Fantastic instructions, great switch but also great service from Six String Supplies. They delivered it really fast and answered all of my questions without any fuss. The device gave a new life to my Strat. The best upgrade out there. If you want to buy it in the UK, Six String Supplies is the place to go.
I installed mine last night in the B configuration. I chose it so I could have the "all three in series" option. Immediately, positions 6 and 10 became my new favorites.
This video really helped me out a lot. Soldiering has never been my specialty, but there were a lot of little tricks and technique caught on camera that I picked up on. I'm pretty happy with the results and looks almost identical minus the difference in pots/capacitors and the pickups used. I didn't have an aluminum plate so I soldered a bare fluxed wired across all 3 pots.
Hello - I hope you're all well. I just finished wiring up a Free-Way switch for a guitar I'm assembling from parts. In spite of electronics not being my strong point, everything worked exactly as it should on the first test. I was able to follow your tutorial connection-by-connection, and give it much of the credit for a successful job. Many thanks!
Very nicely done. Do a Freeway 5-Way/10-Position install on a Nashville Style Telecaster SSS 1 Volume, 1 Tone and you'll be my hero. Great video and beautifully finished wiring job.
You have to get the 6 way switch for tele (I think) they have a wiring scheme on freeway website. 3b3-01 model and they have a wiring diagram for tele sss w 2 pots. They also have the 5 way sss w 2 pots wiring diagram but I don’t know if the switch will fit in your guitar physically otherwise to answer your question yes you can and there is a diagram for you. Go to www.freewayswitch.com/schematics-blade/
@@50kal44 I contacted Freeway and ended up doing the 5-way/10 position in my Nashville Tele. Switch fits well, just a little hard to fit all wires in the cavity, they told me to ground the bridge with the cavity screw. Guitar is being set up now, bought a new Rosewood neck and I need to cut the nut, but all of the switching worked appropriately when I tested it the other day. Should be able to get her finished over the next couple of days. I'll let you know how it turns out, if you're interested
I wired my Strat up exactly as you did here. Although it has a good sound, I noticed that something may not be correct. According to the diagram from Freeway, there should be two wires going to the first spot on the left. One going to Bridge Hot, the other going to the middle lug on T2. I’m going to change it because that seems to be for tone control on the bridge only, and the other tone control is for the neck. I still very much appreciate your video, your tips and techniques were very helpful. Check out the diagram and please correct me if I am incorrect.
This is a really clear and informative video. I'm very keen to try this in one of my partscasters. I only have one tone pot though. Can this be wired to the one tone pot only?
Just completed this swap with the help of this video add the Free-Way website schematic. The switch just turned 1 guitar into 2 guitars. Awesome product !!!
Thank you very much. Before wiring, I watched this video which gave me a lot more confidence undertaking what originally looked like a complicated task. Your shielding video is my absolute favorite. I have shared it to many Facebook modding groups and get very good feedback on them. Your videos are very much appreciated! Cheers!
I plan to install a freeway switch in the strat soon, definitely very useful particularly for the order. This helps to keep it clean. Thanks for sharing !
Terrific video, I just went through it and replaced the switch in a 2017 American Special. The video was invaluable, thanks. A couple of comments... I know you had to film, and it might have been confusing, but it's very easy to solder the wires on the opposite side of the circuit board and then clip them off. Also, the tone control bleed caps change the wiring to the tone pots. Great job on your soldering and very nice to have clear graphics in the picture.
Hi I've watched a lot of your videos, and find them impressive and very helpful. I've just finished wiring up one of these Freeway switches and found it reasonably straightforward. However, I found it much easier to feed the wire in from the front as you show then solder from the back. I found the 'fluff' on the wire a nuisance to get around! These cloth wires seem to vary a lot depending on supplier, and description they give - the best ones have a fully soldered core and tight cloth, some I bought have separate core wires and fluffy cloth surround. Cheers.
Thanks so much for your video. Your tutorial is absolutely brilliant and to be honest, watching you soldering is quite relaxing. I did the mod following your instructions. I wouldn't have managed without this video. It works but the look of my work is laughable, it looks more like a scene from Apocalypse now than a neat wiring work. Thanks again.
Great Job! I see you have greatly improved your technique, as the viewer can now Easily See what and how you are soldering. Really good vid, and aren't the Freeway switches great?
Fantastic how to video. I did mine last night and had absolutely no issues. I run Fat 50s pickups and also installed a Kingtone Classic switch, 500k master tone pot. The guitar is incredibly versatile now. My only issue is the pickup switch end keeps falling off...lol... It doesnt snap into place, but I'll find a way to make it work. You guys put the best how-to soldering videos on youtube in my opinion. Thank you!
