Done a scour of Google but can't find a specific diagram that will satisfy what I want to do.
Apologies, I've asked a similar question before, but my requirements have changed a bit.
So, I have H/S/S pickups, a five way switch, V/T/T pots and a push/pull switch on T2. So far nothing out of the ordinary.
In position 4 (or 2, depending on how you look at things) the bridge humbucker will have the north coil only, and the middle pickup selected.
Again, nothing too difficult. The bit I'm not sure about is that with the push/pull switch, I'd like to simultaneously split the humbucker and add the signal to whatever switch position is selected at the time, so it's basically an add-split-bridge switch.
I'm not clever enough to work out if/how this can be done.
Thanks in advance.
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If you *only* want to do it with the pull switch, you can do it with the standard tone wiring. You can also easily both split the pickup and add it to any other selection using both halves of the pull-switch.
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Yes, I accept the standard tone circuit will need to change, I was going to use T1 for the neck and middle and T2 exclusively for the bridge.
I'm sort of compiling a load of different diagrams online and taking bits from one, bits from another and working out the bits which aren't specifically stated.
To make matters worse, not all the diagrams are particularly clear.
The one bit that none of them have is the split-add-bridge.
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Split-add-bridge is easy, you just combine a standard pull-split and a standard pull-add-bridge on the same switch - each only uses one half of it.
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Of course, if you are committed to a Blend circuit, you can not have two individual tone controls. This removes the need for a Superswitch.
(Here we go 'round the mulberry bush.)
The push-pull pot is a DPDT on/on switch. One pole engages the coil split. The other connects the bridge pickup hot directly to the common/collector terminal on the pickups side of the selector switch.
This will do what you ask. I am uncertain how usable the resultant sounds will be.
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If @Haych only wants the split sounds, another option might be a Freeway switch... they're quite expensive but a bit easier to wire and use than push-pulls (you do lose a few of the possible options, but that doesn't seem to be a problem here).
There is an aftermarket device that squeezes some passive filtering gubbins into an epoxy-sealed black cube. I think that the brand name is Villex. The last time I encountered one, it was crammed inside the control cavity of a Gordon-Smith. Those are none too generous to begin with.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
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There have also been boost/drive circuits that use some of the current generated by the guitar’s pickups but they had a very high output impedance.
There is no 'H' in Aych, you know that don't you? ~ Wife
Turns out there is an H in Haych! ~ Sporky
Bit of trading feedback here.
Villex now offers the "booster" in three formats.
www.villex.com
Click on Products, then, Boosters.