can't find any schematics on ibanez.com for this switch, so i have no clue how i'm supposed to wire this thing up... its from my 99 UV777BK, and i'm putting it in my RGT42(2 humbuckers, Duncan Distortion bridge and Duncan Jazz neck), does anyone have any idea how i should wire this up? i'm having no luck searching either... or, if anyone has a pic of the wiring in their universe that would help a ton too...
Wiring Help(Universe Pickup Switch VLX53)
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no one eh? its an 8 pole 5 way switch, and i tried wiring it up like an RG520/620, but had no luck at all with that. i'm certain the switch works, as i just pulled it out of my universe, and if i had been smart i would have taken a picture of it before i pulled it out, but i didn't, and now i'm screwed... and i've been told that it never even came stock on the universes, but i'm honestly not sure about that answer, as it looked completely oem and at home inside my guitar, the solder joints were too perfect imo...
Wow, they used to!
Elysian said:
My apologies, I thought they did. Maybe if you looked at Dimarzio & Seymore Duncan's sites they'll still have the diagrams, just in a different place.
Doesn't the Megaswitch come with diagrams?
Like this?
http://www.jemsite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=29780&highlight=megaswitch
Like this?
http://www.jemsite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=29780&highlight=megaswitch
Freddie
aka zEr0
Is this the switch you are talking about?
This is from a 1527 but those wires are from 2 DiMarzio's.
This is from a 1527 but those wires are from 2 DiMarzio's.
It's actually a 2-pole switch. The contact layout is the same as a Strat switch, ie. each pole has a common contact, then 3 'position' contacts. The UV's have one pole doing the pickup selection, so each pickup's output goes to it's respective 'position' while the common contact is the output and goes to the volume pot. The other pole controls single coil switching for the humbuckers to give the strat-like sounds in pos's 2 and 4. The middle 'position' contact is connected to earth, with the black and white wires of each DiMarzio humbucker connected to 1 and 3. Common is ignored.
Lemme try find a diagram....
Lemme try find a diagram....
It's the same as the Jem. This one had the right color code (providing you have DiMarzio pickups)
Hey, well I'm a dickwad and didn't read your first post properly. So two humbuckers, eh. What do you want to achieve with the switching? It's pretty limited what you can do with 2 HB's and this switch.
well, itd be nice to be able to coil tap, and then combine the 2 for the middle spot... although i don't normally really use that stuff heh... really the nicest thing would be to have no dead spots in the switch... i think that jem 777 diagram might be just what i'm looking for, it makes a bit more sense to me given the pickups i'm using...
The JEM wiring with two HB's will give you a dead middle position. So you'd get Neck HB - Neck HB (single coil mode) - nothing - Bridge HB (single coil mode) - Bridge HB.
The only other way to wire it is like a Tele switch which would give you Neck HB - Neck HB - Both HB - Bridge HB - Bridge HB. No single coil switching.
The only other way to wire it is like a Tele switch which would give you Neck HB - Neck HB - Both HB - Bridge HB - Bridge HB. No single coil switching.
i'll give that jem 777 wiring a try tomorrow, maybe i can find a way to make it not dead spot on the middle... we'll see... if it even works i'll be happy, i haven't played my neck through rg in forever, and its got new pups i haven't even gotten a chance to try yet
Chris
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You have a neck through RG?
Elysian said:
I've always wanted to try one of the RGTs, never seen one in a shop though.
