Help in turning guitar wiring schematic to a diagram - Page 1
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author: bammbamm
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: June 27, 2020, 07:24:28 pm
content: Greetings!I am trying to work on my guitar to try and make it more versatile. I got this schematic from a website. I just don't know how to apply it to the actual wiring. Someone also tried providing me with a wiring diagram of it but it doesn't seem to be working as it should, so I need help if you can point out things that are wrong on the diagram compared to the schematic, or if you can make it more efficient.Basically, I have a 2 humbucker pickup guitar. I want to install a superswitch:https://www.stewmac.com/articles-and-video/online-resources/learn-about-guitar-pickups-and-electronics-and-wiring/super-switchi1.htmland a push pull potentiometerhttps://www.stewmac.com/electronics/components-and-parts/potentiometers/alpha-push-pull-pots.htmlto accomplish my goal, which is when the pot is pushed down, it will do the following:Position 1 = Bridge pickup seriesPosition 2 = Bridge parallelPosition 3 = Each pickup as series but combined both in parallelPosition 4 = Neck parallelPosition 5 = Neck seriesWhen the pot is pulled up, it would do the following (it doesn't matter to me if the position number is 1 to 5 in order or reversed on these):Position 1 = Outer coils seriesPosition 2 = outer coils parallelPosition 3 = Outer coils in series, in parallel with the inner coils in seriesPosition 4 = Inner coils in parallelPosition 5 = Inner coils seriesThis would give me 10 tones instead of just the normal 5.Please, any help would be great! I appreciate it! Let me know if there is any information that you need from me. Thanks again!

author: floobydust
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 28, 2020, 11:36:37 pm
content: These dumbed down pictorials are a PITA and make my head hurt. That pictorial drawing has flipped the switch positions so it would work backwards. Position 5 is wired as 1, 4 wired as 2, 3 is ok, 2 wired as 4 etc.I have no idea what pickups you have or their wiring colour codes. It makes my head hurt more.The schematic looks OK, you just have to burn through the pain of translating the connections to the parts you have.

author: james_s
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 29, 2020, 04:54:24 am
content: Uhg, yes I'm not even going to try to decipher that pictoral, it's just a big jumble of wires. I really wish everyone would just use proper schematics, they're so much easier to read.

author: wizard69
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 29, 2020, 05:55:29 am
content: While not a musical instrument I've at times have resorted to tracing out one wire at a time and drawing a schematic as I go. Not fun at all and sometimes there are road blocks but it saves the trouble of trusting somebody elses work.As for the stuff that you linked I can't see much help in the info provided. It might help to find an audio or music oriented forum. Then again there might be musicians on here.Quote from: james_s on June 29, 2020, 04:54:24 am

author: sam[PS]
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: July 01, 2020, 11:05:05 pm
content: As you put it you have 10 cases (5 position * 2 PP)What i would avise you is just copy the diagram ten time and then for each possible combination erase what's not needed and draw the corresponding connection following the switches positions.Then instead of trouble shouting one big mess you'll have to trouble shout 10 much simpler circuits. That's much much easier.At school they teach us that calling it "integrals calculus", problem is most teacher haven't been told it's a life lesson, not a math lesson, so most kids ends up confused.Just my 2cts ...

author: floobydust
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 02, 2020, 04:01:25 am
content: It's 4-pole 5 position switch.There are pretty stencilsVisio librariesof guitar electrical parts pictorials. I'd draw one for OP but don't have Visio.https://sites.google.com/site/phostenixwiringdiagramshas lots of info, but schematics are sadly 404'd.