way off topic.... switchcraft 3 way toggle switch for 3 p'up les paul advice

Started by pinkjimiphoton, August 19, 2019, 11:50:25 PM

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pinkjimiphoton

hi guys, i got one of these
https://www.ebay.com/p/Custom-Switchcraft-Angle-Toggle-Switch-for-3-pickup-Gibson-SG-Guitar-Ep-sg3p/1761446243





for a firebird project i was building a while back, ended up wiring it wrong... 3 pickups, 2 p90's and a p100 at the bridge. one volume, master treble cut master bass cut. the WIRING is ok, but i used a normal les paul switch and tried to tie the middle pickup across the output of the switch. no bueno. hums like a bear.

anyways, i've been messing with this thing and messing with it... appears to be 2 spdt switches, so i guess the whole mess is a dpdt, its supposed to be for 3 pickup les pauls or sgs, but i cannot for the life of me figure out how to wire this sucker!!!

what i want is a simple old-school 3 way wiring, sorta... but backwards.. i want it to be neck, neck and middle <middle is rwrp> and bridge, or neck, all three and bridge.

there's 7 lugs on it, 4 across the top, and 3 on the bottom, with the center one being ground, and the two outside of that lug being the commons in the center position.... tie those together for the output is what i'm assuming?

looking at it with the lugs facing up and the switch contacts facing down, left to right # 1 2 3 4 5 6 with 2 and 4 being common,

i get pos 1 ( bridge) i get

1 nc
2 and 3 connected
4 nc
5 and 6 connected

middle
1 nc
2 and 3
4 and 5
6 nc

pos 3 (neck)
1 and 2
3 nc
4 and 5
6 nc

now, i know i'm beyond brain dead, but i just cannot figure out how the heck to wire the 3 pickups to this mess, and google's been no help at all.
can't find pinout or diagrams or datasheet for the part anywhere. the switchcraft part # on the ebay listing is no good, the vendor can't seem to help either.

i am stumped here and completely brain dead here as to how the heck to wire this freekin thing.

i've seen a lot of diagrams for wiring 3 pickup deals like this, but NONE of them use this particular switch. i think i'm trying too hard. but if anybody could shine a lite at this for me, i'd be very grateful ;)

do i need to jumper two connections to make this happen? confusion will be my epitaph
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Here's a link that might help.

https://www.stewmac.com/How-To/Online_Resources/Learn_About_Guitar_Pickups_and_Electronics_and_Wiring/Right-angle_Toggle_Switch_for_3-Pickup_Guitars.html

That will give you the bridge pickup when switched to "Treble" and the neck in "Rhythm" as usual, but in the middle position you get the middle and bridge pickups.


pinkjimiphoton

thanks vance,
can't believe i missed that... was on the stewmac site but couldn't seem to find a matching pinout. this is perfect. thanks man!
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