PCB 5-way translation

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PCB 5-way translation

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Well, I'm rewiring my new Strat, and it's got one of those new style 5 way switches which features 8 terminals all in a line. All wiring diagrams I see have 8 terminals positioned one either side, a la old style 5 way switch. How does it translate? Am I right in thinking I should just treat the terminals on the PCB switch as the same as their relative counterpart on the old style? I would think this, except I wired it up like that and 3 out of the 5 positions yield no sound...

Mind you, I have no amp, I'm judging this all by plugging my guitar into my tuner. It does the trick, some positions show me a note, others do nothing.

I have an old style switch I can resort to using if this fails, but I'd like to know how this translates for future reference, of course.
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£5=multimetre

That will tell you everything
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Post by luke »

euan wrote:£5=multimetre

That will tell you everything
I have one, I'm just lazy.
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Why are you wiring up an electric guitar if you don't own an amp??
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Doog wrote:Why are you wiring up an electric guitar if you don't own an amp??
DUH

So he can tune it...
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Doog wrote:Why are you wiring up an electric guitar if you don't own an amp??
I do, it's just not at my house. I left all my equipment at a friend's house because he has a car, and I didn't fancy walking home with my guitar and amp in hand with my pedals in a bag, so I told him to take it all home until I could pick it up.

Well, I still haven't picked it all up, and I want to get this guitar working so I can go round there and rawk out with it, rather than go round there and wire it up there. ;)

Thanks for that Bubbles, I didn't think of checking any other resource other than Seymour Duncan. Duh. I'll wire it up like that after work.