7-Way Stratocaster Wiring Mod
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- Опубліковано 2 сер 2024
- Another Breja Tone Works How-To video - this one details how to rewire your Stratocaster (along with a new toggle Switch) to give you 2 additional pickup combinations. To hear this mod in practice, please watch this other video of mine:
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I've done a lot of searching, but I like your videos the best. Very clear and easy to follow. You really seem to know your craft, so thought I'd ask for some advice for the best way to configure my guitar with the parts I have. I really like this 7-way strat (or maybe even the nine) but was hopping to maybe include a push/pull for a little in/out phase, and/or a blend pot. So here is what I have to play with: 3 single coils, a 5-way selector, 3 A250k pots, 1 B250k pot (not sure what the diff is between A & B), 1 A250k push/pull dpdt pot, 1 Blending pot, and a 2A473J cap (might pick up another if suggested). The pick guard is setup for three knobs, but a fourth could fit comfortably if needed. Anyway, hope i wasn't to long winded and thank you in advance.
OMG. I've been searching for this mod for the last 3 months and to no avail. Thank you so much! I can now finally finish my project and take it with me on tour! Thanks so much!
+Stanley Soultaire Tour? Wait - should I be packing? Are you taking me on tour? I want to go on tour!!!! Glad I was able to help you find the mod you were looking for. Don
Thank you!!! Love my revived Squier Affinity Seties w/ 7 way wiring mod and stew mac pickups.
I am definitely doing this when I get ready to put my guitar back together. I have a J. Reynolds guitar that is a direct Strat copy. It was my very first guitar (almost 12 years now). It's not the best quality guitar, but it's my first and my dad bought it for me so a friend of mine talked me into refurbishing it. I've been researching for days on ideas of what I might want to do. I'm going with some new pickups, I'm in the process of sanding the body right now and plan to paint it later this week, and probably going to order a custom neck from Warmoth customs. I saw a video earlier of a guy who did this with a Strat he had and it sounded absolutely amazing. Now that I've found the video that explains how to do it, I'm in. Thanks for this video, very informative.
I hope it all works out for you, Joshua. Best of luck to ya...
Don
Great schematic and clear instruction/video. This is the mod I think David Gilmore uses with all three pickups on his black start. I'm going to give it a whirl on one of my axes with lace pickups.
Good job and thanks so much.
This is one I did to my strat, along with wiring up the neck tone pot to work on the bridge pickup as well. So what I get is a tone control on the bridge in pos. 1 or 2 and the tone on the neck in 4 and 5. In 6 or 7, the neck pot becomes a master tone for neck and bridge, tele style. In any position that involves the middle pickup(2,3,4,7), it retains it original, independent tone control.
How did you do it?
Appreciate the info. Thanks a lot! I'm planning my dream Strat build and I think this sounds like it would be a really cool option to install in it!👍😎🎸🎶
Exactly what was looking for, simple toggle wiring add-on. I have a micro toggle switch, sunk so that only the tip is sticking through the p/g about an 1/8" it has a small rectangular, or oblong hole for the toggle to move in. This comes through between the pots and the selector. and is just wide enough to flip it. This was done by using a piece of sheet metal about 2 1/2 inches wide, and having it bent into a z type shape with two of the pots holding it to the p/g and the bent part, which is about an inch wide, carrying the micro toggle. Which even though it is "micro" still would normally be sticking up a good 1/2 inch or more if the threaded base and all is attached directly to the p/g. If this makes any sense, hope it helps someone looking for a way to lower a toggle switch so maybe it isn't inadvertently flipped so easy. I'm going to now add in a piece of PCB board somehow (maybe have to make another wider piece of sheetmetal) which will include a socket, so I can change out the capacitor.
Thanks. I'm glad you liked it.
