Wiring diagram help

longshins

Hi there, please can someone point me to a diagram for: 4 conductor HH, 1 vol, 1 tone. 1-bridge, 2-inner slugs, 3-both, 4-don’t care, 5-neck. Thanks! 

Dave_Mc

https://www.dimarzio.com/media/1465

(I'm assuming that's right, I've never had the guts to mess with superswitches!)

longshins

I don’t want a superswitch ideally as I’m poor and have a few decent 5 way ones.

ICBM

longshins said:

I don’t want a superswitch ideally as I’m poor and have a few decent 5 way ones.

You can’t do it with a standard 5-way.

The closest you can get is -

Neck
Neck + split bridge
Both
Bridge + split neck
Bridge

The two split positions will sound more like what you want than you might think - the split pickup will dominate the mix because it’s lower impedance.

longshins

Thanks for that. Could you point me to a wiring diagram please? I know the colour coding of the pickup wires.

Funkfingers

Dave_Mc said:

https://www.dimarzio.com/media/1465

(I'm assuming that's right, I've never had the guts to mess with superswitches!)

I have messed. I recommend this well-known DiMarzio/Ibanez circuit.

https://www.dimarzio.com/media/1447

Bridge
Inside (slug) coils
Bridge + neck
Neck (coils in parallel)
Neck (coils in series)

Master volume, master tone, nothing else.

If a CRL or Schaller 24-contact switch seems too pricey, consider the 2502N PCB type. It does the DiMarzio/Ibanez circuit but, by definition, it less robust.

ICBM

longshins said:

Thanks for that. Could you point me to a wiring diagram please? I know the colour coding of the pickup wires.

It’s the same as the standard Telecaster scheme, with the pickups connected to the switch rotors and the volume control to four terminals - because a standard Strat 5-way is identical to a Tele 3-way, but with extra notches for the 2 and 4 positions - then connect the coil splits to the unused terminals.

1 2 3 4
 5 6 7 8

(1 at the neck end of the switch)

1 - neck hot
2 - neck split
3, 4, 5 and 6 - volume pot
7 - bridge split
8 - bridge hot

If the wrong coils are selected in the 2 and 4 positions, reverse the hot and ground wires on both pickups.

Dave_Mc

Funkfingers said:

Dave_Mc said:

https://www.dimarzio.com/media/1465

(I'm assuming that's right, I've never had the guts to mess with superswitches!)

I have messed. I recommend this well-known DiMarzio/Ibanez circuit.

https://www.dimarzio.com/media/1447

Bridge
Inside (slug) coils
Bridge + neck
Neck (coils in parallel)
Neck (coils in series)

Master volume, master tone, nothing else.

If a CRL or Schaller 24-contact switch seems too pricey, consider the 2502N PCB type. It does the DiMarzio/Ibanez circuit but, by definition, it less robust.

Not sure how I missed that one, I think I just stopped when I found one which matched @longshins ;' requirements!

That could be useful if you had a hotter neck pickup, I could see parallel working well in that case.

longshins

Thanks everyone!  I’ve found that pcb switch on AxesRus and have had a few Ibanez HH guitars over the years and love this setup. I just need to match the colour codes of my Tonerider pickups to the Dimarzio scheme then I’m good to go!