Advice & help please, about using a rotary switch for bridge pickup

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I have a RioGrande hybrid humbucker made from two rod-magnet coils based on the Tallboy and Halfbreed Strat pickups.
Would love to have a rotary for coil choices (this pickup only - overall pickup selection is via a standard 5-way).

Am thinking four or five positions: Series, parallel, inner coil alone, bridge coil alone, and maybe series-OOP also.

First of all, is series-out-of-phase a viable option for two coils so close together? (They're different winds, 7.7K and 8.25K.)
If OOP isn't likely to be usable, I'd be happy with 4 positions.

Have seen single wafer two- and three-pole rotaries with lugs on the bottom face that'd fit in a Fender type rout.
Less certain about fitting two-wafer rotaries that have their connections around the outer edge.

So, can what I want be done using a two pole rotary? or would it require a 3P4T? or a 4P4T?
And could it be done with a 2 pole switch if the series-OOP option were omitted?

Thanks for your help and advice.
 
Okay, I got some wiring advice over at the Duncan forum and have decided to go 4-position and forego series-out-of-phase.

Now I'm debating perhaps going with a different pickup than the Rio hybrid, which is beefy but quite plucky.
Thinking I might miss the smoothness of a traditional humbucker, especially in a bright Fender-scale guitar.
I have a DiMarzio Breed on hand, and an AT-1 at the moment too.
Also a Duncan Perpetual Burn that I'd intended for the Strat type that I'm refinishing in purple.
Then again, a slightly twangier bridge hum could work in a Tele-style axe.

The guitar in question is a Meck Strelecaster, basically an HSS superStrat with the neck and body shape of a Tele.
I have a couple of projects in line before I get to this one but will post updates as I make progress.
 
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