Hey everyone, I’ve had the idea to rewire my Jazzmaster to have similar switching to a Jaguar for the lead circuit but want to try a phase switch instead of the standard mid cut switch found on a Jaguar. If I copied the standard Jaguar wiring but wired the “cut” switch to be out of phase instead would that work or am I being naive in thinking it’s that simple?
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Diagram in question; Fralin Jaguar wiring
Jazzmaster/Jaguar wiring phase switch
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Re: Jazzmaster/Jaguar wiring phase switch
Well, you'd need to change the way the bridge pickup and the 2nd & 3rd switches are wired in that diagram, but it's not a conceptually difficult modification in my mind.
I think this is what it would look like: (just the bottom left of it, the rest is unchanged from the Fralin diagram)
Note: dark green is going to the RHYTHM switch as before, (not "3-way" as erroneously indicated in the drawing).
Yellow goes to the lead volume (tone?) pot as before.
Light green goes to ground.
White (light grey) & black wires from the bridge pickup now go to the 3rd switch as indicated, to choose the phase.
Then you'd need to deal with fitting the switches in with your guitar body & pickguard.
I think this is what it would look like: (just the bottom left of it, the rest is unchanged from the Fralin diagram)
Note: dark green is going to the RHYTHM switch as before, (not "3-way" as erroneously indicated in the drawing).
Yellow goes to the lead volume (tone?) pot as before.
Light green goes to ground.
White (light grey) & black wires from the bridge pickup now go to the 3rd switch as indicated, to choose the phase.
Then you'd need to deal with fitting the switches in with your guitar body & pickguard.