So I have a really neat little Melody archtop that has two single coil pickups (with 2 leads and 1 ground on each for some reason) And the switching consists of 2 DPDT sliders, 1 Volume and 1 tone.
I'm curious if there's any thoughts on wiring this? I had considered wiring it ala Jagstang but the Jagstang uses the 4 lead switches.
Right now what I'd like to do is wire it so that each switch basically functions as a pickup on/off point. But is there a way to wire it so that it can have one function as a phase switch as well? There probably is I'm just a dummy when it comes to this particular kind of thing.
Any thoughts?
Not sure about phase wiring....
...but old Teisco and other Japanese guitars often used series wired pups.
The switches would just short out one or the other pup.
http://www.cloudyproject.com/teisco-et200-ep8t-pickup-wiring-diagram/ (http://www.cloudyproject.com/teisco-et200-ep8t-pickup-wiring-diagram/)
The series connection can result in an apparent volume boost when switching in the second pup.
I tried wiring an old Teisco in a "normal" parallel connection.
Didn't like it.
I prefer the original series setup.