This is a great switch and I can strongly recommend the Page 1 scheme where you use Middle and Bridge pickup seriell instead of all three together. I tried that first but the three single could together creates a muddy mess while Middle and Bridge together can be useful for some gain/overdrive. What I would like to do is to use the Second tone control for both Middle and Bridge but I haven't found a way. I tried a cable from MH to the tone second tone pot but that didn't work.
Yes we use the page 1 scheme in our prewired kit as all three pickups in series is pretty underwhelming! We have a way, so feel free to email us and we can send the diagram
@@SixStringSupplies Thanks. I got a scheme from Freeway and a Bourne Dual Gang Pot from RS and it seems to work fine. I have never used a Dual Pot before, half the turn for middle and half for bridge. I thought it would control both at the same time, but this will work too. And thank you for an excellent channel!!
Huge thanks for this! I have a Suhr 'strat' HSS set up and standard fender strat guitars. I think Free-Way also covers the HSS option, though there's a bunch of soldering options also - hopefully a bridge humbucker split option will allow S, -, S in parallel (there's a fantastic 'Tele' tone here!) I really think they should do, as well as a 2 x 5 option (as seen here), they should expand this for a 3 x 5 option, giving us an extra bank to cover missing options. Same applies for the Les Paul 3-way toggle selector (they do a 2 x 3, a 3 x 3 would add further sounds). If they can bank those additional connections to one side of a standard selector switch, I'm hoping they can bank to the other side also.
Brilliant.. I just wired mine in finally after sitting on it for 4mo. Lol... Can't wait to get it strung up and howling again.. thanks so much for this video..
How can i use bridge tone pot not as the midde tone but as standard? And it's possible to wiring like 50's? Or Better use a treble bleed on volume pot?
Hi! Great video! Came across this video after looking for 5 way 2 pole switch.... which seems to be out-of-stock just about everywhere near me.... but I did see the 10 way Freeway switch.... so searched it to see if there was a diagram for implementing a quarter blend mod with the Freeway switch. Would you have a way to implement the quarter blend mod with the Freeway switch? I'd still only need one master tone control.
Super video, super explained! I still have one question. Do capacitors with the same capacitance have to be soldered in this circuit? I have one 0.047 and one 0.022. To which potentiometer do I have to solder which capacitor?
Great Video ! Just what I need as I've just received mine in the mail. I will now subscribe & hit "all". Is it possible to mod this switch like a normal 5 way is modified to add tone control to the bridge pickup ?
Good vid, thanks. Was wondering...I don't want to get the installation of the switch the wrong way round. If the lever is closest to the BH terminal side, presumably that will turn on the Bridge pickups? And if the lever is over to the NG terminal, that's going to switch on the neck pickup - is that right - have i got it the right way round?
Great video. Thank you. But how would you wire it so the middle tone pot works on the bridge pickup as well. On a normal switch you can just add a bridging wire but how would you do it on this switch? Thank you.
I've got a Question: I got a Fender Deluxe Nashville Telecaster about a year ago. From the Factory it came with a normal Strat Switch. I resoldered it so i got this: 1. Position Middle 2. Position Middle+Bridge 3. Position Bridge 4. Position Neck+Bridge 5. Position Neck. Now my Question: Can i Install this Switch in my Tele and Set it like this: Normal Roe: 1. Position Bridge 2. Position Bridge+Neck 3. Position Neck Upper Roe: 1. Position Middle+Bridge 2. Position Middle 3. Position Middle+Neck Or do i have to do the whole in Series, Out of Phase Wiring?
Is it necessary to use 2 capacitors, one on each tone knob, with this switch? I just bought 1 with the switch, but then I saw this video. Thanks for any advice.
Super helpful video! I have a quick question about wiring up this switch with specific pickups. I'm curious about getting some Fender noiseless strat single coil pickups, which have 3 wires coming from each pickup instead of 2 like with regular single coils. Would it be possible to get some of these noiseless single coils and wire them up with this 10 way switch?
Very smart to use a PC board to avoid a cluster of wires, simple and genius. Over engineering I using a pc board with programmed configurations, this requires a small populated board with both passive and active electronics, programming ( increases risk of failure) and a power source ( battery).
Wow! Great tutorial. I need help please wiring a SD classic stack to the 5B5 01. The neck pick up has three wires, white, black and red, plus shield wire. I know the white goes to NH and black and shield wire go to ground. Please where does the red wire go if I want to split between true single coil and hum canceling? Thanks for any help!
Thanks for the video. If I wanted to add my bridge pickup to be controlled with the neck tone knob (middle tone knob for middle pu only and the neck tone knob to adjust both neck and bridge tone then where should I add a bridge wire to this wiring diagram to accomplish this ? Thanks so much for any help
Hello, thank you very much for the professional guide to soldering the Freeway Switch 5B5-01. I just installed the device in my Harley Benton ST-20 BK. Everything went well, all positions work - only position 6 (bridge + middle in series) remains "dead" 🙁 Also the tone knobs are working not as they should. Do you have an idea what is wrong?
Hi - does your bridge pickup have a baseplate? If so, this will be the issue - you need to ground it to the switch as directed by the diagram (or remove it entirely)
@@SixStringSupplies Hello, thank you very much for your answer. No, my bridge pickup doesn't have a metal baseplate. I have now soldered everything again as the instructions for the SSS Parallel Series Sheme A1 / V2 T show. Result: The same error - position 6 in series remains dead. Perhaps the switch itself is defective. I asked the seller to send me a replacement. I'll get in touch when the new switch is soldered. So long, Wolf
Great video. You're absolutely right the PCB holes are too small. I wired one up a few months ago , but then the tone controls stopped working in all positions except the neck. Any suggestions I can try to remedy this?
Sounds like your connection to the bottom tone knob is broken at some point. Check the solder joints for the wire that runs from the switch to that pot.
Hi, and thanx for awesome tutorials. I can't find 0.7 mm solder wire, but have, some 0.8 is it still doable, or should I order, and wait for 0.7. Thanx
Hello, I have a problem with the bridge capacitor. When I move the bridge potentiometer it acts on the middle pickup. I did the installation as shown in the diagram.
Could you please demo a wiring similar to the Charvel DK24 HH version. Where they have a 5 way switch and a on-on switch (4pdt I believe) to select weather the pups are in series or in parallel. Giving a total of 10 different sounds. Appreciate it, awesome content.
I have just purchased the 10 way strat switch and in preparation to install, I have noticed my current 5 way switch setup has 2 capacitors that are not shown in the 10 way switch setup. I just want to double check whether i leave them as they are or remove them from the board? Basically there is an additional capacitor on each tone knob that bridges 2 of the points on the same capacitor...if that makes sense...
is it possible to have 3 pickups in series with this switch? a saw stock pictures and it has only 3 in parallel option i would like to have 1 - bridge + mid in series 2- bridge + neck in series 3 - bridge + neck in parallel 4 - mid + neck in series 5 - all 3 series and additional push pull for neck phase switching. Is it possible to change order of combinations with this switch?
Thinking about installing a 5-Way/10 Position switch into a Strat S-S-S guitar I have. Does the wiring you demonstrated produce a Master Volume, Master Tone and a Blend Volume?
Hi , do you know if I could add a resistor between BT and BH to lessen the coil split volume drop and liven up position 2 ? I have a 4 wire humbucker in the bridge and position 1 and 2 is a bit weak . Great vids by the way ...thanks
hello, I scrupulously followed the wiring plan and your video, the microphones work very well, but I have problems with my tones it no longer works, or not well or are reversed?? could you enlighten me?
Thank you for these clear steps in assigning the soldering lugs! After this detailed video, I ordered the switch ;-) One of the best instructions here!!
You need to do a video on how to wire a 6 way rotary switch on a strat. Pull the 5 way switch and put the 6 way 6t/2 poll rotary in a tone slot. You can cut the post with a dremel or hack saw if it's too long. Takes 30 seconds with a dremel. Took me a day to figure out the wiring on it. It gives you an added position. Bridge/neck. And it gets the switch out of the way so you don't hit it while chording hard.
in the case of pu in serial mode, is it possible to directly wire the neck pu out phase (to have the out phase combination with neck and middle ala brian may) ?
Hi SSS! This is 3 coil parallel/series mode, right? Do you prefer it over the Middle Bridge humbucker Version for anything in special? Thanks and keep doing that excellent work! ;)
Can this be put on a clapton signatur?? It only has 1 tone (upper tone) with the lower being used for the 25db boost. I am goona to assume your bottom tone connection is going to the upper tone control.
I tried installing and didn't work right at all. I contacted their tech support and they sent me hand drawn schematics (as they do not have official ones for tbx models) that they sent to others wiring tbx guitars. Main difference seemed to be their OP went to tbx tone pot instead of vol. Still not correct as pickups don't function, even when they do, according to the switch location. Is there anyway to check if switch isn't damaged? Can someone that wired one of these to a tbx guitar please assist. She is my primary guitar.
BT is used with a Bridge Humbucker if a 5B5-01 is used in an HSS set up. With Seymour Duncan wiring codes the red and white wire would be soldered to BT. So I suppose BT is for Bridge Tap for what is technically a coil split in the relevant switch positions.
good knowledge, thanks for sharing. Free-Way to have a specialist switch specifically designed for HSS setups too 5B5-02 www.freewayswitch.com/products/
@@SixStringSupplies No problem I spend too much time looking at wiring and guitar stuff. I have seen the diagrams for the 5B5-02 and emailed Freeway a little while ago but at that time they weren't available yet. Looks they are starting to become available.
