This ONE Guitar has EVERY WIRING HACK POSSIBLE! (well…almost…)

Just The Tone

The wiring diagram for this guitar is available on my Patreon Page if you’re interested in doing a similar build!
https://patreon.com/danthompson

1 Guitar=42 Tones!!! Super Strat sound demo (Series/Split/Parallel+Phase Switching+Series Switching)

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Here is the video on how I made this guitar:

Each humbucker has it’s own three way switch for series/split/parallel operation. The tone knob is a push/pull to active both pickups out of phase with each other, and the volume knob is a push/pull that switches between both pickups together in parallel or series.

Here are links to all the components I used to build this guitar:

*Prices mentioned in this video are subject to change without notice. Please check the links below for current pricing.

basic strat kit:
http://shrsl.com/126w6

or from the fretwire: use coupon code GUNSNGTRS to save $10! http://shrsl.com/13umh

carbon fiber pickguard: use coupon code GUNSNGTRS to save 20% on any strat style pickguard, or CARBON10 to save 10% on anything else. https://niko-carbonworks.myshopify.com

Floyd Rose Speedloader tremolo system:
https://www.guitarfetish.com/Floyd-Rose-Fastloader-locking-Tremolo-System_p_260.html

if you’re installing it in a strat you’ll need this retainer bar as well:
https://amzn.to/2JH5qzS

Tele style 3 way selector switch:
https://amzn.to/2JKfG67

Push/Pull volume/tone pots (500k) for phase and series/parallel mods:
https://amzn.to/2vXbNZe

3 way mini toggle switches (on-on-on) for series/split/parallel mods (this is a better deal than what I paid on eBay):
https://amzn.to/2sY0kVn

this is the soldering iron I use for these mods (I know it’s cheap but it works awesome):
https://amzn.to/2ldIw45

this is the router I use: https://amzn.to/2t95Cg8

I record all my demos with this Focusrite Scarlett USB interface:
https://amzn.to/2yaDnDn

Full disclosure: I am an Amazon Associate, and the links in this description are affiliate links, which means that if you make a purchase, it doesn’t cost you any more money, but I will earn a commission.

#Guitar #WIRING #HACK #well…almost..

Originally posted by UCnfXz2OeVJHYyebACjj4ZGA at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07w8EADu5Q4

Neck parallel 1:40
Neck split 1:50
Neck series 2:01
Bridge parallel 2:11
Bridge split 2:21
Bridge series 2:31
(Neck parallel + Bridge parallel) in parallel, in phase 2:41
(Neck parallel + Bridge parallel) in parallel, out of phase 2:51
(Neck parallel + Bridge parallel) in series, out of phase 2:56
(Neck parallel + Bridge parallel) in series, in phase 3:01
(Neck parallel + Bridge split) in parallel, in phase 3:11
(Neck parallel + Bridge split) in parallel, out of phase 3:22
(Neck parallel + Bridge split) in series, out of phase 3:26
(Neck parallel + Bridge split) in series, in phase 3:31
(Neck parallel + Bridge series) in parallel, in phase 3:41
(Neck parallel + Bridge series) in parallel, out of phase 3:52
(Neck parallel + Bridge series) in series, out of phase 3:57
(Neck parallel + Bridge series) in series, in phase 4:02
(Neck split + Bridge parallel) in parallel, in phase 4:12
(Neck split + Bridge parallel) in parallel, out of phase 4:22
(Neck split + Bridge parallel) in series, out of phase 4:27
(Neck split + Bridge parallel) in series, in phase 4:32
(Neck split + Bridge split) in parallel, in phase 4:42
(Neck split + Bridge split) in parallel, out of phase 4:52
(Neck split + Bridge split) in series, out of phase 4:57
(Neck split + Bridge split) in series, in phase 5:02
(Neck split + Bridge series) in parallel, in phase 5:12
(Neck split + Bridge series) in parallel, out of phase 5:23
(Neck split + Bridge series) in series, out of phase 5:28
(Neck split + Bridge series) in series, in phase 5:33
(Neck series + Bridge parallel) in parallel, in phase 5:43
(Neck series + Bridge parallel) in parallel, out of phase 5:53
(Neck series + Bridge parallel) in series, out of phase 5:58
(Neck series + Bridge parallel) in series, in phase 6:03
(Neck series + Bridge split) in parallel, in phase 6:13
(Neck series + Bridge split) in parallel, out of phase 6:23
(Neck series + Bridge split) in series, out of phase 6:28
(Neck series + Bridge split) in series, in phase 6:33
(Neck series + Bridge series) in parallel, in phase 6:43
(Neck series + Bridge series) in parallel, out of phase 6:54
(Neck series + Bridge series) in series, out of phase 6:59
(Neck series + Bridge series) in series, in phase 7:04

