Members boggs Posted December 7, 2011 Members Share Posted December 7, 2011 ...A simple SPST switch that converts position 1 and 5 (Strat 5-position switch) to the Tele configuration (Bridge + Neck) and back again to just bridge in position 1 or just neck in position 5. Nice for not only adding a new tone option, but making a really quick to change tone ability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members csm Posted December 7, 2011 Members Share Posted December 7, 2011 My Rataecaster does pretty much exactly the same thing with a quick sweep of the second tone control from full-on to full-off ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BoneNut Posted December 7, 2011 Members Share Posted December 7, 2011 ...A simple SPST switch that converts position 1 and 5 (Strat 5-position switch) to the Tele configuration (Bridge + Neck) and back again to just bridge in position 1 or just neck in position 5. Nice for not only adding a new tone option, but making a really quick to change tone ability. Cool! Got diagram? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members boggs Posted December 7, 2011 Author Members Share Posted December 7, 2011 All you need to do is put a switch between the hot lead of the neck and the bridge pickup where it connects to the 5-position Strat switch so you are essentially putting the bridge and neck pickups in parallel when the switch is on (closed). When the switch is off (open), you are back where you started since the bridge and neck pickups are no longer connected in parallel. You could do the same thing using a volume or tone pot with push-pull switch. In that way, no toggle switch is necessary to install. You do need to change the pot you would use though. With the switch "on" (closed), it also gives you all 3 pickups in positions 2 and 4... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BoneNut Posted December 7, 2011 Members Share Posted December 7, 2011 Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wyatt Posted December 7, 2011 Members Share Posted December 7, 2011 Most people just have a switch to turn either the Bridge Pu on at anytime with a push-pull. This allows for Neck+Bridge in position 5 and and all three in position 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Guitar Heel Posted December 7, 2011 Members Share Posted December 7, 2011 I did essentially the same thing by swapping the neck and middle pickups (thanks to HiC for that idea). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members xStonr Posted December 7, 2011 Members Share Posted December 7, 2011 My Strat has a push/pull to turn the middle p/u on or off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Belva Posted December 8, 2011 Members Share Posted December 8, 2011 This is prolly the oldest strat mod in existence. You can turn either the neck or the bridge on at all times and you have bridge+neck or all 3 pups on by fiddling around with your lever switch and your spst. This is most commonly done with a p/p pot. Some strats actually came from the factory that way. Some of the FR, bridge 'bucker gits has it.Seymour Duncan has this mod in their wiring diags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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