Can Someone Explain the Series/Parallel Switch on My 25th

[Hendog]

Pretend I'm a little kid.

I have read 3 different sources talking about this and still have no idea what the hell it does. I have been playing with it and like it both ways for different reasons, but I just want to know the purpose/use.

 

[beej]

The lever selects which coils are in use (e.g. both coils from the bridge, inside coils from bridge & neck, and so forth). The toggle puts those two coils either in series (one feeding into another) or parallel (wired together across each other).

If you're familiar with the Axis Super Sport or HH AL, you get a bit of both. Positions 1, 3 and 5 are in series, while positions 2 and 4 are in parallel. (On the JP, the middle position is two coils in parallel.) On the 25th, you need to move both the lever switch and flip the toggle to duplicate this kind of switching.

The series positions will sound louder and more midrangey. The parallel positions will give you more treble & bass and not be as loud. More "single coil-eque" sounding. Not exactly like a single, but a bit of chime, while still being fully hum canceling.

How would you use them? For rock humbucker tones, use a humbucker series. For less output and more of a single coil tone, use a humbucker in parallel. To get the quacky sounds you'd get from a strat or a tele, use one coil from each bucker in parallel, etc.

Hope that helps.

 

[Hendog]

So positions 1 and 3 of a JP are Series?

 

[beej]

Correct.

(Your standard humbucker is almost always two coils wired in series.)

 

[Hendog]

Correct.

(Your standard humbucker is almost always two coils wired in series.)

Thanks.

That is what I needed to understand this...

 

[walleye]

if you ever did physics. two resistors in series add together to make more resistance. two resistors in parallel divide (theres some formula) make less resistance
so in hugely dumbed down terms series = more power, parallel = split power.. less power