3-Way Selector Switch, Middle Pickup Volume
Think of this wiring as a telecaster with a blend knob for the middle volume. It gives you the neck and bridge option on position 2, and lets you dial in how quacky you want the middle pickup to sound when blended with neck or middle. Very flexible but easy to navigate! This wiring is used on the Kanto three single coil models.
4-Way Selector Switch, Middle Pickup Volume
A little different to the above diagram in that it uses a four way switch to get parallel and series sounds.
When you combine pickups in a typical strat/tele setup, you’re usually connecting them in parallel, which means both pickups are wired to the switch or output together. But if you wire them one after the other (pickup 1 to pickup 2 to output, for example), they sound bigger and beefier, more like a humbucker. In fact, that is how a humbucker is wired (normally) – north coil is connected to south coil is connected to the toggle switch. Series/parallel wiring is often done with a DPDT switch, such as a push-pull or toggle, but using the selector switch makes it look stock and just seems easier to use.
The four options are 1. Bridge, 2. Bridge and neck in parallel, 3. Bridge and neck in series, 4. Neck.
5-Way Selector Switch, Push-Pull for Neck Pickup
This wiring is also called the 7-position Strat because you gain the neck and bridge option, as well as the option to have all three pickups together.
5-Way Selector Switch, Push-Pull for Neck Pickup and Bridge Tone
You don’t need the push-pull switch to add a tone knob to the bridge pickup, but it’s a good option. Simply add the green wire to use the lower tone control on the bridge and middle pickups. You don’t even need another capacitor. Now you don’t have to suffer from a bridge pickup that is permanently too bright.
Six-way rotary switch, push-pull for out-of-phase.
Rotary switches got voted out of the PRS feature list pretty early on, but that doesn’t mean you don’t have to have it on your own guitar. It’s yours, after all! In the interest of keeping a guitar looking stock, rotary switches are very handy. This circuit uses two pots and the rotary switch – no lever switches or toggles in sight. It also features the Greasebucket circuit , a Fender idea to tame the bass frequencies and make the tone clearer as you roll of the high end.
The six options are:
1.neck – 2.neck & middle – 3.neck & bridge – 4.middle – 5.middle & bridge – 6.bridge
