Installing a 3 way in a Jaguar HH

astrozombie · Post by **astrozombie** » Mon Nov 29, 2010 1:25 pm

I want to install a 3 way switch in my japanese Jaguar HH special.

is it safe to assume i can just use the jazzmaster schematics for this?

zedoktor · Post by **zedoktor** » Mon Nov 29, 2010 2:18 pm

...Maybe? 3-way you just wire up the hot lead from each pickup to one of the poles. then on the other side wire up a lead to volume. (This is from memory).

I picture it like a Y where each pickup goes to one pole on the top of the Y and the bottom pole goes to volume.

actually have a picture of the 3way in my guitar lemme see if i can upload it

might be difficult to read but photobucket resizes because photobucket sucks

3way is on the bottom left

astrozombie · Post by **astrozombie** » Mon Nov 29, 2010 3:04 pm

zedoktor wrote:...Maybe? 3-way you just wire up the hot lead from each pickup to one of the poles. then on the other side wire up a lead to volume. (This is from memory).

I picture it like a Y where each pickup goes to one pole on the top of the Y and the bottom pole goes to volume.

actually have a picture of the 3way in my guitar lemme see if i can upload it

might be difficult to read but photobucket resizes because photobucket sucks

3way is on the bottom left

thanks a lot man! youre in miami? where do you like to shop for guitar stuff?

also: what guitar is that?

zedoktor · Post by **zedoktor** » Mon Nov 29, 2010 3:23 pm

That's my Jagmaster. I swapped out pickups and installed a push/pull which is why I took a picture of the stock wiring (in the event that I broke it I could always revert).

I've bought all my stuff online so far, Musican's Friend and GuitarFetish being the two primary sites. Other than Sam Ash I only know of one guitar shop but I've never visited it. I wish I had money to go GASing with but I don't

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Mon Nov 29, 2010 5:08 pm

What you need is one of these?

That way you get the 3 way switch, keep the strangle switch and get teh Kurtz!!

If anyone knows where to get these, I want one.

zedoktor · Post by **zedoktor** » Mon Nov 29, 2010 6:52 pm

pretty sure you can get the control plates easily enough.

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Mon Nov 29, 2010 7:06 pm

Unfortunately the place I got mine is no longer selling them and only including them on Custom Guitar orders:
http://www.huort-ch.com/lang_eng/en_hardware.htm

zedoktor · Post by **zedoktor** » Mon Nov 29, 2010 7:29 pm

You might be able to trace the stock piece and get a metal shop to cut one out for you. Then you should be able to drill out the hole for the 3-way.

astrozombie · Post by **astrozombie** » Sat Jun 08, 2013 2:34 am

I finally got the switch plate and all the materials to get it to work... but how do I keep the low cut filter working??

everything I find has that switch out of that circuit, I cant find any diagram that has it included and it just isnt working out for me.

all I need to do is to add the 3 way to the lower bout.

astrozombie · Post by **astrozombie** » Sat Jun 08, 2013 2:35 am

I guess I just need to put the wire from the upper bout circuit on one side and the bridge pickup "hot" wire on the other side but how do I make that work out? where's the ground wire go? my guitar has ground points that are just eyelets held by screws in the guitar.