Wiring a Stratocaster for Two Volumes and One Tone
My friend Adam was recently upgrading an Epiphone Strat copy (which we’ll be covering in the next blog post) and asked if I could help him with a somewhat unorthodox wiring idea. So, continuing on somewhat from the previous post about the Stratocaster 5-way switch, today we’re going to look at how to wire up a Strat so that it has two volume controls and one tone control. To quote Adam: "I want to rewire my Strat so that I have two volume controls and only one tone control. I want the knob nearest the strings to control the volume for the bridge and middle pickups, the middle knob to control the volume for the neck pick up and the knob furthest away from the strings to be a master tone control. " I couldn’t find much on Google about anyone else doing this, at least not without using a super switch, but I was pretty sure it could be done. So this is what I came up with. Click on the image to enlarge it. Here’s how it works: In the bridge position , pin 1 (bridge) is connecte...
