Strat 5 way switch question, custom wiring help please?

paulnb57

Folks.
The CNC machine (not mine) should start cutting my St Vincent inspired body today, so I'm now considering wiring options...
Mine will have three P90's, which will be wired through a Start 5 way switch and 1 vol 1 tone..........the real thing is Mini buckers wired (from switch in normal Strat bridge position) Bridge/Middle/Neck/All Three/Bridge and Neck together........can I do this with my P90's and just the Strat switch?

A photo of a drawing,  scrawled on the back of an envelope would be appreciated, if not possible then it will be wired as a normal Start........

Cheers!

ICBM

paulnb57 said:

Mine will have three P90's, which will be wired through a Start 5 way switch and 1 vol 1 tone..........the real thing is Mini buckers wired (from switch in normal Strat bridge position) Bridge/Middle/Neck/All Three/Bridge and Neck together........can I do this with my P90's and just the Strat switch?

No, but it can easily be done with a Superswitch.

The simplest way to get the sounds you want (although not quite in exactly the order) with a standard Strat switch is to use a push-pull pot to turn on the bridge pickup in any position. I did that with a PRS Custom 22 Soapbar.

mistercharlie

Doing it @ICBM’s way will also let you use the strat’s in-between positions, which you can’t do on the St. Vincent (except by balancing the switch between clicks). 

paulnb57

The way the body is bevelled it might not give enough room for a pull pot I'll have to see when it gets here....if not I'll go with standard Strat.....
Thanks folks!

ICBM

paulnb57 said:

The way the body is bevelled it might not give enough room for a pull pot I'll have to see when it gets here....if not I'll go with standard Strat.....

A Superswitch should fit where a normal Strat one would, unless the cavity is unusually narrow.

Another one to consider if you can't get either a push-pull or a Superswitch to fit is to deliberately use the 'wrong' order on the switch, swapping the neck and middle pickups, so it goes bridge/bridge+neck/neck/neck+middle/middle, that would get you at least one of the extra sounds you want.

poopot

Try this, just need an extra spst toggle.

http://a67.tinypic.com/muvg5l.jpg

http://a64.tinypic.com/xg9ocn.jpg

paulnb57

@ICBM Agreed a Superswitch should fit in the same space as a Standard Strat switch, controls will be rear mounted through the top and the cavity will be same shape as a Tele.....will the standard switch do standard Strat except all three at "Bridge" position rather than just bridge?

Funkfingers

paulnb57 said:

will the standard switch do standard Strat except all three at "Bridge" position rather than just bridge?

No, it will not. 

It can be persuaded to do all three in either position two or position four.