Wiring options on a 3 x P90 pickup SG

paulnb57

Some of you may have noticed my latest project is a 3 P90 SG, control layout is standard 4 pots and a 3 way switch.....
Standard fare seems to be the usual SG switching of bridge and neck, with a volume for each and a master tone, the fourth pot is a middle pickup volume, to blend into the other options?
Is there a way to make it all switchable? Is there a switch that will do this that is similar to the standard offering?
Perhaps something to select each pickup singly?
Perhaps a rotary switch?
I would like to use the holes that are already there...

Standard wiring

https://i.imgur.com/GyWm5cY.jpg

Thoughts?

Cheers!

WezV

you can use a freeway toggle switch

halfway down here they have  scehmatics for 3 pickup 4 pot  guitars, with plenty of options on how to wire the volumes and tones

https://www.freewayswitch.com/schematics-toggle/

i would go for the last option on the 3X3-03 3PU 4Pot I.pdf

paulnb57

WezV said:

you can use a freeway toggle switch

halfway down here they have  scehmatics for 3 pickup 4 pot  guitars, with plenty of options on how to wire the volumes and tones

https://www.freewayswitch.com/schematics-toggle/

i would go for the last option on the 3X3-03 3PU 4Pot I.pdf

Superb solution, thanks Wez!

Funkfingers

The Frampton circuit. 

Bridge and neck pickups, via the three-way toggle selector switch, through the lower volume and tone pots.

Middle pickup through the upper volume and tone pots.

I cannot remember whether the middle pickup signal is better in phase or out. This will make a significant difference to the blended sounds.

Roland

With three P90s you could use Strat type wiring with a five way switch. I’d use single volume and tone with this.

ICBM

If you're going to use the scheme in the diagram, swap the pickup and switch connections on the volume controls for the neck and bridge - you only need the middle wired 'backwards'. That does mean that you can't get the middle pickup on its own, but it much improves the usefulness of the other two volumes.

You could also use (possibly a modified version of) the original Les Paul/SG Custom 3-way circuit - it needs a special switch, but they're not too hard to get.

The original scheme gives neck (neck controls), middle+bridge (bridge controls) and bridge (bridge controls).

The modified scheme gives neck+bridge (both sets of controls), middle+bridge (both sets of controls), bridge (bridge controls). This means that you can get either the neck or middle pickup alone by turning down the bridge volume.

More restricted, but those might be the sounds you find most useful...

guitarcookie1

paulnb57 said:

WezV said:

you can use a freeway toggle switch

halfway down here they have  scehmatics for 3 pickup 4 pot  guitars, with plenty of options on how to wire the volumes and tones

https://www.freewayswitch.com/schematics-toggle/

i would go for the last option on the 3X3-03 3PU 4Pot I.pdf

Superb solution, thanks Wez!

I have an unused one of these that I could part with if you're interested

paulnb57

Thanks for the various suggestions, I think I will go with the freeway switch

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