Hondo Alien Switch Wiring Question . . .

[TimAl]

Hello there all,

I recently nabbed a cheap Hondo Alien - as I always fancied one to noodle on & find them visually quite amazing - it plays fine & does what it's supposed to really . . . however, part of the reason it was cheap was that the pickup tapping switch was missing.

I *believe* the original used a 2-way switch & there are x4 wires coming from the twin jazz-style pick-ups - does anybody have an ideas as to where the x4 coloured pick-up wires (black, white, blue & red) go on the x6 poles on the 2-way switch I've just acquired!

Happy to post pics if that'll help.

Cheers
Tim

[BigRedX]

Mine was set up to give series and parallel options for the two pickup coils. If you work out which pair of wires make up each coil and apply that knowledge to this diagram you'll be sorted.



You might need to swap the wire around in one pair if the results aren't hum bucking in both positions.

[TimAl]

Perfect - thanks very much BigRedX - that's made my day.

Right, where's the soldering iron . . .

Happy Saturday Tinkering About
T