My Pickup Irony

Clockworkmike said:
Alright, so to better understand the situation help me go over it for a bit here on what you currently have:

You have 2 humbuckers that have 4 wires ( well one is 3 with a bare ground but that's the same difference ). You have a single Volume and single Tone. You want to rig it with a standard 5 way switch that can go:
1: Bridge Humbucker
2: Bridge Single Coil
3: Parallel Bridge and Neck Humbucker
4: Neck Single coil
5: Neck Humbucker
Correct?

Basically, the setup you're using will be best described as a Tele layout with 5 way switching.

Only way I can possibly come up with a solution is 3 ways to get that exact set up you're after:
1) Use the standard 5 way you got but you are gonna need a push pull pot on the tone
2) Use a Super Switch/Oak Grigsby but standard pots
Or if you're frisky?
3) Use a Superswitch AND push pull pot on the tone and open up an entire array of options ( about 8 different tones), worth a look right? This would be something that I would personally love to try myself

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Yes, I am getting it. Finally. I appreciate all the people jumping in to help.
I know it's simple but until I read a explanation I didn't get it.
 
ibmorjamn said:
Because of all the different switches it is confusing. They are all doing the same thing with different paths and wiring diagrams. The missing one is Ibanez but these show all the options from most of the schematics on line.
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Oh no problem at all man, I was having a hard time understanding it is what I was saying, not me saying you were lol I'm pretty clumsy in processing stuff sometimes. I'm glad you got an idea on how to do this now! Look forward to the results!

To perhaps help with the last post, where you mentioned a Gibson 3 way design of Bridge, Bridge/Neck Parallel, Neck on positions 1, 3 and 5 but the added benefit of splitting coils on 2 and 4? Here's one last thing I found, but again, requires that damned Superswitch. But, it can do precisely what you're wanting. Hell man, I'd send you the switch if you wanted it lol

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Note the sequence in the right upper corner. Should sound about right for what you want.
 
Mr. Potato Head said:
All I know is I am not smart enough to remember complicated switching while I am playing at all.
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That's the only thing I'll ever have in common with Eddie Van Halen's skills: he couldn't figure out wiring either lol Exhibit A: The Frankenstrat. Neck pickup to nowhere, only a volume knob because he couldn't figure out how to hook up a tone knob and look at the middle pickup hole: it's a selector switch for God's sakes lmao
 
Mr. Potato Head said:
Ya like when I was all nerved up to play dive tavern, I was thinking holy sh*t, there are over 12 people here! Why did we have to put up all those damn flyers.
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Don't feel bad, man. Old band I was in got duped into playing this venue where they told us up front we wouldn't be paid, but not only would they promote the hell out of us for a big crowd but they'd promote for us to other places to get paid. We showed up and it was a Hippy Head Shop the next town over and we had a nice draw of 2 people the whole evening. Must've really loved that screw job we took because we actually played there again a month later, to a whopping 10 people that night! My buddy in the band @froman5150 actually took a Led Zeppelin Tapestry off their wall as retribution, so, got paid $25 I guess? Lmao

"Screwed me once, shame on you. Screwed me twice? Well I guess I was just asking for it"
 
Looks like same as the 2 pickup 5 way Ibanez wiring.

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