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Chisonic humbucker

sirsam22

sirsam22

Mar 3, 2009
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Opelika, Alabama
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This showed up on my doorstep today. It's a humbucking Chisonics by Hanson. It came with a push/pull 250k volume, I have the 250k tone, cap, and jack ready to go in. I am wondering if there is any usefulness or it's even possible to wire it to a switch for series/parallel, and will this cause any issues with the coil tap?
 

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sirsam22 said:
This showed up on my doorstep today. It's a humbucking Chisonics by Hanson. It came with a push/pull 250k volume, I have the 250k tone, cap, and jack ready to go in. I am wondering if there is any usefulness or it's even possible to wire it to a switch for series/parallel, and will this cause any issues with the coil tap?
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I'm assuming by coil tap you mean going from humbucking to single coil, in which case a series/parallel and a humbucker coil split switch will work but when in parallel the split switch will act as a kill switch. I seem to remember seeing a diagram for a series/split/parallel switch some where though.
 
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LoveThatBass said:
The bass you see in my avatar has 2 switches. One for single/dual coil mode and the other for series/parallel. This gives me 4 combinations
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With only one pickup, the only way I can see to have 4 combinations would be to have one of the selections be an out-of phase humbucker. A 4 position switch could be awesome and would give you
-Single
-Humbucker series
-Humbucker Paralel
-Humbucker out-of phase

Why have two options when you can have 4?
 
#6
Is there a way to wire a three way switch for all of those humbucker configurations while keeping the push/pull knob for coil splitting in the circuit?

Just wondering if I can minimize buying more parts and stick with mostly what I have on hand.
 
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sirsam22 said:
Is there a way to wire a three way switch for all of those humbucker configurations while keeping the push/pull knob for coil splitting in the circuit?

Just wondering if I can minimize buying more parts and stick with mostly what I have on hand.
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Should be possible, though I don't know how. The push-pull would have to come before the switch I think, so you'd technically end up with 6 setting combinations, not all of which would work.

Ditching the push/pull and going with a 4 way switch is going to be much easier to use and to have wired up.

Also, I don't think out of phase is necessarily the most useful tone. Here's a schematic for a simple 3 way series/split/paralel and volume knob. It'd be easy to tack a tone knob on the end of this as well. Any P-bass diagram will show how quite clearly.
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sirsam22 said:
Thanks! This stuff seems like it should be simple, but it baffles me.
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No Problem.
Just to confuse (or enlighten..) you further, here's a humbucker with just a volume and tone. It's not too hard to see how the tone would go right after the volume in the first pic. All you're doing is repositioning the ground wire and putting a tone knob between the volume and the jack.

You could almost print up the two and cut and paste them together. Some one here might even be able to photoshop it for you. Overall It's a relatively simple wiring scheme that is pretty cheap since it only requires a common 3-way switch and two pots.
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I decided that I am gonna do this myself, even if it takes forever. I had time to hit the local shop today for parts. I picked up this switch, but after looking back at that diagram I'm not sure it's the type I need. It was just what they had that wasn't a blade. Will this work?
 

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I'm not sure. That kind of switch is usually used for pickup selection. Someone else will have to advise you as to whether you it can be made to work.

It's also a pretty bulky switch, usually coil taps are done with a mini switch with 6 connections.
 
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sirsam22 said:
Yeah. I was thinking it may not fit in the cavity. I did a little more research, and decided I needed a DPDT switch. I just returned that one, and I'm heading to another shop to see if they have any.
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That's the one! Just make sure it's a three position and not a two position as there are more than one kind.

Good Luck!
 

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