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Re: Strat Pickup Wiring Question

8/4/1999 4:09 PM
Doc	Re: Strat Pickup Wiring Question You'll need one of those 4-pole switches. Each contact/position needs to be deliberately wired on this type of switch. Wire one pole (wafer) to connect individual pickups neck, and bridge, at the 1 & 5 positions. For the 2&4 in-between positions, you jump over to the next wafer where the middle pickup wires are located. The third wafer (pole) can be used to configure the bridge+neck parallel sound in position 3 (you can add another toggle or pull switch to go from parallel to series wiring), and the fourth wafer is used to connect tone controls in whatever fashion you prefer. Seems like a fairly simple wiring scheme.

8/4/1999 4:09 PM

Doc

Re: Strat Pickup Wiring Question

You'll need one of those 4-pole switches.

Each contact/position needs to be deliberately wired on this type of switch. Wire one pole (wafer) to connect individual pickups neck, and bridge, at the 1 & 5 positions. For the 2&4 in-between positions, you jump over to the next wafer where the middle pickup wires are located. The third wafer (pole) can be used to configure the bridge+neck parallel sound in position 3 (you can add another toggle or pull switch to go from parallel to series wiring), and the fourth wafer is used to connect tone controls in whatever fashion you prefer.

Seems like a fairly simple wiring scheme.

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