Post by newey on Nov 18, 2021 6:22:49 GMT -5
As originally used by Fender, these were (and are) manufactured by Oak Grigsby. Other manufacturers now make these as well. However, all are similar to the Oak-Grigsby as to the switch logic shown below.
The Superswitch is a 4 Pole, 5-position switch. You will often see the switch referred to as a "4 Pole, 5 Throw" switch ("4P5T"), as each position is a separate "throw". The Superswitch offers many other possible wirings not obtainable with the regular 5-way lever switch, because all positions on all 4 poles are independently wireable. This is very different from the standard 5-way switch, which has only 2 poles and where positions 2 and 4 are not independently wireable (it is a 2P3T switch, technically). The actual switch looks like this:
Note that the lettering of the Poles as "A", "B" etc, as well as the numbering of the positions, is arbitrary. How you mount the switch in the guitar will dictate the location of the 5 positions. Bear in mind that this is a "lever switch", so that the position of the lever is opposite of the lugs which are internally connected, i.e., with the lever pointed towards the bridge pickup (which I designate as "Position 1"), the lugs closest to the neck are connected to the common lug of each pole.
Since we can't easily draw things in 3 dimensions, in diagrams we represent the switch as shown below. This diagram also shows the internal switch connections at each position, the "switch logic" Note that this diagram has the poles numbered 1 through 4 as opposed to lettered as I have done:
The Superswitch is a 4 Pole, 5-position switch. You will often see the switch referred to as a "4 Pole, 5 Throw" switch ("4P5T"), as each position is a separate "throw". The Superswitch offers many other possible wirings not obtainable with the regular 5-way lever switch, because all positions on all 4 poles are independently wireable. This is very different from the standard 5-way switch, which has only 2 poles and where positions 2 and 4 are not independently wireable (it is a 2P3T switch, technically). The actual switch looks like this:
Note that the lettering of the Poles as "A", "B" etc, as well as the numbering of the positions, is arbitrary. How you mount the switch in the guitar will dictate the location of the 5 positions. Bear in mind that this is a "lever switch", so that the position of the lever is opposite of the lugs which are internally connected, i.e., with the lever pointed towards the bridge pickup (which I designate as "Position 1"), the lugs closest to the neck are connected to the common lug of each pole.
Since we can't easily draw things in 3 dimensions, in diagrams we represent the switch as shown below. This diagram also shows the internal switch connections at each position, the "switch logic" Note that this diagram has the poles numbered 1 through 4 as opposed to lettered as I have done:
