Wiring some new pickups

Parsley

Hi all, I'm after buying two humbuckers, Iron Knuckle hammerheads. 4-wire coil-tap-able ones. i'm putting them in a HSH yamaha pacifica, but i'm leaving the single coil out.

anyway the yamaha has a 5 way toggle switch. the old setup just had the HSH pickups, one wire each connected to it. is there any way of connecting the 4-wire humbuckers to the 5-way switch to avail of the coil tapping?

damonjewel

I guess something like this is what you're trying to do

http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/wiring-diagrams/schematics.php?schematic=2hb_1vol_1tone_5way

you'll need to figure out the wiring colours for the BKPs they may not match seymour duncans colour scheme

Parsley

damonjewel wrote: »

I guess something like this is what you're trying to do

http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/wiring-diagrams/schematics.php?schematic=2hb_1vol_1tone_5way

you'll need to figure out the wiring colours for the BKPs they may not match seymour duncans colour scheme

cheers! my 5-way isn't like that though... i'll throw a pic up.

Parsley

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damonjewel

Parsley wrote: »

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Unfortunately I cant see your pic

Parsley

damonjewel wrote: »

Unfortunately I cant see your pic

neither can I... I'll try again now in a minute.

Parsley

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that's with the old pickup wires still attached

damonjewel

Trying to find a wiring diagram for this switch, you'd think with the pacifica being so popular there'd be plenty of web support. But it doesn't seem to be the case, and I'd be only guessing at what the terminals are on that switch. You could always buy a switch from axesrus or someone.

If I was to guessing the 3 terminals on the right of the picture would be your main cable for your neck, mid and bridge. The 3 terminals on the left may offer connections to allow for tapping but I think I'd rather buy a switch than go through the process of elimination. A 5 way super switch seems to be the way to go looking at some of the mods out there.

Parsley

Alright, cheers man. See if I can pick up a normal 5-way so!

Parsley

got a 5-way switch, did the job perfectly. she's sounding lovely now!