Cyclone Project need some wiring help

inscho · Post by **inscho** » Wed May 02, 2007 12:13 am

hey guys, I haven't posted much here in the past couple months....but I've been messing around with my cyclone today and wanted to try something out....and I have a question that I know you guys can answer.

right now it has a hot rails in the neck and a pearly gates in the bridge. I'm taking out the hot rails, and wanted to know how I would wire the pearly gates to split with the 3-way toggle.....so the positions on the 3-way would be muted/split/normal.

I'm pretty clueless about guitar wiring, I can follow schematics/diagrams...but I don't really understand how things work well enough to do something like this on my own.

Aug · Post by **Aug** » Wed May 02, 2007 12:19 am

so, you want the neck pup to be on all the time, then?

inscho · Post by **inscho** » Wed May 02, 2007 12:24 am

Aug wrote:so, you want the neck pup to be on all the time, then?

no, its complete garbage. I'm taking it out of the guitar...just using the one pup for now.

inscho · Post by **inscho** » Wed May 02, 2007 12:26 am

are you still cutting pickguards? I may be looking for a solid black one for this.

Aug · Post by **Aug** » Wed May 02, 2007 12:34 am

inscho wrote:are you still cutting pickguards? I may be looking for a solid black one for this.

sorry, dude. I closed shop. However, DDDave and I are gonna start renting out a 2-car garage up the street, and we are blending our tools together and starting a company. Perhaps he'd like to make you one. I'm burned out on pickguards. And don't fret...I'll be there to supervise with beer in hand.

inscho · Post by **inscho** » Wed May 02, 2007 12:36 am

Aug wrote:
inscho wrote:are you still cutting pickguards? I may be looking for a solid black one for this.
sorry, dude. I closed shop. However, DDDave and I are gonna start renting out a 2-car garage up the street, and we are blending our tools together and starting a company. Perhaps he'd like to make you one. I'm burned out on pickguards. And don't fret...I'll be there to supervise with beer in hand.

ah I see.....

so to split a humbucker how many wires does it have to have?

theshadowofseattle · Post by **theshadowofseattle** » Wed May 02, 2007 12:36 am

4 or 5

theshadowofseattle · Post by **theshadowofseattle** » Wed May 02, 2007 12:39 am

fuck the 3-way toggle, get an on-on-on slider switch and wire that Pearly Gates to it like: series/coilsplit/parallel. Dew a separate mute switch.

inscho · Post by **inscho** » Wed May 02, 2007 12:39 am

theshadowofseattle wrote:4 or 5

ok cool....it has 4.

so any ideas how I'd wire it all up?

theshadowofseattle · Post by **theshadowofseattle** » Wed May 02, 2007 12:39 am

theshadowofseattle wrote:fuck the 3-way toggle, get an on-on-on slider switch and wire that Pearly Gates to it like: series/coilsplit/parallel. Dew a separate mute switch.

Post by **Hurb** » Wed May 02, 2007 12:41 am

inscho wrote:
theshadowofseattle wrote:4 or 5

ok cool....it has 4.

so any ideas how I'd wire it all up?

I'm going to bed, if its not sorted by the time i get up i will figure it out for youse!

theshadowofseattle · Post by **theshadowofseattle** » Wed May 02, 2007 12:42 am

theshadowofseattle wrote:
theshadowofseattle wrote:fuck the 3-way toggle, get an on-on-on slider switch and wire that Pearly Gates to it like: series/coilsplit/parallel. Dew a separate mute switch.

matte30is · Post by **matte30is** » Wed May 02, 2007 12:45 am

theshadowofseattle wrote:
theshadowofseattle wrote:
theshadowofseattle wrote:fuck the 3-way toggle, get an on-on-on slider switch and wire that Pearly Gates to it like: series/coilsplit/parallel. Dew a separate mute switch.

inscho · Post by **inscho** » Wed May 02, 2007 12:45 am

theshadowofseattle wrote:fuck the 3-way toggle, get an on-on-on slider switch and wire that Pearly Gates to it like: series/coilsplit/parallel. Dew a separate mute switch.

could I wire the 3 way toggle that way? and how?

is a humbucker wired normally...parallel? series is more output right?

Post by **Hurb** » Wed May 02, 2007 12:46 am

Hurb wrote:
inscho wrote:
theshadowofseattle wrote:4 or 5

ok cool....it has 4.

so any ideas how I'd wire it all up?
I'm going to bed, if its not sorted by the time i get up i will figure it out for youse!

I should of put a try in there...Humbucker wireing is not exactly my area.

nether is single coil wireing for that matter

Or wiring on general, but the internets a big place it will be out there someplace.

theshadowofseattle · Post by **theshadowofseattle** » Wed May 02, 2007 12:47 am

inscho wrote:
theshadowofseattle wrote:fuck the 3-way toggle, get an on-on-on slider switch and wire that Pearly Gates to it like: series/coilsplit/parallel. Dew a separate mute switch.

could I wire the 3 way toggle that way? and how?

is a humbucker wired normally...parallel? series is more output right?

I don't think you could, not certain though.

Series/Parallel basically toggles between your regular humbucker sound and more clarity and brightness like a coil-tap but without the hum or volume drop.

inscho · Post by **inscho** » Wed May 02, 2007 12:47 am

Hurb wrote:
I'm going to bed, if its not sorted by the time i get up i will figure it out for youse!

awesome.

hopefully someone can fill me in tonight, I'd like to knock this out before my girlfriend gets home.

Post by **Hurb** » Wed May 02, 2007 12:48 am

inscho wrote: I'd like to knock this out before my girlfriend gets home.

Sig'd

inscho · Post by **inscho** » Wed May 02, 2007 12:50 am

theshadowofseattle wrote:
inscho wrote:
theshadowofseattle wrote:fuck the 3-way toggle, get an on-on-on slider switch and wire that Pearly Gates to it like: series/coilsplit/parallel. Dew a separate mute switch.

could I wire the 3 way toggle that way? and how?

is a humbucker wired normally...parallel? series is more output right?
I don't think you could, not certain though.

Series/Parallel basically toggles between your regular humbucker sound and more clarity and brightness like a coil-tap but without the hum or volume drop.

ah.....the pearly gates is a pretty bright pickup as is...so that may be a little shrill....its already a bit more trebly that I'd prefer.

inscho · Post by **inscho** » Wed May 02, 2007 12:51 am

Hurb wrote:
inscho wrote: I'd like to knock this out before my girlfriend gets home.
Sig'd

haha.