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I came up with this wiring harness in 1997 after learning a few wiring tricks using a standard 5 position strat switch from Dan Torres. Combined with a PP pot or DPDT toggle switch it added 4 new linkages:
1. Bridge & Neck in Parallel
2. Bridge & Neck in Series
3. Bridge, Middle & Neck in Parallel - and -
4. Middle in Parallel with the Bridge & Neck in Series
After posting it on AMPAGE I was getting emails from guitarists saying that my wiring harness had changed their lives... Wow!
Back then 4 pole 5 position super strat switches were not that common so being able to get those extra linkages from a standard strat switch was pretty slick. (I have no idea today how the idea popped into my head but I was determined to top what Dan had posted in one of his newsletter/sales flyers!)
From the PDF file attached below:
Click for attached file:
supr_strat.pdf
Enjoy!
Steve A.
P.S. The text mentions me using a Torres-inspired mid cut/boost control as well as a TBX control that Doc and I eventually rewired. Those drawings are below:
1. Bridge & Neck in Parallel
2. Bridge & Neck in Series
3. Bridge, Middle & Neck in Parallel - and -
4. Middle in Parallel with the Bridge & Neck in Series
After posting it on AMPAGE I was getting emails from guitarists saying that my wiring harness had changed their lives... Wow!
Back then 4 pole 5 position super strat switches were not that common so being able to get those extra linkages from a standard strat switch was pretty slick. (I have no idea today how the idea popped into my head but I was determined to top what Dan had posted in one of his newsletter/sales flyers!)
From the PDF file attached below:
The Sup'rStrat wiring harness adds a single DPDT switch to a standard strat selector switch to add 4 alternate linkages to the 5 traditional choices.
The neck and bridge pickups linked together in series and parallel offer tones quite unlike a traditional strat. Linked in parallel, they sound similar to a Tele with both pickups on; linked in series, they have a strong and powerful sound similar to a humbucker, only with a bit more clarity. If one of the bridge or neck pickups is RWRP, both of these linkages are hum-cancelling.
The third alternate linkage is all 3 pickups hooked up in parallel, which produces an exaggerated notched position sound with a lot of "quack".
The fourth alternate linkage wires the middle pickup in parallel with the neck and bridge pickups in series for a notched position sound with a fuller bottom end.
The neck and bridge pickups linked together in series and parallel offer tones quite unlike a traditional strat. Linked in parallel, they sound similar to a Tele with both pickups on; linked in series, they have a strong and powerful sound similar to a humbucker, only with a bit more clarity. If one of the bridge or neck pickups is RWRP, both of these linkages are hum-cancelling.
The third alternate linkage is all 3 pickups hooked up in parallel, which produces an exaggerated notched position sound with a lot of "quack".
The fourth alternate linkage wires the middle pickup in parallel with the neck and bridge pickups in series for a notched position sound with a fuller bottom end.
supr_strat.pdf
Enjoy!
Steve A.
P.S. The text mentions me using a Torres-inspired mid cut/boost control as well as a TBX control that Doc and I eventually rewired. Those drawings are below:
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