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Instead, I use either the Freeway 3B3 six-way switch or the Schaller Megaswitch M five-way (circuit SS3).
Two P90s, connected in series, tends towards Mud City. Furthermore, one of the pickups will need 2-conductor + shield output cable to be the second coil in the series chain.
There is a reason for this - it's that with the way the switching works, the hot end of the neck pickup is still connected to the circuit when the bridge pickup is selected. This slightly alters the sound of the bridge pickup, and also adds noise. In fact, all the positions seem quieter with the neck pickup cover grounded at the pickup end rather than via a separate wire - I'm not sure why.
I've found the same more than once before, either fitting or removing a 4-way - it just doesn't sound as 'right'.
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I'm in two minds whether to revert to the standard 3 -way (ICBM's comment has made me more likely to).
The far left neck and bridge in series is supposed to give a bump for solos right? Which would be really useful but for me the increase in volume is never enough to use for that. You also get this sort of honky tone to it...maybe my pickup heights are off...
Then again I had my Strat bridge pickup wired to the bottom tone control which would allow possibility of a humbucker sound that everyone says you can get...nope. I'll take Leo's original.
Now I mostly take them out.
FWIIW, series out-of-phase is scratchy (THINK Brian May Red Special) and very rarely useful.
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The Schaller Megaswitch M conforms to this and adds its two other selections in the 2 and 4 positions.
To me, the greatest appeal of the Tele is that it's simple and straightforward.
My trading feedback: https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/210335/yorkie
…any suggestions on what sort of combination works and what doesn’t?
Job #2 - Install a CTS A250k pot as your new tone control.
Maybe, choose a push-pull type. This will make possible some fancy wiring possibilities without making any new holes in your guitar.