The Free-Way switch diagram has a capacitor on both tone pots. Typical wiring only requires the one, but it's connected to both pots. Does the Free-Way require two capacitors to function properly?
Can a treble bleed mod be done with a freeway switch installed? Would the different kinds of pickup wirings vs. the standard need to be considered / have any influence on which capacitor/resistor to choose? Any experience here? :)
Hi from Spokane, WA USA and thanks very much indeed for this post. Please, if you would, add the 'Thanks $' link so we might compensate you and show our appreciation. Cheers for a happy, safe, and profitable year of *tone chasing* in 2023! d.t.
Hey Anthony. Thanks a lot! Yes we are delighted to be a dealer for these switches and to use them in our prewired kits. I know you are still waiting for a Jimmy Page video - we are developing something behind the scenes. Hopefully won't be too long.
@@SixStringSupplies that's awesome and glad you are doing good and well. Really like that switching for the Strat..you never know, I may consider it down the road..🎶✌
Ah. Hey, your vids really helped. I combined your 4 way mod with the reorder mod and the "Gibson" wiring (I think that's the name) mod. Good pacing in your videos. You can even see my dogs**t soldering in my channel.
Hi sir and good, I know this video is a little to old , but maybe help me and that will be great, it's just one problem I noticed is I lost the tone control on middle pickup number 3 on position, but the rest is good up to 10 position , hopefully for response thanks.
Have this switch on the way for my strat. I currently have a “neck on” toggle which I will turn into a phase-changing switch once it’s in. However, I did have my lower tone knob wired to control both bridge and middle - very easy just one jumper wire, I’m trying to work through in my head how to wire the bridge to tone control with this configuration. My gut tells me that the same method won’t work for this switch but I’m not sure.. any suggestions?
Hey, unfortunately it does not appear possible to have all 3 pickups connected to tone controls with this switch - you can refer to the FreeWay website, they have diagrams on there. You can either have neck + middle (no bridge) or neck + bridge (no middle) so you have to decide which one you prefer
Any recommendations for an SG 3way toggle ? . Iv tried a switchcraft n not good . Grigsby , seems they dont hav 1 . . Open to ideas . Thx , Love the channel
You twisted the pickup wires to cancel -/+ hum. That was golden.
Fantastic instructions, great switch but also great service from Six String Supplies. They delivered it really fast and answered all of my questions without any fuss. The device gave a new life to my Strat. The best upgrade out there. If you want to buy it in the UK, Six String Supplies is the place to go.
Our pleasure! And thanks for watching and for your kind words. Have a great weekend.
I love the way that the switch is so discreet it makes it look totally clean, nice job on the installation.
i'm having this. i cannot imagine why anyone wouldn't want this! it retains the original tone and adds 5 more! genius!!
I installed mine last night in the B configuration. I chose it so I could have the "all three in series" option. Immediately, positions 6 and 10 became my new favorites.
This video really helped me out a lot. Soldiering has never been my specialty, but there were a lot of little tricks and technique caught on camera that I picked up on. I'm pretty happy with the results and looks almost identical minus the difference in pots/capacitors and the pickups used. I didn't have an aluminum plate so I soldered a bare fluxed wired across all 3 pots.
This is one of the easiest-to-follow wiring videos I've ever seen! Thanks!
I love watching you work Ed. It's because of you that I am so good at soldering now :) Victor...
Have this switch installed in 3 of my starts already and I can't imagine not having them, what an upgrade!
I must say, how clean you do your wiring is very satisfying! It’s an art form indeed 😌
Hello - I hope you're all well. I just finished wiring up a Free-Way switch for a guitar I'm assembling from parts. In spite of electronics not being my strong point, everything worked exactly as it should on the first test. I was able to follow your tutorial connection-by-connection, and give it much of the credit for a successful job. Many thanks!
Very nicely done. Do a Freeway 5-Way/10-Position install on a Nashville Style Telecaster SSS 1 Volume, 1 Tone and you'll be my hero. Great video and beautifully finished wiring job.
Yes, also waiting for that!
