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Post by pete1951 on Mar 9, 2020 15:23:33 GMT
I noticed on the ‘Guitars for Slide’ thread that the sound of 2pickups in series ( most guitars run them in parallel) was popular for slide. This is the way Burns (and Danelectro?) wire their guitars.  You need a special switch for this ( Fender do a 4 position for the Tele) The picture shows the 2 together position. Pete After a quick search I can’t find any ‘correct ‘ switches. Several Dano wiring diagrams show conventional switches and pickups in parallel. A mains electric switch on/off/on would do the job |
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Post by snakehips on Mar 9, 2020 17:00:13 GMT
Hi there !
I fancied doing that on a guitar with two vintage Dearmond pickups.
Thing is, usually, an old pickup (and probably many more modern ones) have 2 wires coming out of the pickup.
The -'ve wire is usually the wire from the pickup coil AND a wire shielding the pickup cover.
If you connect two pickups together, I believe you have to seperate the shield wire from the -'ve wire (or something).
I didn't fancy doing that or even letting a repair guy try and do that to my vintage pickups, unless they destroyed them in the process.
Might be easier with some pickups though.
One thing I do know though, after crazy pickup experiments about 20yrs ago, mounting a P90 pickup and a Fender Strat pickup to a cheap roundhole acoustic, and wired up by a friend for having the choice of both In-Parallel and In-Series options, was that the P90 pickup was obviously more powerful than the Strat pickup. No matter what selection I had the pickups, the P90's sound dominated. There wasn't a lot of difference when the P90 was on alone, or when the Strat pickup was brought in, in either wiring series/parallel.
As long as you use well-matched pickups, this shouldn't be a problem (I think !!).
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Post by Stevie on Mar 9, 2020 17:14:00 GMT
Pete the slight gotcha with the Fender four way (together with the associated schematic) is it leaves one of the pickups "hanging from hot" in the other single pickup selection. This may not bother you but it does bother some of the obsessed *tone* hounds. I reckon it should be possible to flip the wiring so that the opposite pickup is left hanging instead (ie- not compromising the sparkly bridge sound in any way) but I'm not convinced that I'd notice any difference TBH. The series tone is well worth the effort IMHO. You do have to lift the Tele neck pickup lipstick ground wire ... I have two Strats wired with "Mike Richardson" wiring (Google) and with all three pickups in series, folks find it hard to believe you don't have hidden humbuckers or a 9 volt battery inside! On my "Esquire" (that has a hidden neck pickup beneath the scratchplate), and in the series position of the Fender four way, I get similar puzzled looks from other players! "One single coil pickup? Really?"
e&oe ...
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Post by mitchfit on Mar 11, 2020 7:29:37 GMT
the Gibson S-1 quote> 'buck and a half <unquote schematic. 3 single coils. the 4 position rotary is unique... S1series1schematic.pdf (448.52 KB) mitchfit PS personally, i feel the Brian May scheme would be the ~most~ tweakable, but requiring more time/dexterity to route. |
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Post by pete1951 on Mar 11, 2020 8:02:05 GMT
With a modern Fender style (24 contact) or extra switches the wiring is not too difficult, the challenge is to do it with a Les Paul type so old guitars don’t look different. The slightly modified switch or an On/Off/On seems the only option,though it does mean you can’t get both pickups in parallel
Pete
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Post by mitchfit on Mar 11, 2020 8:45:34 GMT
guess Gibson agreed, that's why they used serial numbered circa late 1960's over-run flying V necks on first six months of production. for familiar company profile. you wouldn't believe how many people date this guit incorrectly due to that.
really wish it was 25 1/2" scale instead.
mitchfit
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