Just did this the other day, only I added tone for the bridge with a .22 uF cap and its a push pull with this same switch only within a knob on your guitar. I think the bridge tone mod is called the Eric Johnson mod... also did the neck up with the middle tone and the middle pup is just wide open hooked up to just the volume, no tone. The perfect strat set up if I do say so myself.
Wow. This is so cool. This is a really cool idea. If you did it with a push pull pot on the tone pot for the middle pickup, down there by the jack, then there would be no new holes, and no little switch to hit your hand on. For me, I do not like things sticking up and getting in the way. Another option would be those flatter switches like on a Jaguar, but I do not like those. Those little toggle switches are hard to deal with in that they can melt when trying to solder them. Plus they are fragile.
Just did this mod and it works great!! I'd forgotten how much I love the sound of the neck/bridge pickups together. Very cool! Thanks for making this video!
dcap4545 Glad it worked out for you. Thanks for watching.
also got a strat with 3 Hot Rails 4 wire humbuckers - add 1 toggle to split all 3 back to Single coil and you get All 5 stock SSS tone combos - fyi - having an ANGLED Humbucker at Bridge will be everyone's "AHA" moment... esp if u give it access to Tone Control - beats the Fender "Blacktop" HH layout that uses a 5 way to split coils
HEY DON, BEEN WATCHING THESE VIDS EVERY TIME I WANT TO WIRE UP MY GUITARS.
2 QUESTIONS:
1}CAN I USE A KILL SWITCH BUTTON THAT HAS LED LIGHTS FOR TURNING OFF/ON EACH PICKUP; DELETING THE 5 WAY TOGGLE; BUT ADD SOME MINI 3 WAY SWITCHES TO INDUCE OUT OF PHASE, PARALLEL/SERIES, AND ANY OTHER FUN IDEAS U CAN COME UP WITH??
2} I HAVE SOME FISHMAN FLUENCE SINGLES/HUMBUCKERS AND WOULD LOVE TO SEE A SERIES WITH YOUR EXPERTISE DOING A HSH AND OTHER COMBOS?
I WOULD DONATE IF CONTACT ME!
YOUR CHANNEL IS THE GOTO FOR WIRING GUITARS, THANKS SO SO MUCH FOR TEACHING!!!!
I finally just did this successfully. Tip for you if you have the pickups working 7 tone but you can't get the switch to work as in it won't go back to normal strategy mode. Try legs 4 and 5 instead of one and two. worked for me thanks for the tutorial.
What do you mean? Can you be more specific? Mine didn't work as advertized... I only get bridge middle, all three and neck and bridge... But I lost all other configurations and I followed the tutorial to the letter... I hate this is such a short tutorial with no more explenations or demos.... Wish there were more out there...
I got this mode to my guitar four years ago using the push pull button to add the neck pick up at any time... thought up the whole thing myself then got my guitar repair guy to do it... and in addition to this i have push pull on the 2nd tone knob to attenuate the bridge pickup.
Hi, I have done this 7-way stratocaster mod, with blending in neck or bridge pickup, with one of the tone pot.
I can't wait to try it
man I love your videos!! I've been searching for info like this, fender hasn't been very useful. I was wondering how could I wire my neck and middle pups to the same tone know and the bridge to the other tone? I have a deluxe player's strat that comes with this specific wiring. thanks a lot man!!
I am so thankful to have stumbled appon this video !!! It straighted out a problem I had with an E-Obrian P.O.S that I installed a King tone switch in and Man I fucked it up royally !!!! I went step by step and found no less that five f-ups I had made. It is now dead silent as to unwanted noises and has come to life as to so many choices now :>) Merry Christmas.You made my day,Thank you very much.
Hey thanks so much for the videos, all of the info you are sharing is awesome! Also a question, how would you deal with a CTS push pull pot in the 7 way strat mod context? Thanks!!