Let me know if any are off and I'll fix them

49 thoughts on “This ONE Guitar has EVERY WIRING HACK POSSIBLE! (well…almost…)”

@GunsandGuitars

at 4:26 am

The wiring diagram for this guitar is available on my Patreon Page if you’re interested in doing a similar build!
https://patreon.com/danthompson
@davor6966

at 4:26 am

Nice video. The parallel sounds nothing like a single coil. The split actually sounds convincing.
@Fran99lf

at 4:26 am

Neck parallel 1:40
Neck split 1:50

Neck series 2:01

Bridge parallel 2:11

Bridge split 2:21

Bridge series 2:31
Neck parallel + Bridge parallel 2:41
Neck parallel + Bridge split 3:11
Neck parallel + Bridge series 3:41
Neck split + Bridge parallel 4:12
Neck split + Bridge split 4:42
Neck split + Bridge series 5:12
Neck series + Bridge parallel 5:43
Neck series + Bridge split 6:14
Neck series + Bridge series 6:43
@PartnersInCrimePhoto

at 4:26 am

If I'm following the math, if you were to add a third bucker/knob/switch you would be rocking 63 tones?!?
@drewgraysonxoxopanda

at 4:26 am

This is how every bassist who can play guitar plays. ????
@michapikua7974

at 4:26 am

Imagine that you have 3 seymour duncan p-rails ????…. In same wiring
@frlcardoso

at 4:26 am

Perfect video !!!!!
@Αδιάφθορος

at 4:26 am

D U D E..
Thank you, great video.. Must've took a lot of time
@olenfersoi8887

at 4:26 am

While it is not 42 different tones, the Freeway switch doubles the number of pickups that are "on" at one time…allowing those parallel/serial options, all three pickups selected at once, or the neck & bridge picup. Plus, there are now variable treble bleed circuits that allow adjusting the amount of bleed at will, with an additional pot. The resistance of the now generally standard 250kΩ pots can be approximately doubled with a simple resistor in a series with the tone control. If the wiring is changed so one tone controls the bridge pickup & the other controls neck & middle, that resistor can be added to that latter pot, increasing the brightness of 2 of the pickups, but not the bridge pickup which is usually already brighter than the other 2 pickups.
@olenfersoi8887

at 4:26 am

Here's some things I would love to see available for mounting within the body of a guitar, rather than as pedals, etc:
1. A speaker & amp for practice purposes. It can be very small as 3 watts would be more than enough, and some very tine speakers have wide frequency response.
2. A circuit & switch that allows the guitar to simulate a 12-string…now available in a pedal, and guite authentic sounding.
3. A circuit that will produce a bass tone (an octave below the E & A strings) when those two strings are played.

With modern miniature components, all of this could fit within a 2nd cavity to be located under a std Strat pick-quard & no larger than the standard Strat controls cavity.
@TheUlesifah701

at 4:26 am

Dan you stud !! ???? that thing sounds so friggin ruggged!! Pure awesomeness bro !! Nice work !!
@skidogbill

at 4:26 am

That’s cool and all, but the music man game changer has so many more possibilities. I think it’s in the thousands.
@2312uri

at 4:26 am

This is also a guns channel, now do a double barrel shotgun out of phase.
@thawthaw03

at 4:26 am

Dont you have wiring video of this please ????????
@IamWadeHeineman

at 4:26 am

Very cool. Very cool playing too on the demo.

I don't know who you are. I've seen a handful of your videos on guitars.
@gregzen7896

at 4:26 am

It's awesome enough that you demoed all 42 sounds but the fact that you managed to edit it together to sound like one long funky jam is top-notch! KUDOS – I am definitely inspired to go look at the diagram now

Challenge, could you do even more by adding a single coil in the middle position. I've got a HSH in queue and I'm thinking about giving such an idea a go.

