MusicMan 5 way switch wiring- Please please please help!

[brownpants69]

Hi

Are any of you familiar with wiring the MusicMan 5 way switch?

I am in the process of installing new pickups in my Luke, but I am being a bit hesitant at the moment- I dont want to start soldering until I am totally sure about what wire goes where!

I have passive pickups to wire in (Hum-Single-SC size Hum) basically a HSH setup.

I am trying to achieve:
Full Bridge HB
Tapped Bridge HB and Middle
Neck and Bridge Humbuckers
Tapped Neck Humbucker and Middle
Full Neck

I've wired plenty of Super switches, but none with the layout of the MusicMan switch. I have a Silhouette Special with the same switch, but the wiring is different to what I want to achieve.

I think the main stumbling block is the fact the switch has groups of 5 tags, 4 tags and an extra set of tags at the end, so the layout is slightly different to the superswitches Im used to wiring (Fender- Oak-Grigsby type).

Any info would be greatly appreciated and I PROMISE I'll get some pics of my 'Balls posted ASAP lol

Cheers
Mark

 

[beej]

My suggestion would be to email CS and ask them for a wiring diagram of the Silhouette HSH. Presumably it's the same switch (though you should check). The middle position will be different than you want, but should be easy to switch that up.

Don't forget to check the wire colours if you're using something other than Dimarzio p'ups ... each vendor has their own colour scheme.

Shouldn't be too difficult. If you're stuck, just spend time and figure out which lugs are connected when in each switch position. Awkward at first but should quickly make sense.

 

[brownpants69]

Thanks Beej- I never thought of that. I've sent them an email. I hope I get a reply soon- My Lukes been in bits for 3 days- I think thats the longest Ive gone without playing it in 3 years!!!

Fortunately I don't have a silent circuit to wire in- that really would be a nightmare!

 

[brasco68]

Customer Service will take care of you...they are the best in the business.

They have always responded promptly to any e-mails I've sent.

 

[brownpants69]

I just had an email back off CS- very quick!

It is a different switch in the HSH model- but the diagram for the HSS Silhouette shows how the tags are numbered- very logical and easy to understand. Should have it wired up and ready to rock in no time (a couple of days maybe! lmao)

 

[beej]

Perfect! Glad that worked out for ya. CS is great at getting back to people quickly and those wiring diagrams are super handy.