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Building a guitar and have two Bareknuckle pickups. The VHII bridge and matching neck pickup.

Both are four conductor.

Here's the conundrum:

I would like a standard 5 way switch and here's my dream config:

position 1: bridge humbucker

position 2: bridge humbucker coil tapped

position 3: bridge and neck? (open to suggestions)

position 4: I love the sound of a strat in this position and I believe this is referred to an 'out of phase' position? Might also like to have this position be the coil tapped neck humbucker. On the fence.

position 5: neck humbucker.


Also check this out:

Suhr's fix for 500k vs. 250k for guitars with humbuckers and single coils:

http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showth ... p?t=461399

I'm open to volume pots and tone pots but I'd prefer one volume and one tone knob.

thanks!

SPAMMER!

Well, here's your 5 way switch for that.

http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Electronics ... witch.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

It looks complicated as shit, but once you figure it out with a continuity meter, its really easy to understand, and the wiring possibilities are endless.
I used in my "Lab Rat Strat" to get: neck--neck/middle--neck/BRIDGE--middle/bridge--bridge. It was real easy once I understood the switch.
You could easily get that combination you're looking for with it. (Or virtually any other combination you could dream up).
The single volume and tone pots are real easy... just run the volume straight off the jack, and then from the volume to the switch. The tone pot can be run off anywhere, even straight off the jack as well.

Good luck!!

Good call fil.
DiMarzio makes/made that originally.
I have the schem for it somewherez. Pretty sure you can get it from them as well...

JimiJames wrote:Good call fil.
DiMarzio makes/made that originally.
I have the schem for it somewherez. Pretty sure you can get it from them as well...

Once you check it with a continuity meter, the schem almost isnt necessary. Its basically (4) independent 5 way switches on one baseplate. Four sets of hot tabs, and 4 sets of (5) individual tabs linked to the hot tab... of course which one is linked to the hot tab depends on the switch position. All 4 sets of tabs are completely independent of each other, but can obviously be linked any way you can dream up if needed. Its definitely a specialized switch, but for those applications where a guy wants coil taps, and wacky combinations of pickups or coils to operate simultaneously, its just the ticket.

I'd like to link one to my wife... I can easily think of 5 different "fun" positions, but none of them would activate her mouth.
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(Just kidding, hon... )

(maybe)