Adding a "Neck-On" Switch
This modification does not have to alter the appearance of your guitar.
This is a very simple way to achieve the Neck/Bridge and Neck/Middle/Bridge combinations. If you use a push/pull switch on one of the pots it won't even alter the appearance of your guitar. I've seen this one so many different places that I won't even try to attribute it to anyone.
A simple variation of this is a "bridge on" switch (simply move the red line from the "N" terminal to the "B" terminal below). That variation offers the advantage of tone control in the neck/bridge position. (Thanks to a contributor, unfortunately I've lost the e-mail so I can't give you the credit you deserve, but you know who you are.)
| Switch shown may be a SPST, SPDT (on-none-on), or 1/2 of a DPDT (on-none-on) as shown. If you replace one of your pots with a 250k audio taper pot with a push/pull switch this modification won't change the appearance of your guitar.
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| Switch | Knife Switch | Pickups Selected
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| off | 1 | neck
| | off | 2 | neck + mid
| | off | 3 | mid
| | off | 4 | mid + bridge
| | off | 5 | bridge
| | on | 1 | neck
| | on | 2 | neck + mid
| | on | 3 | neck + mid
| | on | 4 | neck + mid + bridge
| | on | 5 | neck + bridge
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