Cheers
@RicketyKrickett

at 4:26 am

So running 1 pickup parallel and one in series “pickup selector in middle” is fine? Won’t cause out of phase?
@gwoodtones

at 4:26 am

How many possibilities would there be when a third humbucker was indtalled with all the same options?
@geeep7996

at 4:26 am

Imagine also adding coil tapping to it
@jerryrussell2600

at 4:26 am

Other youtube videos reveal the modifications wiring without charging a patreon fee, so this seems opportunistic.
@jerryrussell2600

at 4:26 am

Not every mod possible. You could add a no load blend tone pot to adjust the amount of blending of the neck pickup, split coil, to the bridge humbucker pickup for a unique tone. See Jay Leonard J channel on youtube video, or Six strings supplies video on the blend tone mod.
@sunsgettingreallow8318

at 4:26 am

Do you have a video of how your wired/connected everything?
@incredifunk

at 4:26 am

I've seen one guy claim to have 47 d selectable options. But I'm yet to see him demo it. For real tho, to me it's just too much to try to recall in the moment. I appreciate your video and it was great hearing all the different tones and what the different combinations do. It's too much to go through but would be nice to hear each tone on clean and then dirty too tho . That's 84 times playing that riff…
Appreciate you taking the time to wire it up, making the video and making it easy to follow. Once again, well done Dan
@ConstantineCaviris

at 4:26 am

You should try half out of phase (out of phase, but with one pickup in series with a capacitor to block the low end), half humbucker (instead of using the humbucker as a single coil, sometimes one coil is put in parallel with a capacitor. In effect, you get the highs of a single coil with the lows of both in series. It's generally less thin and more versatile than just one coil of a humbucker), and lastly, whenever I put two pickups in series, I like to put my tone pot between the two pickups (the same idea as putting a capacitor between the coils of a humbucker, but acting on the two separate pickups instead. Generally, I find two pickups in series to be great sounding but a bit too fat sounding to make me want to roll down the terrible with the tone pot, having the tone between the pickups, you can get the treble from one pickup and low end from both in series, also a great feature to have with series out of phase, similar idea to half out of phase but in reverse).

On my tele type guitar, I've got a five way switch and a mess of other switches to get the tones I want. I'm planning to redo it and simplify the controls with the following:
A freeway 6 position tele switch that handles all the series, parallel, in phase out of phase, and single pickup options. Then I'll have a push push tone pot that'll either put the tone pot in parallel to the neck or bridge pickup. That will give me a tone bypassed or normal tone option for either single pickup, normal tone for both parallel settings, and a tone pot acting on just the neck or just the bridge when they're in series. Then I'm putting a dpdt on-on-on switch as a bass cut for either the neck pickup, bridge pickup, or both (for parallel out of phase, this will get you the half out of phase tone. In series it'll just give you a base cut on the entire circuit, normal bass cut on single pickups, and the treble of one with full range of the other when using them in parallel)
@barbsfpv3066

at 4:26 am

That's awesome.
The hard part would be remembering where every tone is located, but this is the most versatile wiring mod I've ever seen.
Dang. Nice work.
@daveylee4677

at 4:26 am

My ‘83 Washburn Force 2 has been a work in progress for a while. It was HH like yours. I removed the original pick guard and electronics and made a new pick guard from scratch. 2 newer Washburn Humbuckers were installed and a middle single coil added by routing the guitar and pick guard. 2 DPDT switches on/off/on for the HB’s. Neck pup is full H or single coil. Bridge is in or out of phase. On/off push button for Texas style mid pup. Separate vol. control for each with treble bleeds blends pups in any combination. Stacked vol. knobs keep it simple. Tone for mid and bridge. 15 distinct tones with switches. Blending the out out of phase pup with vol. gives some really nice tones. Switches and knob layout is user friendly and easy to master. Has a Washburn 2000 trem and locking nut. Plays like expensive boutique model. $300 invested total.
NOT for sale! Love your channel. Dave
@matthewjohnloren1995

at 4:26 am

You could have added a piezo pickup, a middle single pickup and a rhythm circuit for a good 100+ tonal options

Edit:
You can also add separate volume and tone knobs for each giving you 1 more tone option ( the woman tone)
@jonmatthews4254

at 4:26 am

Sterling effort!
@popheadstheband9260

at 4:26 am

Hi i just became patreon and i confuse about the wiring. Is the wiring on pot all is dpdt? Saw a lot of dpdt on that scheme but just 2 swicth on the guitar that not have the knob. Can you give me information which the switch dpdt and which pot dpdt?
@m5chk1

at 4:26 am

great job, man!
never know what you might need, especially how it sits in the mix
i have a s+s+h strat which can potentially give me even more options
i figured i had m+b out of phase, which sounded weak and noisy. so i put a switch inside the cavity so i could change the wiring back if i need to
@juanokita4401

at 4:26 am

And how the toggle wiring??
@stevenclarkson3643

at 4:26 am

Great video! Helped me decide how I wanted to wire a new build I'm planning. Just found your channel this week, great diy build stuff!
@johnreid6581