You have to get the 6 way switch for tele (I think) they have a wiring scheme on freeway website. 3b3-01 model and they have a wiring diagram for tele sss w 2 pots. They also have the 5 way sss w 2 pots wiring diagram but I don’t know if the switch will fit in your guitar physically otherwise to answer your question yes you can and there is a diagram for you. Go to
www.freewayswitch.com/schematics-blade/
@@leinadatidumarp read my reply
@@50kal44 I contacted Freeway and ended up doing the 5-way/10 position in my Nashville Tele. Switch fits well, just a little hard to fit all wires in the cavity, they told me to ground the bridge with the cavity screw. Guitar is being set up now, bought a new Rosewood neck and I need to cut the nut, but all of the switching worked appropriately when I tested it the other day. Should be able to get her finished over the next couple of days. I'll let you know how it turns out, if you're interested
@@50kal44 thank you
I wired my Strat up exactly as you did here. Although it has a good sound, I noticed that something may not be correct. According to the diagram from Freeway, there should be two wires going to the first spot on the left. One going to Bridge Hot, the other going to the middle lug on T2. I’m going to change it because that seems to be for tone control on the bridge only, and the other tone control is for the neck.
I still very much appreciate your video, your tips and techniques were very helpful. Check out the diagram and please correct me if I am incorrect.
This is a really clear and informative video. I'm very keen to try this in one of my partscasters. I only have one tone pot though. Can this be wired to the one tone pot only?
Just completed this swap with the help of this video add the Free-Way website schematic. The switch just turned 1 guitar into 2 guitars. Awesome product !!!
Thank you for the video! You made it soo easy to get that freeway switch knocked out!
I just ordered a freeway switch because of this video that convince me i could wire this 🤙
Thank you very much. Before wiring, I watched this video which gave me a lot more confidence undertaking what originally looked like a complicated task. Your shielding video is my absolute favorite. I have shared it to many Facebook modding groups and get very good feedback on them. Your videos are very much appreciated! Cheers!
I plan to install a freeway switch in the strat soon, definitely very useful particularly for the order. This helps to keep it clean. Thanks for sharing !
Terrific video, I just went through it and replaced the switch in a 2017 American Special. The video was invaluable, thanks. A couple of comments... I know you had to film, and it might have been confusing, but it's very easy to solder the wires on the opposite side of the circuit board and then clip them off. Also, the tone control bleed caps change the wiring to the tone pots. Great job on your soldering and very nice to have clear graphics in the picture.
Glad it helped. Thanks for the feedback!
Your Strat loaded pick guard is excellent quality!
Hi I've watched a lot of your videos, and find them impressive and very helpful. I've just finished wiring up one of these Freeway switches and found it reasonably straightforward. However, I found it much easier to feed the wire in from the front as you show then solder from the back. I found the 'fluff' on the wire a nuisance to get around! These cloth wires seem to vary a lot depending on supplier, and description they give - the best ones have a fully soldered core and tight cloth, some I bought have separate core wires and fluffy cloth surround. Cheers.
Thanks so much for your video. Your tutorial is absolutely brilliant and to be honest, watching you soldering is quite relaxing. I did the mod following your instructions. I wouldn't have managed without this video. It works but the look of my work is laughable, it looks more like a scene from Apocalypse now than a neat wiring work. Thanks again.
Excellent soldering guide for the 10-way switch. I'm waiting for mine to arrive.
Awesome. Thanks! Will be looking to be one of your customers!
Great Job! I see you have greatly improved your technique, as the viewer can now Easily See what and how you are soldering. Really good vid, and aren't the Freeway switches great?
Thank you very much! Yeah they are superb
Fantastic how to video. I did mine last night and had absolutely no issues. I run Fat 50s pickups and also installed a Kingtone Classic switch, 500k master tone pot. The guitar is incredibly versatile now. My only issue is the pickup switch end keeps falling off...lol... It doesnt snap into place, but I'll find a way to make it work. You guys put the best how-to soldering videos on youtube in my opinion. Thank you!
Amazing helpful, installation was a success, with joy and serenity : thank you! My Strat just reached the sky
Nice job, clear explanation and clean work. Thanks for sharing, with this video by my side there’s no excuse for getting it wrong
hey can you make a video on how to solder this but with only 1 volume and 1 tone
This is a great switch and I can strongly recommend the Page 1 scheme where you use Middle and Bridge pickup seriell instead of all three together. I tried that first but the three single could together creates a muddy mess while Middle and Bridge together can be useful for some gain/overdrive.
What I would like to do is to use the Second tone control for both Middle and Bridge but I haven't found a way. I tried a cable from MH to the tone second tone pot but that didn't work.
Yes we use the page 1 scheme in our prewired kit as all three pickups in series is pretty underwhelming! We have a way, so feel free to email us and we can send the diagram
@@SixStringSupplies Thanks. I got a scheme from Freeway and a Bourne Dual Gang Pot from RS and it seems to work fine. I have never used a Dual Pot before, half the turn for middle and half for bridge. I thought it would control both at the same time, but this will work too.
And thank you for an excellent channel!!
Thank You so much for this video. Perfect work and perfect installation instructions
Huge thanks for this!
