I'm thinking to use this alternative wiring scheme (with some additional modification to utilize the tapped coil pickups I have) for my current walnut strat build project. It seems quite elegant to me - I like that it has a single master tone, and then uses the third pot as a blend to give the extra pickup combinations of neck+bridge and neck+middle+bridge. Just occurs to me there might be some kind of downside though - maybe related to pickup loading or something? Would be very grateful if any of the guitar electronics boffins on here could give their opinion, cheers!
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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
First, wire it up exactly like a Strat with a master tone control, using the full pickup connections.
Then connect the taps to the other side of the switch as if that was also a pickup selector, and finally connect the blend pot between the two sides of the switch.
You could actually be very clever and use the pot - not push-pull - for both functions at opposite ends of the rotation, but you would only be able to get the extra pickup combinations on either the full or tapped sound, not both. If that sounds interesting I will explain how .
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein