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Cons - the two middle settings never seem in the right place when you've been used to a standard 3-way or 5-way switch for thirty years, the series setting is actually a bit muddy and not that useful, there is a click or drop-out between a couple of the positions, and I find there's no 'logical' order to the settings - I prefer having series at the bridge end because it's 'back for lead', but even that isn't ideal since it's duller than the bridge alone. Springhead's order but with 2 and 3 reversed might be better, I haven't tried that.
"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
The series mode is an additional voice, as required - fat and humbucker flavoured, so less sparkly highs - Easy to say great for chilled out jazz, but many jazz players have used a Tele on neck position for many years
I like the 4 way option but many don't
I think it'll be great to have the 4th switching option there even if I don't end up liking/using it.
I've seen two possible wiring permutations for the switch (which i could make work for me) but is it possible to wire it like this?
1/bridge
2/ b&n series
3/b&n parallel (normal)
4/neck
"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
My Tele has BKP Blackguard Flat 50's in it, and the series setting sounds awesome - really thick and heavy when driven, very smooth and jazzy when clean.
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Cons: can you handle the additional pickup option
Actually having 4 options is not a problem for most people. Research I read many years ago says that the human brain can cope with up to five alternatives without having to stop and think about it.
My Teles have a tapped bridge pickup so I use a 5 way:
1. Bridge
2. Tapped bridge
3. Both in parallel
4. Neck
5. Both in series
I tried other sequences, particularly putting the series option at the other end of the sequence, but this one seemed the most logical to me.
I'd personally hate having the neck only option not at the end of the switch.
Going to fit a 4 way to my Nashville style Tele partsacaster.
1. Bridge
2. Neck / Bridge
3. Neck / Middle
4. Neck
I did try the Seymour Duncan/Jeff Beck five-way switch idea but found it annoying in use - probably due to being habituated to the bridge/both/neck selection layout. Neck PU Only in the middle switch position probably only makes sense to users of the original "Blend" circuit.