Pickup Selector Switch Question |
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Jan 25 2010, 01:14 AM
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You can install 3 way switch, but I recommend that you install 5 way one. It won't hurt
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Jan 25 2010, 01:32 AM
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You should use a 5 way switch .... The neck/middle combination produce pretty cool tone.
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and I'm kinda modern so I'm looking at throwing a Push/pull and a 5 way switch in to give me more sounds. I do recommend that you play with it for a bit before youss wap it out... just to make sure you don't want to keep some of those tones... but if not, tear it out 
You can always put it back in. I will say also that one of the reasons that I love Strat is that I feel like they are great guitars to "hot rod". A les Paul I would be less likely to take apart and rebuild... but that's just me 
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Jan 27 2010, 04:22 AM
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QUOTE (JVM @ Jan 26 2010, 07:52 PM)  I think 5 way is probably the way to go, but keep in mind of course that with the 5 way you can't get the bridge and neck together, like a les paul or tele. Though there are blend knobs and things that can be done I think. I'm not sure this is true. Vigier wires exactly this option you describe into position 3 of a 5-way switch. I just happened across it earlier today, oddly enough. Quoted from that "Excalibur Original" page (and all the others like it): QUOTE Electronic Pickup brand name: Seymour Duncan Type of pickup: H/S/H Pickup model: SH5/SSL6/TB5 More informations? Switch: 5 positions Controls: Volume Tone Pickup selector: 1 Humbucker in neck position 2 Single-coil in neck & middle position 3 Single-coil in neck & bridge position 4 Single-coil in bridge & middle position 5 Humbucker in bridge position Shielding: Yes -------------------- ::jafomatic
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Jan 27 2010, 06:55 AM
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QUOTE (jafomatic @ Jan 26 2010, 10:22 PM) I'm not sure this is true. Vigier wires exactly this option you describe into position 3 of a 5-way switch. I just happened across it earlier today, oddly enough. Quoted from that "Excalibur Original" page (and all the others like it): You're right, I actually phrased that kind of strangely anyway. As far as I know you can't get neck+bridge on a three way switch either, unless you either have no middle pickup, or a specially wired setup like the vigier one. I've also seen some custom shop fender that had a blend knob that mixed the bridge and neck of a strat somehow. [edit] And here is that video: Pretty cool wiring. I've always wanted to use that wiring with a seymour duncan p rails in the bridge. This post has been edited by JVM: Jan 27 2010, 07:30 AM --------------------  Gear: Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster, Gibson '67 RI Flying V, Mesa Boogie F-30 112 combo, crazy pedals. |
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Feb 10 2010, 05:34 PM
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second position can be really good for funk riffs
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