Help with wiring needed.

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Help with wiring needed.

Post by Narco Martenot »

Hello,

I am rewiring my copper/ostrich Jagmaster guitar for three humbuckers, three on-off switches (DPDT), and a volume. This is definitely not my specialty; and this kind of work, if it involves a lot of wiring, drives me insane.

For some reason, I cannot get each switch to control just one individual pickup. Instead, one of any three switches turns all three pickups off. This must be a simple error, but I cannot seem to get it working properly no matter what I try.

Also, I ended up removing the proximity control/booster for now, which simply has an input, and output -- I might want to add it again later. How would I wire the input and output into the this?

Is there anyone here who would be willing to draw a quick schematic as to how this should be done?

Any help would be greatly appreciated -- this is driving me absolutely nuts!
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Post by hwestman »

On explanation would be that you connect the hot lead of the pickup to ground when shutting the pickup off, thereby sending the entire circuit to ground.

Heres a diagram to troubleshoot against:

http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/wi ... ffswitches

good luck!

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Post by Narco Martenot »

Thank you.

What if I am using DPDT switches? Would it be the same except the other center pole would go to ground?

This is what I originally used.
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Post by Narco Martenot »

Never mind, I think I have it figured out.