u/Audiogremlins

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Double Buck bass rewire

So I have a Warwick $$ Rock bass 5 string.  It has (2) Musicman style humbuckers.  Each pickup has a 3-way mini toggle for series / parallel / single coil. Other controls are; Volume, Blend, and Tone.   

I’m looking to replace both pickups with the Nordstrand Quad Coil MM5.4 pickups so I can have hum canceling in single coil modes.  I’d like to have all 4 modes available for each pickup (series / parallel / Neck single coil / bridge single coil). I’m considering using (2) 5 way rotary switches for mode selections.  These would replace the current blend and tone knobs.  I don’t know what I’d do with the 5th selection.  

My thought was then to use one of the current 3 way mini toggles for the pickup selector (bridge / both / neck) in lieu of the blend.  

Concerning the tone, I don’t know if the other mini toggle could be a 3 way tone switch?  Like 100%, 70%, 30% or something.  Or maybe a concentric volume / tone is a better idea?

And the one last thing if it’s possible: So these two pickups would be parallel to each other.  But is there a way to install a switch (or push pull on volume) to make them toggle between parallel and series? So like for example if I had each pickup in one of the single coil modes (like coils 1 and 4 like a jazz bass mode), I could have them be series or parallel to each other?  Or is that just asking too much?

I'm trying to make the most versatile bass ever, lol.

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u/Audiogremlins — 18 hours ago