Post by gn2staff on Mar 8, 2020 2:26:12 GMT -5
Foreword Phostenix' Guitar Wiring Diagram Library Modified TBX Tone Control 5-Way SHOop 5-Way SSOop Strat-O-Teles The Splender Strats Strat-X Strat-X2 Strat-X2 Plus Strat-X3 Teles 2 Pickup Teles 3 Pickup Teles Esquire Teles HH Guitars HSS Guitars HSH Guitars HHH Guitars Custom Wiring Setups Recent Additions Other Guitar Wiring Sites Comments Thread | 5-Way SHOoP This is currently my favorite setup for 2 pickup guitars. It uses a 5-Way Super Switch. Positions 1, 3, & 5 are the typical choices you associate with 2 pickup guitars (Bridge only, Neck & Bridge in Parallel, Neck only). Positions 4 & 2 are (respectively) the 2 pickups in Series and the 2 pickups in parallel, but Half Out-of-Phase, so I call it 5-Way SHOoP switching (Series - Half Out of Phase). If the Neck pickup has a metal cover, the 5-Way SHOoP wiring requires the neck pickup's cover to be grounded with a separate wire than the pickup's ground lead. The 5-Way SHOoP setup gives you these 5 choices: 5-Way Switching: 1. Bridge 2. Neck & Bridge in Parallel - Half Out-of-Phase 3. Neck & Bridge in Parallel 4. Neck & Bridge in Series 5. Neck Tele 5-Way SHOoP In Position 2, the pickups are out-of-phase, but with a cap & resistor in series with the Neck pickup and a resistor in series with the Bridge pickup. The cap in series with the Neck pickup is what makes it "half" out-of-phase and the resistors help give a little more quack to the sound. The goal is to get a sound similar to a Strat in-between tone. The value of the cap and the resistors should be tailored to the pickups being used, but .01uF for the cap & 6.2K Ohms for the resistors is a good place to start. 5-Way Switching: 1. Bridge 2. Neck & Bridge in Parallel - Half Out-of-Phase 3. Neck & Bridge in Parallel 4. Neck & Bridge in Series 5. Neck Tele 5-Way SHOoP with Modified TBX Tone Control Any time I have pickups in series or humbuckers, I try to add my modified TBX tone control. The bass cut from the modified TBX tone control really helps to thin out the in-series connection when needed. It's also very useful with 2 humbucker guitars to get more of a single coil tone from them without losing their humbucking capabilities. 5-Way Switching: 1. Bridge 2. Neck & Bridge in Parallel - Half Out-of-Phase 3. Neck & Bridge in Parallel 4. Neck & Bridge in Series 5. Neck 2 Humbucker Tele 5-Way SHOoP with Modified TBX Tone Control A 2 humbucker Tele is a great candidate for 5-way SHOoP and a modified TBX tone. 5-Way Switching: 1. Bridge 2. Neck & Bridge in Parallel - Half Out-of-Phase 3. Neck & Bridge in Parallel 4. Neck & Bridge in Series 5. Neck 2 Humbucker Tele 5-Way SHOoP with Push-Pull Tone 2 humbucker Tele with a push-pull (or push-push) tone pot to get both pickups as single coils. 5-Way Switching: 1. Bridge 2. Neck & Bridge in Parallel - Half Out-of-Phase 3. Neck & Bridge in Parallel 4. Neck & Bridge in Series 5. Neck 2 Humbucker Tele 5-Way SHOoP with Modified TBX & Push-Pull Volume 2 humbucker Tele with the modified TBX Tone Control and a push-pull (or push-push) volume pot to get both pickups as single coils. 5-Way Switching: 1. Bridge 2. Neck & Bridge in Parallel - Half Out-of-Phase 3. Neck & Bridge in Parallel 4. Neck & Bridge in Series 5. Neck 2 Humbucker Tele 5-Way SHOoP with Modified TBX & S-1 Volume 2 humbucker Tele with the modified TBX Tone Control and an S-1 volume pot to get both pickups as single coils. 