PuPSwitch : The Switches

PuPSwitch 1 is primarily for HH guitars but can also be used on HSH and HSS electric guitars. This device uses a 12-position rotary switch to "prewire" your pickups before they go to your existing pickup select toggle switch. PuPSwitch 1 allows for various combinations of series, parallel, and coil split. 2 of the 12 settings allow you to put your pickups out of phase for that nasal midrange sound. Position 12 mutes the neck pickup for the popular "stutter" effect obtained by rapidly flipping your pickup select toggle. Available in solid or split knurled shaft.

PuPSwitch 2 is identical in form factor to PuPSwitch 1, i.e.it is also a 12-position rotary switch. PuPSwitch 2 includes many of the various settings of PuPSwitch 1 plus 4 coil swap settings, e.g. the neck primary coil and the bridge secondary coil are wired as one humbucking pickup. While PuPSwitch 1 uses only the primary coil in the coil split settings, PuPSwitch 2 allows you a choice of either the primary or the secondary coil in 4 of the rotary positions. Your choice of solid or split knurled shaft.

PuPSwitch 3 was designed for 3 single coil pickup (Strat) type guitars that have a 5-way blade switch. But the pickups don't all need to be single coils - a humbucker in the bridge position will work fine with single coils in the middle and neck. PuPSwitch 3 uses a 4-position rotary to select one of 4 banks used in conjunction with your 5-way blade switch. Bank 4 lets you put all 3 pickups in parallel to various serial/parallel settings to all 3 pickups in series for a tone that ranges from ultimate funk to dark as night. Available in knurled shaft for push on Strat type knobs or solid shaft.

At last! A pickup select switch that's user-configurable! PuPSwitch 4 is primarily for HH guitars with the live performer in mind, utilizing a heavy duty 3-way toggle similar your existing pickup selector switch. The switch is entirely user configurable using tiny DIP switches on the attached circuit board. The DIP switches allow you to select series, parallel, split primary, or split secondary for each pickup in each of the 3 toggle positions. A unique feature of this switch is the ability to keep the same pickup configuration for different toggle positions. For example, you can leave your bridge pickup in series for all three toggle positions while changing only the neck pickup settings.

PuPSwitch 5 is an enhanced version PuPSwitch 4 using the same heavy duty 3-way toggle. The DIP switches allow you to select series, parallel, split primary, or split secondary plus phase for each pickup on 2 of the toggle positions. The center toggle position selects either series or parallel coil swap for each pickup. Coil swap uses the primary coil from one pickup and the secondary from the other pickup to make a humbucking pair. This setting is great for humbuckers with asymmetrical coils like Duncan's P-Rails.

This switch is primarily suited for bass players with two pickups that want more flexibility than a blend control can offer. PuPSwitch 6 utilizes a 3-way toggle like models 4 and 5 to give you 3 different pickup switching options. Using DIP switches on the circuit board, you may select one of the following 6 pickup configurations for each toggle position: Neck only, bridge only, neck/bridge in series, parallel, series out of phase, or parallel out of phase.