I have a Suhr 'strat' HSS set up and standard fender strat guitars. I think Free-Way also covers the HSS option, though there's a bunch of soldering options also - hopefully a bridge humbucker split option will allow S, -, S in parallel (there's a fantastic 'Tele' tone here!)
I really think they should do, as well as a 2 x 5 option (as seen here), they should expand this for a 3 x 5 option, giving us an extra bank to cover missing options. Same applies for the Les Paul 3-way toggle selector (they do a 2 x 3, a 3 x 3 would add further sounds). If they can bank those additional connections to one side of a standard selector switch, I'm hoping they can bank to the other side also.
I love your channel, I learned a lot....a hug here from Parana Brazil....
Excellent pictures of the completed work Good 👍 job!
Brilliant.. I just wired mine in finally after sitting on it for 4mo. Lol... Can't wait to get it strung up and howling again.. thanks so much for this video..
How can i use bridge tone pot not as the midde tone but as standard?
And it's possible to wiring like 50's? Or Better use a treble bleed on volume pot?
Thanks for theses videos! I want to wire up a 3 pickup (P90's) 1 volume 1 tone to a 5 way superswitch, can't find any diagrams! Can you help?
Great video! I was wondering if one of these would work with a strat plus delux that has lace sensor pick-up?
Totally professional tutorial. Thanks. Subbed.
Glad you said which pickup wire goes where. I was a bit confused by the color coding.
Hi! Great video! Came across this video after looking for 5 way 2 pole switch.... which seems to be out-of-stock just about everywhere near me.... but I did see the 10 way Freeway switch.... so searched it to see if there was a diagram for implementing a quarter blend mod with the Freeway switch. Would you have a way to implement the quarter blend mod with the Freeway switch? I'd still only need one master tone control.
Excellent video! Super easy mod, sounds great!
Super video, super explained! I still have one question. Do capacitors with the same capacitance have to be soldered in this circuit? I have one 0.047 and one 0.022. To which potentiometer do I have to solder which capacitor?
Thanks for doing these videos!
Glad you like them!
Great Video ! Just what I need as I've just received mine in the mail. I will now subscribe & hit "all".
Is it possible to mod this switch like a normal 5 way is modified to add tone control to the bridge pickup ?
Good vid, thanks. Was wondering...I don't want to get the installation of the switch the wrong way round. If the lever is closest to the BH terminal side, presumably that will turn on the Bridge pickups? And if the lever is over to the NG terminal, that's going to switch on the neck pickup - is that right - have i got it the right way round?
BT = Bridge Tap (Useful if you have a 3 or 4-conductor humbucker in bridge position.
Would you have any idea how to do a 15 way HSH Strat?
Great video. Thank you. But how would you wire it so the middle tone pot works on the bridge pickup as well. On a normal switch you can just add a bridging wire but how would you do it on this switch? Thank you.
Very nice video. Why did you use the capacitors ? are they nessesery?
I've got a Question:
I got a Fender Deluxe Nashville Telecaster about a year ago. From the Factory it came with a normal Strat Switch. I resoldered it so i got this: 1. Position Middle
2. Position Middle+Bridge
3. Position Bridge
4. Position Neck+Bridge
5. Position Neck.
Now my Question: Can i Install this Switch in my Tele and Set it like this:
Normal Roe:
1. Position Bridge
2. Position Bridge+Neck
3. Position Neck
Upper Roe:
1. Position Middle+Bridge
2. Position Middle
3. Position Middle+Neck
Or do i have to do the whole in Series, Out of Phase Wiring?
Is it necessary to use 2 capacitors, one on each tone knob, with this switch? I just bought 1 with the switch, but then I saw this video. Thanks for any advice.
Super helpful video! I have a quick question about wiring up this switch with specific pickups. I'm curious about getting some Fender noiseless strat single coil pickups, which have 3 wires coming from each pickup instead of 2 like with regular single coils. Would it be possible to get some of these noiseless single coils and wire them up with this 10 way switch?
Very smart to use a PC board to avoid a cluster of wires, simple and genius. Over engineering I using a pc board with programmed configurations, this requires a small populated board with both passive and active electronics, programming ( increases risk of failure) and a power source ( battery).
Wow! Great tutorial. I need help please wiring a SD classic stack to the 5B5 01. The neck pick up has three wires, white, black and red, plus shield wire. I know the white goes to NH and black and shield wire go to ground. Please where does the red wire go if I want to split between true single coil and hum canceling? Thanks for any help!
Clean job! Thanks for the step-by-step soldering tutorial. I’m wondering... Where can I buy those caps? Or at least kind of the type
Great video! It helped a lot! Thanks again!!!
