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The Westone Thunder I-A guitar I played as a teenager wants sorting. Originally it had a complex active system, but in a foolish moment aged 17 I tried to bypass all that. By some miracle it still makes a noise — just the one, mind....

 

On the upper horn is the usual three-way selector switch for the two humbuckers. Below the strings are three knobs and three little switches. I've been thinking what to do with them.

 

Knobs: V-T-T

Switches: a coil split for each humbucker, and a series/parallel switch for when both pickups are on.

 

I like the sound of two single coils in series, so that seems a useful set of controls.

 

To me this seems lovely and simple, but then, what do I know? Nothing.

 

Edited December 7, 2024 by Munurmunuh

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If you've no opinion on the wiring issue, feel free to be scandalised by my considering having the body of this painted this a̶ ̶n̶i̶c̶e̶ ̶d̶e̶e̶p̶ ̶r̶e̶d̶ ̶ Spanish Copper Metallic 

 

Edited May 15, 2021 by Ricky Rioli

[Killed_by_Death]

 

Painting over that grain would make me cry.

It's possible to do a series/parallel between pickups AND have a 3-way pickup selector, but it is quite complicated.

The pickup selection switch gets right in the way of doing a normal series/parallel switch.

RobbieK in Oz has made a drawing for such a thing, but I'm not sure he's a member here:

 

[kodiakblair]

@Ricky Rioli

 

Here's the stock wiring info.

 

https://westoneguitars.net/fixme/wiring-diagrams/thunder-series—active-models/

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7 hours ago, Killed_by_Death said:

It's possible to do a series/parallel between pickups AND have a 3-way pickup 

....so long as it's possible that's okay, I would be paying someone to build a harness (and someone to fit it, too)

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2 hours ago, kodiakblair said:

@Ricky Rioli

 

Here's the stock wiring info.

 

https://westoneguitars.net/fixme/wiring-diagrams/thunder-series—active-models/

Thank you for that, but I've decided against restoring it to stock. 

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On 15/05/2021 at 18:23, Ricky Rioli said:

Knobs: VTT

Switches: a coil split for each humbucker, and a series/parallel switch for when both pickups are on.

 

 

 

 

Edited October 20, 2021 by Ricky Rioli

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Having figured that out, I enjoyed proving to myself that on a bass like an L-2000 with two humbuckers you could have

 

• a neck/both/bridge toggle

• a switch for choosing whether the humbuckers are wired in series / parallel

• an inner single coils / outer single coils / humbuckers selector