HSS 1 vol 1 tone w/ 2 out of phase switches

[Joe3334]

Does anybody know of a wiring diagram for a HSS 1 vol 1 tone w/ 2 out of phase switches (one switch for the bridge humbucker and one switch for the middle hot rails pickup) that exists on the internet? I cannot find one ANYWHERE. My pickups are not Seymour Duncan branded they are no name Chinese pickups. Any help would be greatly appreciated because my experience in trying to find a diagram is killing me.

Thank you

[wazkelly]

Hi Joe, do the pickups have 4 or maybe 5 wires, where the 5th is bare and probably wound around the earth wire? If so, 2 of the 4 should most likely be paired together, and these are the ones required to do coil splitting.

Sounds like your build has just master volume & master tone and probably a strat style 5 way switch? To do the out of phase stuff you may need to buy 2 mini DPDT switches which are on-on-on. This is very important as some are on-off-on. Reason being in position 1 = Series or humbucker mode, position 2 = split single coil mode, position 3 = Parallel or out of phase.

Check out this old thread for some ideas where I posted how my Son's Strat Copy was Hotrodded.... http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=4981

Hope some of this helps.

Cheers, Waz

[Joe3334]

Yes they all have 4 wires each, would a on-on DPDT switch be better as position one would be in phase and position two would be out of phase leaving out the unwanted coil split?

[wazkelly]

That would work.

If you have a 5 way strat switch, position 4 with bridge & middle selected can produce some seriously weird sounds when one or both are in Parallel (out of phase) hence why the single coil split is a good idea as that helps to get a Clapton or Typical West Coast American Strat out of phase sound which is different to what you will experience by just doing 2 way dpdt switching.

The Son's guitar is back home again and I should pull my finger out and do a sound demo video. Too much yard work planned for tomorrow but have an RDO on Thursday so that may be first available time to make some noise.