With a standard 5-way switch and a HSH (humbucker-single-humbucker) pickup configuration, you can wire your 4-conductors humbucker pickups to get auto coil splitting in position 2 and 4. I bought one of 5 way switch on WD Music UK.
I already described a HSH pickups configuration, but using a Megaswitch E+. This time I’m using a standard 5-way switch, much like the ones found in the majority of Fender Stratocasters.
This is what you get:
- position 1: bridge pickup
- position 2: bridge pickup split + middle
- position 3: middle
- position 4: midlle + neck split
- position 5: neck
Add a DPDT switch (push/push or push/pull) to your tone control and your humbuckers can work in a single coil mode in position 1 and 5, like this:
- position 1: bridge pickup split
- position 2: bridge pickup split + middle
- position 3: middle
- position 4: midlle + neck split
- position 5: neck split
Here is the diagram. Please notice color scheme is suitable for DiMarzio and Seymour Duncan pickups only. If you have different brand, google “pickups color code” or take a look at GuitarElectronics.com pickups color code scheme.
If you experience phase cancellation problems in position 2 or 4, just invert two wires of the corresponding humbucker and you’re done:
– green and red wires for DiMarzio
– green and black wires for Seymour Duncan
Posted on December 13th 2015 December 13th 2015
