Single/Dual/Phase wiring?

[Grissle]

Sorry, guitar related, but I haven't had any luck on my own, so... I'm looking for a diagram for wiring a neck humbucker on a Tele with a single toggle (hopefully) for Dual/Single and Single phase reverse with the bridge pup (when pickup selector is in middle position)?

 

[walterw]

you'd need a big ol' 4PDT switch to do that, phase reverse uses every lug of an entire DPDT switch by itself.

have you heard two single coils in parallel out of phase? it's a hideously thin and weak sound, i'm not sure how useful it would be anyway.

 

[line6man]

Yeah, it's going to be complicated.

You didn't specify series or parallel for the reversed phase setting. Parallel would be more conventional.

 

[Grissle]

The dual setting for the humbucker would be parallel. And Parellel for the Phase reversed setting.

I heard a Tele with a phase switch and it had a lot of that Bohemium Rhapsody vibe to it which is what prompted this project.

I've sourced 4p3t mini toggles if that helps.

 

[line6man]

You only need 3P3T, but I can draw a diagram if you want it.

 

[walterw]

I heard a Tele with a phase switch and it had a lot of that Bohemium Rhapsody vibe to it which is what prompted this project.

are you sure it wasn't series out of phase? (polarity, really)

series + reversed polarity is the brian may thing, where the series wiring makes the sound boosted, thick and wooly, while adding in reverse polarity brings some snarly, cutting treble back into the mix.

parallel + revered polarity is weaker than one single coil by itself, i don't see that giving you "bohemian" anything.

 

[Grissle]

I'm sure your correct. I'm probably just confusing everything. I've done Single/Dual/Series wiring and phase switches like on a Mustang guitar separately, and was hoping to combine them into a single switch. But I'm out of my depth knowledge wise here. I can do the work but I defer to y'all's experience and advice.