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On one side of the switch connect the wiper lug to earth (back of volume pot). Connect the red/white wire to the middle of the remaining lugs on the same side. Connect a 0.0047uF capacitor between the black pickup wire at the volume to the unused lug on the switch between the two you've already used.
You can use the other side of the switch to control whether the tone control is in circuit if desired. Or, if you want the Eldred plus split together, you'll need to use one pole for each function.
Do you want the Eldred position to be on the humbucker or split?
If you want the front position (Eldred) to be humbucking, disconnect the link indicated by the red arrow. With the link, the coils are split in middle and forward positions.
If you want the tone control active only in the other two positions (it doesn't make much sense for the Eldred mod) disconnect the 0.047uF capacitor from the back of the tone pot and connect it to the two unused tags on the right side of the switch. That will connect it to earth (activating the tone control) in middle and rear positions only.
Thanks so much for taking the time to do that for me. Very much appreciated. You're a top bloke!
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For Kent Armstrong swap the black and green and keep the bare earthed of course, but it'll work either way, you just end up with the other coil when split.
http://www.kentarmstrong.com/schematics/KA_Wiring_Instructions.pdf
PM me your address and I'll send one of each.
Thanks for the offer!
thanks again for the help
I've wired it as shown in the picture, but I'm only getting sound in the middle position. The tone knob works fine, but the volume knob doesn't work until it's half way around.
I've tried swapping the black and green pickup wires (as suggested due to the differece between KA and SD pickups), but this just changes whether I get sound on the first position or the middle position.
Any help appreciated?
Can you post a pic of it?
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For example, there is a Japanese-made switch that places the poles on the "wrong" sides, compared to a CRL. (The obvious identifier is that its terminals are offset differently.)
Some switches have all eight terminals in a single line. If you number the eight-in-line terminals 12345678, the translation to CRL layout would look like 5678 / 1234.
Thus, in Steve's diagram, there is a jumper wire between terminals 8 and 1. The "Eldred Mod" filtering capacitor is connected to terminals 1 and 4. (Hope this makes sense.)