Thanks for the video. If I wanted to add my bridge pickup to be controlled with the neck tone knob (middle tone knob for middle pu only and the neck tone knob to adjust both neck and bridge tone then where should I add a bridge wire to this wiring diagram to accomplish this ? Thanks so much for any help
Great video. I'm keen to try it. On the PDF it says Terminal A is not used. Is that correct or did I miss something. I noticed you used it.
Different diagram - there are two options
Amazing video as usual, so helpful.
Just one question, how would you add the mini switch as in the gilmour wiring to this?
No need
Hello, thank you very much for the professional guide to soldering the Freeway Switch 5B5-01. I just installed the device in my Harley Benton ST-20 BK. Everything went well, all positions work - only position 6 (bridge + middle in series) remains "dead" 🙁 Also the tone knobs are working not as they should. Do you have an idea what is wrong?
Hi - does your bridge pickup have a baseplate? If so, this will be the issue - you need to ground it to the switch as directed by the diagram (or remove it entirely)
@@SixStringSupplies Hello, thank you very much for your answer. No, my bridge pickup doesn't have a metal baseplate. I have now soldered everything again as the instructions for the SSS Parallel Series Sheme A1 / V2 T show. Result: The same error - position 6 in series remains dead. Perhaps the switch itself is defective. I asked the seller to send me a replacement. I'll get in touch when the new switch is soldered. So long, Wolf
Great video. You're absolutely right the PCB holes are too small. I wired one up a few months ago , but then the tone controls stopped working in all positions except the neck. Any suggestions I can try to remedy this?
Sounds like your connection to the bottom tone knob is broken at some point. Check the solder joints for the wire that runs from the switch to that pot.
Hi, and thanx for awesome tutorials. I can't find 0.7 mm solder wire, but have, some 0.8 is it still doable, or should I order, and wait for 0.7.
Thanx
0.8mm is fine honestly! enjoy the project!
Hello, I have a problem with the bridge capacitor. When I move the bridge potentiometer it acts on the middle pickup. I did the installation as shown in the diagram.
Could you please demo a wiring similar to the Charvel DK24 HH version. Where they have a 5 way switch and a on-on switch (4pdt I believe) to select weather the pups are in series or in parallel. Giving a total of 10 different sounds. Appreciate it, awesome content.
I have just purchased the 10 way strat switch and in preparation to install, I have noticed my current 5 way switch setup has 2 capacitors that are not shown in the 10 way switch setup. I just want to double check whether i leave them as they are or remove them from the board? Basically there is an additional capacitor on each tone knob that bridges 2 of the points on the same capacitor...if that makes sense...
I have a Strat with a vintage Style wiring so I only have one capacitor how do I get around this
is it possible to have 3 pickups in series with this switch? a saw stock pictures and it has only 3 in parallel option i would like to have
1 - bridge + mid in series
2- bridge + neck in series
3 - bridge + neck in parallel
4 - mid + neck in series
5 - all 3 series
and additional push pull for neck phase switching. Is it possible to change order of combinations with this switch?
I like the second tone pot to control the bridge pickup. How would you do that?
how do I route my 2nd tone knob to both the middle and bridge pickups using this schematic?
You’ll need a stacked pot and a third capacitor. If you email us we can send you the diagram
Bellissima presentazione molto utile. Grazie
grazie
Do these fit a non strat guitar with a 5 way switch
Yes it dropped into my Parker nite fly with no trouble..
Of course all guitars are different!
Thinking about installing a 5-Way/10 Position switch into a Strat S-S-S guitar I have. Does the wiring you demonstrated produce a Master Volume, Master Tone and a Blend Volume?
What part of the guitar directly uses mains power... Caps are so overkill. Great video btw.
Hi , do you know if I could add a resistor between BT and BH to lessen the coil split volume drop and liven up position 2 ? I have a 4 wire humbucker in the bridge and position 1 and 2 is a bit weak . Great vids by the way ...thanks
hello, I scrupulously followed the wiring plan and your video, the microphones work very well, but I have problems with my tones it no longer works, or not well or are reversed?? could you enlighten me?
Thank you for these clear steps in assigning the soldering lugs! After this detailed video, I ordered the switch ;-)
One of the best instructions here!!
Do you have any tips on making this setup have bridge tone control?
Can you control the tone on the bridge pickup
You need to do a video on how to wire a 6 way rotary switch on a strat. Pull the 5 way switch and put the 6 way 6t/2 poll rotary in a tone slot. You can cut the post with a dremel or hack saw if it's too long. Takes 30 seconds with a dremel. Took me a day to figure out the wiring on it. It gives you an added position. Bridge/neck. And it gets the switch out of the way so you don't hit it while chording hard.
in the case of pu in serial mode, is it possible to directly wire the neck pu out phase (to have the out phase combination with neck and middle ala brian may) ?