5-Way Switching: 1. Bridge 2. Neck & Bridge in Parallel - Half Out-of-Phase 3. Neck & Bridge in Parallel 4. Neck & Bridge in Series 5. Neck Tele 5-Way SHOoP with Variable Out-of-Phase Position Here I've added a pot & a cap to vary the capacitance in series with the Neck pickup in Position 2. You can get a significant variation in the sound of the HOoP connection with different cap values, so I wired this up for testing purposes and then thought it might be cool to have it available on a finished guitar. The cap value can be varied from .1uF (Fully Counter-Clockwise) to .001uF (Fully Clockwise). 5-Way Switching: 1. Bridge 2. Neck & Bridge in Parallel - Variable Out-of-Phase 3. Neck & Bridge in Parallel 4. Neck & Bridge in Series 5. Neck Strat 5-Way SHOoP with Middle Pickup Blend Just for fun, I made a version of the 5-way SHOoP for a Strat. Since it only switches 2 pickups, the middle pickup gets a blend pot to blend it in when needed. With this setup, you can't get the Middle pickup by itself. I also added a phase reversal switch for the Neck pickup to change positions 2, 3, & 4. 5-Way Switching: 1. Bridge 2. Neck & Bridge in Parallel - Half Out-of-Phase 3. Neck & Bridge in Parallel 4. Neck & Bridge in Series 5. Neck Peavey Limited EXP with 5-Way SHOoP Switching I picked up a Peavey Limited EXP to use for some mods & found it to be a great platform. Here's the 5-Way SHOoP using the stock pickups, my modified TBX tone control, and a push-pull pot for the volume control that reverses the phase of the Neck pickup. That changes Positions 2, 3, & 4 for some more options. 5-Way Switching: 1. Bridge 2. Neck & Bridge in Parallel - Half Out-of-Phase 3. Neck & Bridge in Parallel 4. Neck & Bridge in Series 5. Neck Peavey Limited EXP with 5-Way SHOoP Switching and Rotary Switch Then, I added a 4P6T rotary switch to get 6 combinations of pickup coils - kind of a poor man's Seymour Duncan Triple Shot ring. Although it can't get all of the combinations of the TS rings, it is faster to switch on the fly. I like it more than I thought I would. The 6 positions of the rotary switch give you: 1. Both pickups as humbuckers 2. Both pickups with coils in parallel 3. The outside coils 4. The inside coils 5. The Neck pickup outside coil and the Bridge pickup as a humbucker 6. The Neck pickup as a humbucker and the bridge pickup inside coil 5-Way Switching: 1. Bridge 2. Neck & Bridge in Parallel - Half Out-of-Phase 3. Neck & Bridge in Parallel 4. Neck & Bridge in Series 5. Neck Peavey Limited EXP with P-Rails, 5-Way SHOoP, & 6 Position Rotary Then, I put a set of Seymour Duncan P-Rails in it and wired the rotary switch for: 1. Both pickups as humbuckers 2. Both pickups with coils in parallel 3. Both pickups as P-90's 4. Both pickups as rail single coils 5. The Neck pickup as the P-90 and the Bridge pickup as a humbucker 6. The Neck pickup as a humbucker and the bridge pickup as the P-90 The push-pull volume pot reverses the phase of the Neck pickup, which changes 3 of the choices. 5-Way Switching: Push-Pull Down: 1. Bridge 2. Neck & Bridge in Parallel - Half Out-of-Phase 3. Neck & Bridge in Parallel 4. Neck & Bridge in Series 5. Neck Push-Pull Up: 1. Bridge 2. Neck & Bridge in Parallel - In Phase with Cap in Series with the Neck Pickup 3. Neck & Bridge in Parallel - Out of Phase 4. Neck & Bridge in Series - Out of Phase 5. Neck |