at 4:26 am

Neck parallel 1:40
Neck split 1:50
Neck series 2:01
Bridge parallel 2:11
Bridge split 2:21
Bridge series 2:31
(Neck parallel + Bridge parallel) in parallel, in phase 2:41
(Neck parallel + Bridge parallel) in parallel, out of phase 2:51
(Neck parallel + Bridge parallel) in series, out of phase 2:56
(Neck parallel + Bridge parallel) in series, in phase 3:01
(Neck parallel + Bridge split) in parallel, in phase 3:11
(Neck parallel + Bridge split) in parallel, out of phase 3:22
(Neck parallel + Bridge split) in series, out of phase 3:26
(Neck parallel + Bridge split) in series, in phase 3:31
(Neck parallel + Bridge series) in parallel, in phase 3:41
(Neck parallel + Bridge series) in parallel, out of phase 3:52
(Neck parallel + Bridge series) in series, out of phase 3:57
(Neck parallel + Bridge series) in series, in phase 4:02
(Neck split + Bridge parallel) in parallel, in phase 4:12
(Neck split + Bridge parallel) in parallel, out of phase 4:22
(Neck split + Bridge parallel) in series, out of phase 4:27
(Neck split + Bridge parallel) in series, in phase 4:32
(Neck split + Bridge split) in parallel, in phase 4:42
(Neck split + Bridge split) in parallel, out of phase 4:52
(Neck split + Bridge split) in series, out of phase 4:57
(Neck split + Bridge split) in series, in phase 5:02
(Neck split + Bridge series) in parallel, in phase 5:12
(Neck split + Bridge series) in parallel, out of phase 5:23
(Neck split + Bridge series) in series, out of phase 5:28
(Neck split + Bridge series) in series, in phase 5:33
(Neck series + Bridge parallel) in parallel, in phase 5:43
(Neck series + Bridge parallel) in parallel, out of phase 5:53
(Neck series + Bridge parallel) in series, out of phase 5:58
(Neck series + Bridge parallel) in series, in phase 6:03
(Neck series + Bridge split) in parallel, in phase 6:13
(Neck series + Bridge split) in parallel, out of phase 6:23
(Neck series + Bridge split) in series, out of phase 6:28
(Neck series + Bridge split) in series, in phase 6:33
(Neck series + Bridge series) in parallel, in phase 6:43
(Neck series + Bridge series) in parallel, out of phase 6:54
(Neck series + Bridge series) in series, out of phase 6:59
(Neck series + Bridge series) in series, in phase 7:04

Let me know if any are off and I'll fix them
@eldie3d

at 4:26 am

I don't know anything about Patreon and prefer to stay away from it. Can I just send money to your PayPal and get the wiring diagram through email??? Please!!!??? Thanks!!!
@patrikfekete2nd

at 4:26 am

Are these wirings work on an active bass with one humbucker pickup? Thanks!
Anonymous

at 4:26 am

Você considera que teria diferenças sensíveis caso utilizasse um potenciômetro push/pull (250k/500k)?
@iparsw

at 4:26 am

Please leave the diagram
@Johngaltsghost

at 4:26 am

Mind blown…
@by.daekeryyy

at 4:26 am

Hey, what is the coil that is deactivated when i do splitcoil, I would like to know this.
@ijahtom

at 4:26 am

Wow, some pretty good tones you got there going on Bro. Thanks for introducing them all. Very good. All the best. One Love
@DropMyBassBro

at 4:26 am

neck: parallel
bridge: series
both: series out of phase
thanks i'm going to wire this up on my guitar
@noellehiggins3898

at 4:26 am

1ow4
@cjburian1

at 4:26 am

Great tutorial about what all the combinations do, just like you said! Cool sounding riff that we can stand 8 minutes of, too.
@irisspadaro6677

at 4:26 am

Loved the funky groove
@redkurn

at 4:26 am

i keep coming back just to listen to this riff ????
@randyschock7374

at 4:26 am

Can you please publish a schematic of the wiring. I have too do this to my guitar!!!!!!!!!
@akosidodzkie6412

at 4:26 am

Hi Dan.
In wiring modifications, which pickup is usually to be modified into out of phase, neck or bridge?
@DeGroove

at 4:26 am

Great testcase . Looking for a top 4/5 sounds to get out of a 1 humbucker guitar. Preferably with a 4 or 5-way rotary switch, so I'll only have to drill one round hole in my guitar… Feel free to throw in some suggestions.
@JamesJonahJameson-MM

at 4:26 am

Ever seen how the MJ Mastercaster mini switch to go full bridge HB? From what I read it shuts off all losing power and go straight to the bridge HB to give the EVH tone. Ever seen that wiring before for a HHH or HSH?