Excellent, very well presented. However unless youre only playing country it doesnt give you any of the pickup combinations that would make a strat an all-round guitar for the cover band/session musician. I have seen a similar use of a pull/push where positions 2&4 are full humbucking and sound like the bridge and neck pickups on a les paul. Into a clean amp they give you a fatter warmer sound BUT into an overdriven amp or pedal the difference is huge and you can play everything from Dire Straits to Gary Moore with the same guitar. It also isan invisible mod and doesnt change the look of your guitar. If you can afford a Fender S1 switch it is even better and simple to activate on the fly. Nice video presentation though, Ive never seen a more well presented example explaining strat switching mods.
Thank you so much for posting these, I have used these to wire my strats with the 7 position mod. I'm starting a new project strat and forgive me if this sounds crazy, but can we please see a 9 way strat with three push/pull pots and the dual cap mod? All the series on one tone pot and all the parallel on the other as well as a 'neck on' for the standard strat mode on the volume pot?
Or a way to use your existing 9 way strat mod with the on/on/on switch but have all the series in say the 'up' position and all the parallel in the 'down' position with a push pull or on/off switch for neck on in standard strat mode?
Thank you indeed, great video super easy. Just a question, how can I add the bridge pu to the middle tone?
I did this to a friends Strat and it is so very cool! I am doing this to my back up Strat. My main work Strat I did this a year or so I with out help. This goes much better with you there talking us thru it. I just did the Black Guard wiring on my Telecaster. Your voice and directions made it easy.
Thank the! Kev
Comin’ up on my next build
great video
Thank you very much sir!!!
Great video BTW. I was wondering about how to do hss strat with a coil split, the 7 way mod and the series and parallel mod. in desperate need of help
Just found your videos, I've been searching for info like this as well, I was wondering how do I wire 3 single coil pick ups each having 3 wires coming from each of the pick ups. (A red, White and Blue wire) into a 5 position switch with a volume and 2 tone pots. Do you have a video for this? Keep making these videos there very informative. Cheers! Doug
Hi! Thanks for sharing this. I have a strat-type guitar (Peavey Raptor Plus EXP HSS, 1 vol 1 tone pots, 5 position switch). Could I assume there´ll be no problem if the neck+bridge position is the humbucker and the single and not single+single as in sss strats? Thanks again!
To put this simpler, I would just want to use the bridge Humbucker with the single neck, is there a way to accomplish that? Thanks again!
I know this is an older video, but thanks very much!
This doesn't even begin to cover how my strat was wired from the factory and now it's a ***** mess. Thanks for wasting my day.
Sounds like you wasted your own day. Did you say, "you're welcome" to yourself as well 😂
Is this how the wiring works on a 3 pick up telecaster with a push pull pot as well? I am looking to add a middle pickup to my telecaster and would like to add a push pull pot to maintain the bridge/neck simultaneous sound.
I had a question about a strat mod. Is it possible to add a concentric pot in the middle pot position to have separate tone control for all of the strat pickups?
I am interested in adding that to a 7way strat strat setup with a switch.
Thanks!
I think this video asks a second question, and that is what is the best type of switch to put in a guitar to compliment the regular pickup selector switch. That is for another video, but it is a great question, because people have figured out how to get new sounds with the wiring by adding an extra switch. The question now is what is the best type of switch to install.
can a DPDT mini-toggle coil split a bridge HB (disable the slug coil) as well as turn 'on' a neck pickup with the same 'on/off' switch paddle?
I tried this and it works however, when im in the bridge position and middle & bridge, my tone sounds really muffled. I have a treble bleed circuit in my strat and the push pull pot is on the bridge tone pot.
What about a mod that could put the bridge and middle pickup out of phase but in series, so it would be like a humbucker, and do the same with the middle and neck pickup. I listened to the demo of your 7 way switch wiring and I liked the sound of all 3 pickups on a clean sound. I have never heard that before.
Thanks. I may do this mod to all my guitars. All 40 of them LOL
I once played a Strat which had a Master Volume pot and Master tone pot. And the third knob was a volume nob to add in the bridge pickup. Anybody know what this is called or has a schematic?