Hi SSS! This is 3 coil parallel/series mode, right? Do you prefer it over the Middle Bridge humbucker Version for anything in special? Thanks and keep doing that excellent work! ;)
Can this be put on a clapton signatur?? It only has 1 tone (upper tone) with the lower being used for the 25db boost. I am goona to assume your bottom tone connection is going to the upper tone control.
I tried installing and didn't work right at all. I contacted their tech support and they sent me hand drawn schematics (as they do not have official ones for tbx models) that they sent to others wiring tbx guitars. Main difference seemed to be their OP went to tbx tone pot instead of vol. Still not correct as pickups don't function, even when they do, according to the switch location.
Is there anyway to check if switch isn't damaged? Can someone that wired one of these to a tbx guitar please assist. She is my primary guitar.
BT is used with a Bridge Humbucker if a 5B5-01 is used in an HSS set up. With Seymour Duncan wiring codes the red and white wire would be soldered to BT. So I suppose BT is for Bridge Tap for what is technically a coil split in the relevant switch positions.
good knowledge, thanks for sharing. Free-Way to have a specialist switch specifically designed for HSS setups too 5B5-02 www.freewayswitch.com/products/
@@SixStringSupplies No problem I spend too much time looking at wiring and guitar stuff. I have seen the diagrams for the 5B5-02 and emailed Freeway a little while ago but at that time they weren't available yet. Looks they are starting to become available.
They are available now at various dealers - we expect to have them in stock for our next order which will be February.
The Free-Way switch diagram has a capacitor on both tone pots. Typical wiring only requires the one, but it's connected to both pots. Does the Free-Way require two capacitors to function properly?
Can a treble bleed mod be done with a freeway switch installed? Would the different kinds of pickup wirings vs. the standard need to be considered / have any influence on which capacitor/resistor to choose? Any experience here? :)
Hi from Spokane, WA USA and thanks very much indeed for this post. Please, if you would, add the 'Thanks $' link so we might compensate you and show our appreciation. Cheers for a happy, safe, and profitable year of *tone chasing* in 2023! d.t.
Thanks - happy new year to you too!
Any idea if I could wire a split volume on this? I was going to add a blender pot for my bridge pickup.
Great work and now I'm curious what I can do with my Strat..ha🎶✌
Hey Anthony. Thanks a lot! Yes we are delighted to be a dealer for these switches and to use them in our prewired kits. I know you are still waiting for a Jimmy Page video - we are developing something behind the scenes. Hopefully won't be too long.
@@SixStringSupplies that's awesome and glad you are doing good and well. Really like that switching for the Strat..you never know, I may consider it down the road..🎶✌
Middle hot goes to A and not MH. That's correct?
Either. A is connected to MH anyway. The diagram has it going to A. But it doesn't matter which one, whichever has most space!
Ah. Hey, your vids really helped. I combined your 4 way mod with the reorder mod and the "Gibson" wiring (I think that's the name) mod. Good pacing in your videos.
You can even see my dogs**t soldering in my channel.
Thanks! Thanks for watching and glad you like the videos and find them useful. Have a good weekend
Hi sir and good, I know this video is a little to old , but maybe help me and that will be great, it's just one problem I noticed is I lost the tone control on middle pickup number 3 on position, but the rest is good up to 10 position , hopefully for response thanks.
How did you decide it was those capacitor 0.047 600 v ? Did have any change of something? Mine a re regular 0.022 ???? Help :)
Thank you! Stellar tutorial.
That's amazing video very helpful thank you very much
I made my tone a master tone knob, but now it inverts on some selections, any help?
Hello. Just wondering. Why solder from the front? Surely the connections are stronger when soldered from behind? Cheers.
Can you do this with Seymour Duncan stacked humbuckers ? Like have the top rail all humbuckers in series then bottom rail all humbuckers in Paralel??
Have this switch on the way for my strat. I currently have a “neck on” toggle which I will turn into a phase-changing switch once it’s in. However, I did have my lower tone knob wired to control both bridge and middle - very easy just one jumper wire, I’m trying to work through in my head how to wire the bridge to tone control with this configuration. My gut tells me that the same method won’t work for this switch but I’m not sure.. any suggestions?
Hey, unfortunately it does not appear possible to have all 3 pickups connected to tone controls with this switch - you can refer to the FreeWay website, they have diagrams on there. You can either have neck + middle (no bridge) or neck + bridge (no middle) so you have to decide which one you prefer
Any recommendations for an SG 3way toggle ? . Iv tried a switchcraft n not good . Grigsby , seems they dont hav 1 . . Open to ideas . Thx , Love the channel
Just bought a 2x3 Freeway switch for one of my SGs. It gives far more soundoptions and looks like stock! Great choice...