Hi folks

I'm not new to the forum, but my login is. I've been watching the on goings for a few years, but finally I'm saying hi!

I've got a question re wiring. I'm planning to put together a 2 humbucker/2 vol pot 3 way switch guitar.
The switch I bought was supposed to be a tele replica. However when I arrived, it looked like this:

http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/...-56-28_473.jpg

None of the wiring diagrams I've found demonstrate this type of switch. Does anybody know how I'd need to go about wiring this:

Neck - neck/bridge - bridge.

(For those who haven't guessed, I'm a total noob when it comes to wiring. 99% of my skill involves copying internet diagrams/photos like the seymore duncan ones)

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I think a photo of the reverse might help. I suppose one can see the circuit paths on the back which might give you a clue which eyelet is connected to which in which switching position. If there is nothing visible you will have to check it with a multimeter.

by the way welcome to the geek

Do you have a multimeter lying around? Do a continuity (shorting) test to figure out which are the "throws" (the poles that are thrown around to connect a specific part of the circuit to, in this case, 3 other possible poles). There should be two throws and three poles for each, totalling your 8 contacts. My very wild guess is pole 1 connects to either 2, 3 or 4 and 8 connects to either 7, 6 or 5.

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First....are you sure it isn't a 5 position switch? Does it only "snap" into 3 positions or 5? You need to meter it out. Usual on a 3 position switch one or more of the center lugs will be the wire out to the volume control and one or more of the far left and far right will be to the hot wire on each pickup. What happens is they use the same switch body for a number of different types of switches but they are different internally. Time to break out the ohm meter and identify continuity in each position.

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