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Wiring Diagram For HSS One Volume, Two Tone Pots and 5-Way Switch

Asked by rugby1970, March 23, 2020

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rugby1970

Posted March 23, 2020

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Posted March 23, 2020

Can anyone help me out with this? I know it's not the most common or practical but there are  reasons why.

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Posted March 23, 2020

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Posted March 23, 2020

Check here:

https://guitarelectronics.com/guitar-wiring-resources/

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Yeah, guitar electronics is good.  DiMarzio has some good diagrams as well: https://www.dimarzio.com/support/wiring-diagrams

So do Duncan:  https://www.seymourduncan.com/wiring-diagrams

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Posted March 23, 2020

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Posted March 23, 2020

Basic Strat wiring should work with the bucker replacing a single, right?

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Posted March 24, 2020

This is my first attempt so I really need a "for Dummies" approach.

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If you don't need/want to split the coil, just wire as a normal Strat would. Also, I've looked at this guys stuff on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/user/BrejaToneWorks/videos

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And it's easy enough to wire the Humbucker to split in the "4" position, only, negating the need for any superfluous switching busyness.

To quote some of the best guitar advice I've ever received, "make it a rocket ship, not mission control." - @Murkat

rugby1970

Posted March 25, 2020

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Posted March 25, 2020

I'm using the Seymour Duncan diagram, it has colors, ha! We'll see. Thanks for all of the great advice, fellas.

cynic

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23 hours ago, rugby1970 said:

This is my first attempt so I really need a "for Dummies" approach.

No matter how many I've done, I'm always pleased as punch when I plug in a cable and go through the switch settings, using an alligator clip or something similar to tap against the pickups, and hearing that tap-tap-tap through the amp confirming everything works as intended.

rugby1970

Posted March 25, 2020

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Well.......................... I wired it up ................................ and it works, sort of. I get noise, musical stuff, but the volume pot doesn't shut off all the way and the tone tone controls don't do too much. The humbucker is the best setting. This is the diagram I followed.

 

 

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Wait, what happens to that lug on the volume pot? Does it get bent up to the pot and soldered on the pot too?

rugby1970

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Posted March 25, 2020

Fixed it. It .... is..... ALIVE!!!!!

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Yay! Good work. Way to stick with it and troubleshoot the malfunction.

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If you're open to having a single master tone, give this a look: it automatically splits the humbucker in the 4 position for more Strat-like tones.

With a master tone, you only need one side of the standard five-way, freeing it up for automatically shunting one of the humbucker coils to ground.  The second tone knob becomes reassigned to "talent." (according to Jon Herington)  

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Posted March 27, 2020

SD diagrams are good. Remember not all pickup manufacturers use the same wire color codes

 

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