5-way switch on a T or hollow T classic

[m_lance]

If you have a T or Hollow T Classic with 2 single coil pickups, do you get a 5 way or 3 way switch? If a 5 way, what else is added? I would think you have 3 options, Neck, Neck + Bridge, or Bridge (like a Tele), right?

Is there a case where you would put a 5-way switch in a 2 pickup guitar?

[tom]

if they are straight up single coils, you get a 3 way. if they are stacks, like td's, you get a 5 way so you can get the humcancelling and true single coil sounds.

[Rhys]

if the pickups are true single coils and don't having any splitting or tapping options i don't know why you would. sometimes you see a 4-way switch which adds the pickups in series. but with a 5-way one position would have to either be dead or redundant.

I think some guys use a 5-way with the Ms (which are really mini-humbuckers) to get some combinations with the Ms split.

[olectric]

I'm rocking the 5-way on my HTC:

1. M1-
2. M1- split
3. M1- & TV3
4. M1- split & TV3
5. TV3

[sean]

My 1990 HTC has Tk pu's.The 5 way switching is as follows:
Positions5: Bridge split
Position 4: Bridge series (hum-canceling)
Position 3: Bridge + Neck split
Position 2: Neck series
Position 1: Neck split
The 2nd and 4th positions(hum-canceling)are a bit lower in volume compared to the split positions but,very useful.The pu's are very quiet even in single coil(split)positions anyway.Hope this helps.

[bruce]

Just so we don't have too many people confused here... at Anderson, we refer to the #1 position as the neck side, and #5 position to the bridge side on a 5-way switch.