Patent ID: 7999171

Claim:
A three pickup guitar switching system comprising: a bridge pickup; a middle pickup; a neck pickup; a pickup output jack; a two-pole pickup selector switch: wherein for a first user preference option said pickup selector switch is a 5-position switch, wherein for a second user preference option said pickup selector switch is a 3-position switch; a switch means via a wiring scheme identical for both user preference options whereby the pickup wiring of the second pole of the aforementioned pickup selector switch is offset with respect to the pickup wiring of the first pole of said switch with the common terminal of the second pole of the pickup selector switch electrically wired in series to one side of an on/off mode switch with the other side of said on/off mode switch wired to the common terminal of the first pole, with the common terminal of the first pole being wired to the master volume control potentiometer, with said on/off mode switch then allowing for the electrically parallel connection or disconnection of the common terminals of both poles of the pickup selector switch to provide for “one at a time” pickup or “two at a time” pickup mode select ability for both user preference options; and also for three pickups in electrical parallel select ability for the first user preference option.