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    Overlord of Music McCreed's Avatar
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    Hey dozy.

    If you follow a standard schematic for 2 pickup/1V/1T but substitute a push/pull for the tone pot (or volume), then wire the push/pull between the middle pickup and toggle switch as per my sketch, you can add the middle pickup to all the standard 3 positions.

    Unfortunately position 2 with p/p engaged will give you all 3 pickups on (in parallel). I've not found this very useful in strats, but it's the only simple way to achieve a "5-sound" 3-way toggle switch I can think of.

    Sorry for the crude drawing. Too much coffee and I was just scratching to get something quickly.

    Cheers,
    Mick

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    Edit to add:
    Of course, the ground from the middle pickup needs to be connected to where ever everything else is grounded.
    Last edited by McCreed; 03-09-2022 at 10:44 AM.
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    GAStronomist Simon Barden's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by McCreed View Post
    Hey dozy.

    Unfortunately position 2 with p/p engaged will give you all 3 pickups on (in parallel). I've not found this very useful in strats, but it's the only simple way to achieve a "5-sound" 3-way toggle switch I can think of.
    In contrast, I find the all three pickups on quite a reasonable sound. It's a bit thinner and honkier then the standard bridge+middle or middle+neck sound, but certainly useable in some circumstances, especially if playing something funky. Not really an all-out rock sound though. But it is a sound that should sit over the top of another guitar part and be heard clearly.

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