5 Way Switch Wiring Tele 2 Pickup Duncan

The 5 way strat switch is the most common switch youll find in stratocaster guitars. This is another cool wiring scheme that gives you all the traditional sounds plus something extra. In guitar wiring 104 we saw that the standard stratocaster 5 way switch is an evolution of the 3 way switch.

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5 way switch wiring tele 2 pickup duncan. I have a guitar that has an hsh pickup configuration with a 5 way switch and i am attempting to install a single conductor alnico ii pro slash bridge humbucker but the pickup i removed as well as the neck pickup are 4 conductor connections and using the sd recommended diagram i was not able to get any output so i guess i am asking whether a single and a 4 conductor can be installed together. Options for northsouth coil tap seriesparallel more. This works fine if all you want to do is wire a strat completely as standard. Easy to read wiring diagrams for guitars basses with 2 humbuckers 5 way pickup selector switch.

But over time players noticed an interesting sound when switching from one pickup to the next. Instead it has three switchable contacts and in the in between positions on the switch connect two of these contacts at the same time. We sell tapped tele pickups individually and as part of the custom shop 53 tapped tele model t guitar shop set which includes a 5 way switch. Heres a wiring setup for a tele with a seymour duncan p rail neck pickup.

The 3 choices are 1 the rail pickup by itself 2 both coils in parallel not series and 3 the p 90 by itself. What you could do is you the tele wiring fof 3 way switch and just do it on the 5 way strat switch. To achieve this. Tele with 4 way switch.

Then it would have neck only and bridge only in positions 1 5 but positions 2 3 4 would have both which i think is more useful because its very easy to get 1 or 5 wherever you are on the switch but for 3 you have to pay attention and focus to get it just right. Strats teles triple shot wiring diagrams. Guitarists found they could turn on more than one pickup at a time to get the in between sounds. The pickup switching is standard tele but a 3 position dpdt on on on mini toggle has been added to select how the coils of the p rail pickup are wired.

Now it would be easier to. It doesnt actually have five separate contacts for the five positions. Plus info on switches pots coil splitting and more. The only special part you need is a 4 way switch.

The original stratocaster had a 3 way switch same as a tele to select one of three pickups. Easy to read wiring diagrams for guitars and basses with 2 humbucker pickups 5 way pickup selector with 1 volume control one tone control.