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G-rail and neck humbucker. Fancy 5 way switch with coil tap wiring idea.

Had a request for an unusual wiring arrangement for a Guitar with a 5 way switch and a neck pickup and a bridge pickup. It uses a standard 4 each side type of 5 position Strat lever switch.

Bridge pickup is one of our 6 wire G-rails and the neck is another of our humbuckers. The switching gives the following.

Position 1 – both rails of the G-rail wired in series.

Position 2 – coil cuts one rail of the G-rail and activates the alnico section together ( hum cancelling )

Position 3 – alnico section of the G-rail on its own.

Position 4 – coil cuts the neck humbucker and activates the alnico section of the G-rail together ( hum cancelling )

Position 5 – neck humbucker using both coils.

Its kind of wired up a bit HSH Strat like when you think it through with the alnico single coil section of the G-rail acting a bit like the mid position single coil on an HSH Strat.