ST-1 By nitroburner1000

[nitroburner1000]

I could be wrong, but in that wiring diagram it looks like the bridge tone phase push/pull is missing a ground connection on the bottom left to top right diagonal link. Without it the bridge negative (in/out phase) will never be connected to ground.

Also, the hot connections to the tone pots should be on the right side lugs instead of the left ones, as the way the diagram has it the tones will be at max on 10 instead of 0. There is also another way you can wire the neck tone series/parallel push/pull so that it bypasses the 3-way setting and instantly gives you bridge and neck in series from any position, if that's an option you'd prefer.

Hi, ive been doing some research on the whole volume lug connections and have found something. can i have your advice. this is an excerpt from a wiring mag.....



We’ll only need one of the switch circuits here (so a SPDT switch would suffice, but they don’t make SPDT push/pulls as far as I know). Wire the pickup signal to switch lug C, and then wire switch lug B up to the center of the volume pot (lug Y). The other two volume pot lugs are the usual arrangement- one side (lug Z) to ground, and the other side (lug X) over to the tone pot or output jack.

NOTE: connecting the pickup signal to the center lug gives you independent volume wiring which is useful for 3-pickup guitars with a 3-way selector, or for 2-pickup guitars where you want to avoid interaction between the 2 volume controls. The downside is significant treble-loss when turning down the volume pot. You can instead wire the pickup signal B to the side lug X, and the output to the center lug Y. This will give you non-independent volume controls, which will eliminate treble loss when turning down- perfect for guitars with a single master volume and typical on 2-pickup Les Paul style guitars. Note that on a two-pickup guitars with a 3-way selector in the middle position- turning down one volume all the way will also kill the other (hence the term non-independent).

So according to this guy input for a one volume pot is lug x and output is lug y, z goes to ground.