Really nice. Is posible with a 50´s wiring ?? Thanks
What kind of software did you use to create this magnificent presentation please. Thanks
Will this work with squire parts, I have a modified squire with the original pickups, pots, and 5 way switch and this won't work for me
Can you pls do a 1 volume 1 tone for this? Or maybe for all your strat wiring mods.. thanks
Thank you for your support. I've met very strange situation with Schaller switches. Maybe you may help me. This is imported, looks like high quality product. A problem is that no matter what switch position is all pick ups are on. No support from either distributor or even manufacturer.
please help me if you know what is the reason. Thank you.
The 7 position is cool. I'm going to take it one step further to put in a pushbutton switch that will allow me to bypass the volume pot all together. Too often I accidently roll off the volume. At a cost of less than $3 what can I lose...
If I have an on/off/on switch do I need to put a jumper between both on positions?
Will the tone knob work on the two added pickup combinations?
Hi, and what can I do if I have the Chinese 7-leg leveler switch only?
How do I wire this if I want to use a push pull in place for a Tone Pot? Also I want to do a Coil Split with a JB JR pickups as well (I think I need another Push Pull for that too...) Please enlighten me I am modding a strat for the second time. Thanks for the time.
Thanks for the vid! Is there any particular reason for putting the cap on lug 1? I have opened original wiring on 1985 MIJ Roadstar and other guitars and saw lug 2 used?
Hey Mike... Good question. Make no difference at all on Tone Pot. Personal Preference. What's more important is what lug is used on Volume pot to connect to Tone Pot (Modern Wiring or Vintage Wiring)
Don
Hi, quick question, how would you go about it if I want to add the bridge pickup to the tone control?
Thank you for this video is super helpful! one question:
If you want to add the bridge pickup when you are on the neck position what you have to change?
thank you in advance!
so when it say "ground" you solder on the tremolo claw?
Hello,
very very nice tutorial !! great job !
I’m going to do a 7 way switch upgrade soon as possible, but I have a very important question :
How do tone knobs work after this?? neck/middle? or they don’t work? if the switch is on? if it is off?
sorry for this basic question, but I'm starting to get closer to this world recently and your videos are really helping me.
thanks!
Hey Marco...
If you're doing just this mod, the tone controls are the same as a normal strat - no difference. I do have a 7-way mod that includes my Dual Cap mod so that the bottom tone control would affect only the bridge and the other controls the neck/middle.
Don
Thanks ! Ok, now I understand the difference between the 2 vids !
you are doing a great job with this videos !
looking forward to new videos !
m
Hey! This looks great and I really want to do it. I have a doubt, what would be different if I have the Eric Johnson mod? You know, the bottom tone controls the bridge pickup, and the middle pickup doesn't have tone control at all. Thanks!
Hey Caliche...
Is your goal to keep the EJ tone controls as is? Did you check out my combo video on this 7-way and Dual-Cap mod? It does basically the same thing except T1 also affects the middle pickup. I personally like that mod the best because the bridge can have it's own tone control AND it's own cap. Email me directly at brejatoneworks@gmail.com if you want to talk more specifically about your situation.
Don
So on the 5 way toggle switch 6 and 7 are not wired? My strat came pre wired and connected to the second tone pot, should I unsolder and doscard those cables?
hey hey, is it possible to have this permanent, without this switch?
plus adding the tone bleed mod, or vintage wiring
thanks heaps!!
help me please with tone capacitors and volume potentiometer please, what kind of electronic is best?
This video is very useful but may I ask that how to make 2 single coil in series based on this wiring? I really want to know that how can make a extra sound for single coil in series.🌝
I'm trying to incorporate this mod to my already modded Strat but I'm not sure it will work. I have a coil split humbucker at the bridge already done with a on/off/on switch so it acts like a second pickup selector but I also would like it to do this by adding a push/pull pot. Is what I'm trying to do even possible?
