch) and to the 3-way switch for the "hot" wire- it goes where the hot wire from your bridge pickup currently resides. The V and T pots remain wired as they are currently, no changes. If you put the P/P pot as the Volume, wire the switch connections as shown in the module diagram, and wire the pot's 3 lugs the same as your current volume pot is wired. If you put the P/P on the tone pot, same thing, wire the pot lugs the same way they are wired now.

Bear in mind that the switch portion of a P/P pot and the pot portion are two entirely separate components (unless you wire the two together for a particular reason, but here, they are separate). While they are controlled by the same shaft, the two components are wired independently of each other in this scheme.

So, you'll just be slotting this module in between the bridge pup and the switch.

[pahako]

Thanks everyone for the info. I sounds pretty straight forward now that I have a better understanding of what it should look like.