Strat Super Switch Wiring Options

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Strat super switch wiring options. Ssh pu configuration with a duncan jb in the bridge. Not sure if these two switches were ever used together in any stock model of fender strat. Trying to have my hh strat wired up for 5 bridge 4 split bridge 3 bridge neck 2 split neck and 1 neck. The various fat strat wiring exploring fender s 5 way super switch by dirk wacker for granting us permission to use his great diagrams in.

The idea is to get that chimey jangly quack from the neck and the middle single coils and the rock and roll from the humbucker in the bridge position. Fender stratocaster wiring diagram with middle bridge tone this standard stratocaster wiring diagram features a neck tone 0 02mfd and a bridge middle tone 0 02mfd. I have a strat with an s 1 switch as well as a super switch. Super switch installation and wiring instructions for the super switch.

You can always experiment with different cap values for a different sound but this wiring is what comes standard on most fender strats after 2000. Often from a player s standpoint the fewer controls on a guitar the better. The various pickup combinations available from a three pickup lp guitar are beyond the reach of a traditional toggle switch but perfectly suited to the free way. Guitar wiring explored introducing the super switch part 2 in the last article we got our first look at a five throw switch with two poles.

You can spend hours developing your own custom wiring using this device to implement all kinds of gimmicks like out of phase series parallel and countless other options. The hss which stands for humbucker single single pickup configuration gained popularity in the 80s much like everyone s favorite haircut the mullet. Countless series parallel coil tap options. Fits strats most guitars with lever switches.

Endless custom wiring possibilities. Ready to explore the technical aspects of the 5 way super switch. Neck is a dimarzio 36th paf and the bridge is a super distortion. To get a sense of how complex wiring schemes can get with a super switch go to the fender website and look at the various fat strat wiring exploring fender s 5 way super switch by dirk wacker diagrams.

Used by fender and the custom shop on h s s s s h s s h h strats teles. My tech has tried this scheme that i provided to him. Original fender 5 way 4 pole lever style super switch. Guitars with one humbucker and two single coils always seem to be a compromise.

It s a fender but its a frankenstein neck from one model body from another. This allowed us to create some different wiring schemes for a stratocaster rather than just the standard one. Tone controls use a capacitor in conjunction with a variable resistor pot to bleed off treble frequencies.