I want to know too!!! can you show me how to wire a coil split humbucker! I need assistance on that I have a JB Jr pickup and I am building this strat
What I was told is that I need 2 push pulls (one for 7 way) (one for coil split) because they use the same lugs
The Fender fanatic 97
I already have a 3way switch to coil split my bridge humbucker. When I tried to apply this particular mod in this video to the already modified circuit (having all 3 pickups fire at the same time and just the outer pickups) I used a push/pull pot in addition to the 3way switch. The problem I encountered was that the switch was always powering the humbucker no matter what. I think the mod you want to do, Breja has a video on if not this one. Coil splitting a humbucker can be done with many devices and I'm pretty sure Breja tone works has covered it in a video.
hello please help me with David Gilmours electronic on strat, does this version is Gilmours?
I want to do this on my eric clapton blackie but I dont like to change the original wiring just add toggle or push/pull pot is it possible and how to do it?
Can you adjust your neck pickup tone when tje switch is on?
how can i wire a push pull pot like you have in video in the place of the last treble pot the one with no cap on it so i dont have to make a new hole is there a way to do that also i want to do the 2 cap mod with the push pull pot
Will this work with Fender Stratocaster? And is it basically the same thing as (push/push add neck) Fender Stratocaster Dark Knight model has?
Is it possible to do this and have the bridge tone control?
Great Vid
Thanks... I appreciate it.
Ok nice and well explained, but you never talk about treblebleeding parts at the VOL pot, very important imo. Thanks for the vids.
Hi,
what i was looking for is just use the 2nd position on the switch to have bridge and middle pickups in series (not parallel) thus not adding new switches/toggles... is that possible ? thanks in advance
If the intention is to keep the Middle/Neck as parallel and the Middle/Bridge in Series, you'd have to use a 5-Way SuperSwitch or add a switch somewhere.
How would one wire this with a master vol master tone set up?
HI Don,
I just finished this and it works great! However I need to take out a knob. can you show the same wiring with a master volume and a master tone. I want to get rid of a tone knob. Thanks
Hey Lance...
Email me directly at: brejatoneworks@gmail.com and I can get you a scheme.
I'm trying to find a wiring diagram for the 7 way strat mod, preferably using a push/pull pot if possible, combined with the gibson 50s vintage wiring...any help?
+StevieBGoode Email me directly at: brejatoneworks@gmail.com
Great Video! Please could I have a copy of this, maybe also with an indication of how to get the bridge pickup attached to a tone knob?
where do you install the new switch if i get a push pull like in the vider
Google on/on switch diagrams and yours is one of the first ones to show up?
Cool tutorial. Thanks! I’m planning on doing this mod to my Strat with a push pull (I can’t bear to modify the pick guard on their; I haven’t been able to find another like it). Question- the potentiometer I got is a 500k as opposed to the 250s that are in there now (the pickups are all still stock). Will the 500k pot work, or will it just alter the sound way too much?
If you have a humbucker pickup you want to use 500K to make sure that all of its output can come through. It can make the single coils be a little brighter, but it doesn't bother me. This could be wrong, but I think it only matters on the volume control. I'm not certain. I'm not Breja Tone Works.
StratMatt777 cool. Thanks!
My guitar already haves treble bleed mod, i can do this?
I made a slight adjustment to this mod so that I could have tone control over the bridge position and was wondering if there are any ill effects... Instead of going from lug 2 of the 5-way to lug 1 of the bottom tone control, I went from lug 1 of the 5-way to lug 1 of the bottom tone. This way, the only position I don't have tone control over is the middle only position. I haven't strung it back up yet, but everything seems to work right when I do the screwdriver tap test. Am I sacrificing anything else besides the mid position tone control when I do this? Thanks so much for making these videos! I've learned a lot from just watching a few!
Hey there...
