Ok, I am currently building this
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a five string precision (mighty mite neck, custom body) which is going to be equipped with 2 x Bartolini 'J' pickups + 1x Bartolini 'P' pickups all going via a stock Fender five way switch to a custom East circuit (basically a BTB + MID Sweep pre-wired with vol, output socket and battery clip).
The switching options I want are;
1) Both J p'ups with a slight bias towards the bridge p'up for a jazz bass style finger style setting
2) Bass J p'up with P p'up
3) P pickup on its own
4) P p'up with Bridge J p'up
5) Both J p'ups full on
I can work out how to wire positions 2 to 5 but I am struggling with position 1. I was thinking of measuring the resistance of the pan pot in my J-Retro equipped Jazz bass at my 'stock' mix and bridging the No1 and No5 tabs on the switch with a resistor of equivalent value but then I thought that this will effect the number 5 position, as I was just going to put a jumper wire between 1 & 5 for the both pickups full on option. So now the exam questions;
a) is it possible to do what I want to do?
the five way switch appears to have two independent switch matrix's (ie either side). Should I wire all the signals to one side and the grounds to the other or do I just wire the signals and collect the grounds together (John E has helpfully attached two short wires to show me where the signal and grounds connect to his circuit)?
c) if its not possible to do what I want, any ideas what I can do with position 1?
All advice gratefully received!
