B5 Switching

[killerburst]

Tom,

The info on your website says the mini-toggle is non-functional in position 5 so that the bridge humbucker is always full power, just like the blower on the switcheroo. My new guitar's mini governs the bridge pickup in all positions. Did you just change that recently? Can you tell me how to convert it to the original design (so that position 5 is alway full series)?

[tom]

if yours is splitting in #5, it's a master splitter. i'll see if i can scan both.

[killerburst]

Originally posted by tom
if yours is splitting in #5, it's a master splitter. i'll see if i can scan both.

Thanks. From this description of the B5 on your website, I assumed that pos. 5 would always be series humbucker.:

"The small toggle between the volume and tone control is a master splitter switch.

Here is how it all works:

Let’s call position 1 the neck position. Positions 1-4 of the 5-Way switch operate traditionally and the master-split toggle switch can be used on any of these settings to get either series or split out of each pickup.

Position 5 is full-power bridge humbucker all the time. This feature allows for soloing with one flick to position 5, no matter which other tone setting are in use. We affectionately call this feature the “Blower Switch.” On the B5 set-up the “Blower Switch” is the 5th position of the 5-Way.

The push/pull of the tone control allows for the addition of the bridge pickup to positions 1 & 2 only. This gives the added pickup combinations of neck + bridge to position 1 and neck + middle + bridge pickups for position 2. The add-bridge switch only functions on positions 1 & 2 so there are no redundant switching positions.


To sum up:

Position 1: Neck Pickup (series or split with toggle selection)
Position 1 alt: (with push/pull in up position) Neck + Bridge Pickups (series or split with toggle selection)
Position 2: Neck + Middle Pickups (series or split with toggle selection)
Position 2 alt: (with push/pull switch in up position) Neck + Middle + Bridge Pickups (series or split with toggle selection)
Position 3: Middle Pickup (series or split with toggle selection)
Position 4: Middle + Bridge Pickups (series or split with toggle selection)
Position 5: Bridge Pickup (series always)"

[tom]

i do know how they work: ) what i meant was i would try to scan the wiring diagrams to send to you. it's a pretty easy switch.

[killerburst]

Originally posted by tom
i do know how they work: )

Of course. I made the mistake on my original spec, so I just want to ensure I'm not asking for the wrong thing again. Thanks for your help.