Community Kit Build Number 4

[WeirdBits]

Freeway should be able to do:
Bridge full, Neck full, Both full (full as in not split), Bridge split, Neck split, Both split across the six positions.

As I said, there are two versions of the Freeway (normal and ultra) but I'd have to check the contact layout to see if you could do it with the normal one.

[Dedman]

thanks Weirdy, the first comment on the normal version said he was using it on a 3 pick up LP so that looks positive

[WeirdBits]

Yep, just checked the 'normal' Freeway layouts and their 'HH Coil Split 2V2T' (first diagram, from here) is basically what you want, just with only a volume. So, that'll work.

If you want to have combinations with one pickup split but the other not etc, you could do that with the Freeway instead of splitting both. Or, just go with a couple of mini-toggles and then you can split whichever one you want in any combination you want. It's up to you.

[Dedman]

hmm, still not sure. heres a pic of the pick ups, the neck one is basically 2 humbuckers with separate wiring
Bridge


Neck

[FredA]

@Dedman do you know if the 2x halves of the bridge are the same? I mean would you need to be able to select one or the other to get different sounds or it wouldn't really matter?

You could use the following options for that pup:
* single coil (one of the 4 coils, hardwired)
* std humbucker (one of the 2 hb)
* 2 humbucker parallel (equivalent to middle switch position of a 2x hb guitar)
* 2 humbucker series (so your 4 coils in series! That would be very beefy!)

Might be interesting to set up the guitar and install pups, jack,etc. but not connect the switch and find a way of leaving all the wires exposed at the back.

This way you could try different configs before deciding on which ones you want to hardwire.
I was considering using RCA connectors or banana plugs for mine to do something similar for my 3x pup SG.

You have so many wiring options with these pickups that it would be hard to know which ones are good without trying!

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[wazkelly]

You only really discover the true sound of these combinations once strung up which can be a bit of a hassle when starting out. Gotta wonder if one of those 6 position rotary switches is worth considering?

[Dedman]

Yea, hard to know which way to go. And it has to all fit in what's basically a Tele sized switch rout. LOL

[Dedman]

Been thinking, might be easier just to run 3 push pull volumes and no switch

[FredA]

Are you thinking running each cable to a volume? So one for neck, and then one for each halves of the bridge pup?

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[Dedman]

yup, would be different