I'm not sure if I'm thinking about the right lug that you're referring to but the 1st Lug (B1) on the right side of the 5-way is a common lug (corresponds to A4). You wouldn't want to use it for tone. Watch this video and you'll see how to get individual tone on the bridge and keep another for neck/middle: HSS Strat w/7-Way, Dual Cap and Coil Split Mods
Don
Breja ToneWorks I think what I mean is lug A1 on the 5way (first one on the left that the bridge pup is wired directly to). So, the way it's set up in this video, I basically have the green wire that's coming from the tone pot going to the switch lug that the bridge pickup is wired to instead of the lug that the mid pickup is wired to. That dual cap mod seems to be the ideal setup for me, so I'll probably just do that eventually. Thanks for the reply, Don!
dcap4545 I really think you'll like the 7-Way/Dual Cap mod - it's my favorite one.
I have one more question for you. On my strat the bridge pickup and the middle pickup are both wired to the second tone pot. Is there a way to keep that in place with this wiring ?
Weird - NOW I see this question. Not sure why it didn't appear first. Watch my video on how the 5-way switch works and you'll see so different combinations for tone control and the various pickups. ua-cam.com/video/Md9Ai1YIdn0/v-deo.html
Thanks
is it possible to do 7 way strat and series parallel mod?
does anybody know if the mini-toggle have to be on-off?
Hi ... can i doo this on my strat with the clapton mid boost ?
I have a Fender Powerhouse Strat with 12 db... Will this still work with this configuration
Thanks
jammy5152
Will this work with the EMG pre-wired David Gilmour pickguard setup? It looks like it will, but I don't want to try it until I'm sure.
Those tend to have PCB boards. If you feel comfortable working with them - Yes, you can do it by adding the extra switch and wiring it correctly.
I ordered a Dimazio On/On switch to do the 7 way Gilmore strat will that work?
Sorry, wrong comment for wrong video in the bottom... Hey, so, if I only get the new configuration... meaning bridge neck, and bridge neck, middle... no matter where I move the switch.... what could have I done wrong? maybe the switch doesn't work?
Awesome video! Question: What is the end result if one were to combine this mod with a Treble Bleed on the "Volume" pot?
Hey Joseph... Don't take this as me being sarcastic, but you'd basically get a treble bleed along with 7 pickup combinations. Unless you have a HB in your guitar, I personally haven't found much use in a treble bleed because the SCs are pretty bright to begin with. Treble Bleeds sound best to my ears when used with Humbuckers. This mod just simply adds 2 more pickup combinations. I do have another video with this mod along with a Dual Cap mod which adds a separate tone control for your bridge pickup and combines the neck/middle into the other tone control. But there's nothing with this mod that would prevent you or require you to add the treble bleed. The treble bleed is completely independent. Let me know if you have any other questions and thanks for watching.Don
Breja ToneWorks I thought that would be your response, haha! I had asked because after I had the 7 way mod in, I decided to also add the treble bleed, but took it out because in the bridge/neck and neck/middle combo, I had lost a lot of lows(realized that wasn't the culprit). After looking over the caps I had installed, I realized I put the wrong values in. Put a 224 in rather than a 225(which ironically I have on hand. Going to leave the TB off, because I find it sounds fine as is, but will go back in when the next string change come up, and I will put the proper cap in. Honestly, I kinda like the way it sounds! Anyway, thanks for the reply!
*1985 MIJ Fender Stratocaster w/ Schaller System One*
Hello, is it possible doing this 7 way mod along with the vintage (or 50s) wiring style ?
+Stanley Moore Yes. Slight change in wire locations though. Email me at: brejatoneworks@gmail.com and I can help.
Can this be added to a 50s wiring?
