Wiring Help needed -- Peavey T-40 pickups

[stevellss]

I did want to stick with slide switches but if they don;t make them I am out of luck. These are the only ones I could find but I am not sure if it is the correct of the two types: http://accessories.musiciansfriend....e-Position-OnOnOn-DPDT-Mini-Switch?sku=424668

Does anybody know where to get these cheaper or if anyone other than dimarzio makes them? $35 with shipping seems a bit steep for two switches...

 

[stevellss]

Just found these: Invalid Link Removed
$8.50 is a bit better-- are these the correct type? It seems like nobody selling the switches includes which of the two on/on/on types they are...

 

[line6man]

I'm not sure if those are the right switches or not.

Send an email to MusiciansFriend and Warmoth and ask which switch they are selling.

Go ahead and link this switch diagram when you ask:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jrkdesimone/3839520055/in/set-72157616015420655/

 

[stevellss]

I have endured a small setback. In my hunt to figure out out which of the wires were +/- I found out on another site that two of the wires from the peavey pickups are connected internally and so there are actually 3 wires plus a ground. Initially at a quick glance I thought that it was a standard 4 conductor humbucker ( in my experience with dimarzio humbuckers there wasn't an extra ground wire, just 4 wires coming from the pickup total so I must have just counted the bare one in the peavey pickup)

Anywho, to my understanding, this means that each pickup is just wired in series and I cannot use series/parallel switching. I assume this because when I wired the dimarzio pickups in series I needed to connect two of the wires together.

So is my best option to just go: Vol/Vol/Tone with 2 coil splitting switches (one for each pickup)?

 

[line6man]

I have endured a small setback. In my hunt to figure out out which of the wires were +/- I found out on another site that two of the wires from the peavey pickups are connected internally and so there are actually 3 wires plus a ground. Initially at a quick glance I thought that it was a standard 4 conductor humbucker ( in my experience with dimarzio humbuckers there wasn't an extra ground wire, just 4 wires coming from the pickup total so I must have just counted the bare one in the peavey pickup)

Anywho, to my understanding, this means that each pickup is just wired in series and I cannot use series/parallel switching. I assume this because when I wired the dimarzio pickups in series I needed to connect two of the wires together.

So is my best option to just go: Vol/Vol/Tone with 2 coil splitting switches (one for each pickup)?

You can still do the master series/parallel switch, just not individual series/parallel switches.

If you want, you can do NC/Series/SC switching if you get DPDT On-Off-On switches.

 

[stevellss]

Ok, the master series/parallel switch would be great. As for the nc/series/sc switch, I plan on usually having the pickups in humbucker mode, occasionally in single coil, but not often enough to necessitate switching between coils. So if possible I would like to use the inner coils when in single coil mode and just use 2-way switches.

So now it will be:

Coil split neck switch >> Coil split bridge switch >> master series\parallel >> Vol>>Vol>>Tone

 

[line6man]

Ok, the master series/parallel switch would be great. As for the nc/series/sc switch, I plan on usually having the pickups in humbucker mode, occasionally in single coil, but not often enough to necessitate switching between coils. So if possible I would like to use the inner coils when in single coil mode and just use 2-way switches.

So now it will be:

Coil split neck switch >> Coil split bridge switch >> master series\parallel >> Vol>>Vol>>Tone

Ok.
I'll modify the diagram when I have time.

 

[line6man]

Ok, here is the new diagram:

 

[stevellss]

thanks again Line6man, your help with this has been much appreciated.

 

[line6man]

thanks again Line6man, your help with this has been much appreciated.

You're welcome.
No problem.