Members Terry Allan Hall Posted December 9, 2010 Members Share Posted December 9, 2010 doing a little customizing on one of my Teles...tell me how you're using a 4-way, please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted December 9, 2010 Moderators Share Posted December 9, 2010 Terry, I've done a few with 4 way switch and like: 1. Bridge 2. Bridge n neck in parallel 3. Neck 4. Bridge n neck in series Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vintage clubber Posted December 9, 2010 Members Share Posted December 9, 2010 Terry, I've done a few with 4 way switch and like: 1. Bridge 2. Bridge n neck in parallel 3. Neck 4. Bridge n neck in series hey Sean - How does that phase switch sound? Does it give it a Peter Green like tone?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members webwarmiller Posted December 9, 2010 Members Share Posted December 9, 2010 Just curious as to why you add the phase switch when the same results can be achieved without one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted December 9, 2010 Moderators Share Posted December 9, 2010 Y'all taken too much o da brown acid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted December 9, 2010 Moderators Share Posted December 9, 2010 Indeed, yours a more appropriate diagram However I do like da 5 way one too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vintage clubber Posted December 9, 2010 Members Share Posted December 9, 2010 Y'all taken too much o da brown acid that doesn't answer my question... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted December 9, 2010 Author Members Share Posted December 9, 2010 Terry, I've done a few with 4 way switch and like: 1. Bridge 2. Bridge n neck in parallel 3. Neck 4. Bridge n neck in series That's kinda what I've been contemplating, except I think I'd prefer: 1. Bridge 2. Bridge n neck in series 3. Bridge n neck in parallel 4. Neck or: 1. Bridge n neck in series 2. Bridge 3. Bridge n neck in parallel 4. Neck Decisions, decisions... The other Tele I'm redoing will (probably) be MUCH simpler...all I'm doing on it is putting a Charlie Christian in place of the original Fender neck p/u...(although a 4-way mght be interesting on it, too). Thanks, all, for the input! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarcapo Posted December 9, 2010 Members Share Posted December 9, 2010 The most common configuration I believe is: 1. bridge2. Neck and bridge in parallel3. Neck4. Neck and bridge in series. Mainly because you get a deeper sound progressively from 1 to 4. Wriring two single coils out of phase really sounds bad.peter Green got away with it because the two pickups were humbuckers and he also benefitted from dual volumes...so you could roll off one pickup a bit and not have it totally tinny sounding. Caps to ground/mud switches sound bad too. I would think that a tone control gives you enough of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vintage clubber Posted December 9, 2010 Members Share Posted December 9, 2010 The most common configuration I believe is:1. bridge2. Neck and bridge in parallel3. Neck4. Neck and bridge in series.Mainly because you get a deeper sound progressively from 1 to 4. Wriring two single coils out of phase really sounds bad.peter Green got away with it because the two pickups were humbuckers and he also benefitted from dual volumes...so you could roll off one pickup a bit and not have it totally tinny sounding. Caps to ground/mud switches sound bad too. I would think that a tone control gives you enough of that. thank you! now just so I'm clear on this - neck/bridge in parallel is the stock tele middle switch position on a 3 way switch and neck/bridge in series is the fatter sound you get with a 4 way switch. Is that correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PunkKitty Posted December 9, 2010 Members Share Posted December 9, 2010 Does anyone have something for a 4 or 5 way switch with a single hot and a ground shield? I'm rewiring my Peavey with a set of Surf 90s. I love to tinker with this stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cuppster Posted December 9, 2010 Members Share Posted December 9, 2010 Better yet, where can one purchase a four-way switch without sending $25 to Fender? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PunkKitty Posted December 9, 2010 Members Share Posted December 9, 2010 Better yet, where can one purchase a four-way switch without sending $25 to Fender? Ebay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Belva Posted December 9, 2010 Members Share Posted December 9, 2010 Better yet, where can one purchase a four-way switch without sending $25 to Fender? http://www.guitarelectronics.com/product/SWL41/4-Way-Guitar-Lever-Switch-Oak-Grigsby.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Angry Tele Posted January 23, 2011 Members Share Posted January 23, 2011 fun with 3-way pan Esquier (direct) 3way in series only Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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