Great tutorial!!! :)
but something is not quite right.
with the swith ON and position 3 I get sound from the Bridge pickup and the middle pickup (In your tutorial I'm supposed to get only the middle pickup)
I did the wiring just like you :(
Yared... Not sure. I dbl-checked and my diagram is right. On the 5-way switch. B2 and B3 (right side) should NOT have anything connected to them - not sure if drawing is clear on that. Check one more time and if not, email me photo of wiring and I'll see if I can help. brejatoneworks @ gmail .com
My first attempt at upgrading, this video/diagram made it so easy. I also changed the pick ups and wiring/pots, so my first attempt at soldering. Diagrams such as this made it all so easy. Why pay for a technician ?
Good Job. Glad you enjoyed the video and that it helped ya.
Hi! I'd like to do this in a guitar with HSS configuration 1 volume pot and 1 tone pot. The guitar has 2 potentiometer 500k. Is it possible to do this 7 way mod with a push pull in volume pot? And also I wanna do the coil split humbucker mod with a push pull tone pot! Can you help with a diagram? I don't know how to do to link one mod with the other!!!
just leaving a comment here waiting for an answer thank you :))
@@lukee_v I think the answer is here. That is for HSH, but the concept and wiring is the same except for your hss you would just not have the coil split on the middle tone knob. ua-cam.com/video/ueqdO1nyc8I/v-deo.html
I think the answer is here. That is for HSH, but the concept and wiring is the same except for your hss you would just not have the coil split on the middle tone knob. ua-cam.com/video/ueqdO1nyc8I/v-deo.html
@@TheGreenBard thank you!
If you use a toggle switch, should it be the (on-on) or (on-off)? Any help would be appreciated!
You can basically use any switch because all it needs to do is connect or disconnect. So even a switch with only 2 pins would work.
Can you show this mod using a push pull pot instead of the switch?
Thanks as always quick question do you not ground the switch case on the strat and tele switches. I see lugs on all the cases but see some with and without grounds.
+Joe Dov Personally I don't ground the switches. As long as the underside of the pickguard has the coil or tape for grounding, the switch is grounded.
That's what I assumed thanks for the advice
I see a jumper between the 2 tone pots on my guitar and on other strat diagrams.
Then sometimes I don't see one. If Tone (1) is the middle pickup and Tone (2) is the neck, why have a jumper? It seems this would bleed them together......right?
I also see some with the neck and the bridge wired up leaving the middle out (this set-
up usually leaves the jumper out). Bet you could make a whole video on this subject.
Thanks in advance, if you could shed some light on this.
The jumper is only used if you wish to have 2 pickups sharing a tone pot. In this particular mod that not happening so there isn't a jumper but let's say you wanted to have the middle and neck share one pot and the bridge the other, you'd have a jumper installed. The wiring on this switch right now isn't for having the right side of the switch really in use for tone control. Watch this video to get a better understanding: ua-cam.com/video/wFrbjEN2ito/v-deo.html
Breja ToneWorks
Ok, Thanks again. All clear, just have to decide which setup I will try first. think I'll do: Humbucker bridge with it's own tone, middle and neck on the second tone pot.
Your video's make this much more fun to do.
How is it possible it for position 3 to be middle pickup by itself when the dpdt switch is on? Shouldn’t the bridge pickup be on in all 5 positions once the switch is flipped?
I think what I mean is: with the dpdt switch flipped on wouldn’t the middle pickup never be by itself?
Hi, great mod which I’ve just completed today using s push/pull pot. Unfortunately I’ve obviously done something wrong as most switch positions pushed or pulled seem to have all pups selected. Everything that should be earthed/grounded is, all soldered connections are good. Any ideas?
Hi. Just in case take a manifier and check if a little piece of solder could drop down inside the 5-way switch. If yes, i'm afraid you'll need to replace it. Hope it helps.
Obi Wan Kenobi Turns out I was relying on the copper shielding in the pup cavities and on the back of the scratchplate as my only source of grounding. Whilst continuity checked out ok it wasn’t good enough. Proper grounding using wire did the job though! 👍🏻
Can you use a on and off switch. I have one with only two posts.
Yes - you should be able to use that type of switch.