1 Humbucker and a 5 Way SuperSwitch please help

[jalfmorch01]

Hello everybody, this is my first question thread , English is not my mother lenguage but I hope to not have any language barriers.

My request is to ask if my diagram is correct and if its not, to ask for a correction. So, what im trying to achieve with a 4 wire Humbucker and a 4 Pole 5 Way Super Switch is:

Position 1: Series (Full humbucker)
Position 2: Parallel
Position 3:Split
Position 4: Parallel Out of Phase
Position 5: Series Out of Phase

and here is the diagram i draw in attemp to do that; by the way, im not an electronics guy, this is based in what i been learning in internet, i dont know too much about guitar electronics so I hope you can comprehend if im a dummy (and help me if it's possible )



imgur.com/gallery/xeyX05V

The color code of the pickup I draw is:
Green - South Start
Red - South Finish
Black - North Start
White (drawn in blue, beacuse the background is already white) - North Finish

And what the (S) and (G) means is: (S) = to Switch / (G) = to Ground

(One last time I hope that my english doesn't seem too agressive or demandant, it's not my first lenguage so Im not an expert . )

[Deleted]

LOVE the chart to the RIGHT

Just looking at the Wiring Image , looks a bit of a mess.

I would suggest, taking each of the 4 Cables from the Pickup and giving it a Common
then from there say what each one needs to come out of the 1 position and figure out from there on wards
should feel a lot more easier to do


1, 1. Volume,
2, 1. 3
3, 1. 2
4, 1. Ground

1, 2. Volume
2, 2. Ground
3, 2. Volume
4, 2. Ground

etc

Hope you don't find this rude, English can be a funny thing if you reading it wrong
Also think if you fill in for each stage and do it yourself than just giving it to you, i hope you feel better and have a better understanding.

[newey]

jalfmorch01:

Hello and Welcome to G-Nutz2!

Your English is fine. Your diagram, unfortunately, is not. There are multiple problems with it, so we're going to have to start over with a clean sheet of paper.

We appreciated that you attempted a diagram, though. What you want to do should be possible with the superswitch, although I suspect that you may find that the out-of-phase sounds are not very useful. Out-of-phase works better when the coils are further apart than the two coils of a HB. But if that's what you want, we're happy to oblige!

It may be a few days before I can do a diagram for you, but you can try again yourself, and perhaps with some guidance your second effort will be better. The basic problem with your first attempt is that you are not using the "common" lugs on 3 out of the 4 poles of the switch. To do what you want will require using at least 3 of the 4 commons lugs (and probably all of them, if I think further on it). The common lugs are where the "switching" happens. Your diagram tries to string wires from one pole to another, which won't work.

EDIT:@angellahash posted at the same time as I did but the advice is the same. Use the commons.

[jalfmorch01]

Thank you so much, I was not expecting such a quick response , here I am again, as you both (Angella and Newey) said, I made another attemp but using the commons this time.

And about what was said about the out of phase and coil distance from each other, well, my objective is to squeeze all the possible of a humbucker in a switch.

So yeah, here it is:

imgur.com/gallery/5GfayNr

I did my best effort to make it look more cleaner, but i guess i failed 

[newey]

Sorry, your latest effort is no better. I'll try my hand at a diagram in a bit. Stand by.

[newey]

OK, I think this will work, but let's get another set of eyes on it before you heat up your soldering iron. As anyone who's been here fro a while will tell you, I make mistakes.

A few notes:

Solder connections are shown by black dots. Wires which cross but have no dot are not connected.

I have omitted the bridge/string ground. It goes to the back of your volume pot or to jack sleeve. You didn't mention a tone control so I didn't include one.

[jalfmorch]

Thank you so much sir! Im very very thankful, when the switch arrives I'll solder it to my baby and give an update, once again, thank ypu so muchhhh

Jul 23, 2021 20:22:32 GMT -5 newey said:

OK, I think this will work, but let's get another set of eyes on it before you heat up your soldering iron. As anyone who's been here fro a while will tell you, I make mistakes.

A few notes:

Solder connections are shown by black dots. Wires which cross but have no dot are not connected.

I have omitted the bridge/string ground. It goes to the back of your volume pot or to jack sleeve. You didn't mention a tone control so I didn't include one.

[newey]

Well, as I said, best to get someone else to vet the diagram first.

[jalfmorch01]

Okk, I'll wait then  

[Deleted]

well from my eye it looks good

I did think that have each end off the Pickup going to all the commons and then pulling form there would be a lot easier
but its whatever is easier for you when it comes down to it