A little advice on wiring

[lowdowndude]

Hi. I have a bass sitting in the corner starring at me, begging to be fixed. It had some terrible and sloppy wiring done by previous owner. It does not operate. I see what he screwed up and I ripped out his garbage and started all over. I am putting in 2 humbuckers 1 volume, 1 tone, and a 6 way rotary 2 pole. Yeah, I already have this 6 way and if possible would like to use the same switch for pup selector and maybe a series/parallel option or two. I don't need to use all 6 just using 3 is a waste since I am starting over. Or should I just get a 3 way? Please advise.

 

[Turnaround]

You can always invent ways to use the other switch positions. Like phase, series/parallel, tone cap selection, a kill switch, even Lee Sklar's producer switch. Go for it. you don't have to use the extra positions if you don't like the result.

 

[lowdowndude]

You can always invent ways to use the other switch positions. Like phase, series/parallel, tone cap selection, a kill switch, even Lee Sklar's producer switch. Go for it. you don't have to use the extra positions if you don't like the result.

 

[lowdowndude]

Yes sir you are so right. This afternoon I learned a lot with some alligator clip test leads. a preamp and headphones. No pots, just tested the different ways they sounded without turning anything down or off so I can really tell the difference. Thanks!

 

[line6man]

You can always invent ways to use the other switch positions. Like phase, series/parallel, tone cap selection, a kill switch, even Lee Sklar's producer switch. Go for it. you don't have to use the extra positions if you don't like the result.

That cannot be done. There are only two poles on the OP's switch, and their commons are dedicated to the pickup selection switching. You can only do neck, bridge, series, and parallel. It is possible to leave one of the positions open, as a killswitch setting, however, it may be noisy. If you want to get creative, I guess you could do something like series wiring with a resistor across one coil. That's about all you can do.

 

[lowdowndude]

That cannot be done. There are only two poles on the OP's switch, and their commons are dedicated to the pickup selection switching. You can only do neck, bridge, series, and parallel. It is possible to leave one of the positions open, as a killswitch setting, however, it may be noisy. If you want to get creative, I guess you could do something like series wiring with a resistor across one coil. That's about all you can do.

I see what you are saying. I might get a DPDT for the pups and I have several caps laying around, I can make a poor mans Vari-Tone with the 6 way since it is only DP.

 

[line6man]

I see what you are saying. I might get a DPDT for the pups and I have several caps laying around, I can make a poor mans Vari-Tone with the 6 way since it is only DP.

Pair the rotary switch with a mini toggle and you can have two banks of six capacitors.