This modification will give you 2 more sounds all 3 pickups in parallel and neck and bridge in parallel. Same 5 pickup configurations as the prs 5 way rotary switching.
Mod Garage A Prs Style Pickup Selector For Dual Humbucker
5 way rotary switch wiring. 14 sold shaft fits many set screw style knobs. This 5 way rotary switch was the perfect solution. Since the original design only allowed single pickup selection my customer wanted this 3 single coil guitar to have typical strat like switching. Some rotary switches contain more than one circuit. This plan calls for a 4 pole super switch one mother of a switch to replace the boring ol 5 way in your guitar. 3 single coil wiring.
Instead of stopping at the 3 pickup selections it spun 360 degrees. 50 videos play all mix the inner workings of a 5 way switch and various wiring options youtube how to wire your stratocaster test pots select capacitor and make tone control wiring decisions. Typical stock wiring but the flip of a pushpull or mini toggle switch adds rhythmlead and rhythmmiddlelead combinations. If you are using standard humbuckers seymour duncan gibson etc you must mount the pickups witht the screw pole coils as shown in the diagram to get inner and outer coils in switch positions 2 3 4. This switch has 24 terminals and allows for some pretty creative switching possibilities. Great for hh hhh hss or hsh custom pickup configurations.
Prs popularized 5 way rotary switching on such models as the custom 22 and custom 24 and it provides very useable pickup combinations you cant get with a standard 5 way blade switch. Style switching and other options. Create countless pickup configurations and options including prs. This wiring uses a 5 way switch includes both humbuckers individually and adds tones using coils from both pickups to create other. Guitar wiring diagram with 2 humbuckers 5 way 4 pole rotary switch one volume and one tone control. 5 position 4 pole rotary switch wsolid shaft.
Neck and middle in parallel and middle and bridge in parallel. Photo 1 this month lets explore the glory of installing a 5 way rotary switch in a dual humbucker guitar. The electricity enters the rotary switchs input terminal and the switch sends electricity to the output terminal selected. I made sure the large switch fit in the cavity of my guitar or else id have routing to do as well. A rotary switch connects several devices to an electric source. These contain two or more input terminals called poles.
The typical 3 single coil guitar contains a 5 way rotary switch which allows you to get 5 sounds each single coil.
Gallery of 5 Way Rotary Switch Wiring
