Legacy Parallel Series Switch

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northmill
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Legacy Parallel Series Switch

Post by northmill »

Hello G&L Experts.
First Post here. I am the proud new owner of a 1996 G&L Legacy in Blue Burst with antique pearloid and cream. Stock pickups. Totally Love it. Can't put it down.

Anyway, here is the question, I would like to modify it so that in positions 2 & 4, I can switch from parallel to series.

My first question is would this mod at this link
work on a Legacy? I am pretty sure it would as designed, but I am afraid the PTB tone control would no longer work. Definitely want to keep that working.

Aslo: I have added a mod to pull out the volume switch to make the Bridge PU on all the time, so I get N/B with the switch at the top and N/M/B in the next position down. aka 7-Way switch Mod. (BTW, should have used a different knob for the push pull. I hit it when strumming a lot). I am OK losing the 7-way switch capacity if necessary, but it would be awesome to keep that too (with 2 push pulls) in series/parallel. Is this possible?

I have looked everywhere for wiring diagrams to make the stock legacy go series/parallel and can't find them.

Thanks for you replies! Hoping someone can help.
NickHorne
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Re: Legacy Parallel Series Switch

Post by NickHorne »

For regular Strat selections, yes this schematic will work.
BUT you should only concern yourself with the connections from the (new, 4-pole) 5-way to the pickups, to earth, and to the bass control of the PTB. Ignore how the tones are wired in that TDPRI scheme, they're not relevant to what you're trying to do.
Then everything should work fine.
I don't see how you will keep your additional-bridge-pup switch, though. But I would suggest this ( I have had this switching in my SRV for years, and love it): rewire your pull-switch so that in the 3 position of the 5-way, you get the choice of either regular middle-only, or neck+bridge. It will need to be a DPDT switch, but that's what you usually get on pull-pots these days.
northmill
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Re: Legacy Parallel Series Switch (Follow up)

Post by northmill »

Found the answer over on TDPRI. Link here, but you want connect the blue line to the treble cut tone pot, not the volume as shown in the picture.
Link

10-Way switching, FTW!