Jackson Special 5-Way Switching

[BAN]

Well, now that I've introduced myself, I can make use of the collective wisdom of this board and ask my first question about my new Charvel. Namely, what is Jackson Special 5-Way Switching?

All I know is it's a $60 upcharge on both the Jackson and Charvel price lists (as in, $60 above the "standard" 5-way switch).

Fender CS didn't have any idea, but they hypothesized that it wasn't an actual, standardized item, but rather an upcharge to have your 5-way switch wired any way you wanted. If it makes a difference, here's how mine is wired:

1: Bridge
2: Neck side coils of the two humbuckers
3. Both humbuckers
4: Bridge side coils of the two humbuckers
5: Neck

Seemed a bit counterintuitive that the neck side coils would follow the full bridge and the the bridge side coils would be in position 4 right before the full neck in position 5, but it works really well in terms of the sounds I'm getting.

Any ideas? Is the switching I have Jackson Special 5-Way? Or is it just one type of Jackson Special 5-Way?

Thanks
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[Chrisb]

Re: Jackson Special 5-Way Switching

Well its hard to tell but I didn't see an upcharge on my spec sheet for my unique position configuration. Then again they don't really write in what is an upcharge but the quote was actually less than I expected so I doubt they hit me with an upcharge.... I was confused by this as well.

[sambencuda]

Re: Jackson Special 5-Way Switching

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they hypothesized that it wasn't an actual, standardized item, but rather an upcharge to have your 5-way switch wired any way you wanted

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This is correct. The Jackson special five way switch allows for more complex combinations. I ordered it on my Jackson CS and it will be wired as follows.......

1 bridge
2 both inside single coils
3 both hums
4 neck hum split to single coil
5 neck hum

[BAN]

Re: Jackson Special 5-Way Switching

Thanks, Jim. That's what I needed to know.

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[toejam]

Re: Jackson Special 5-Way Switching

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they hypothesized that it wasn't an actual, standardized item, but rather an upcharge to have your 5-way switch wired any way you wanted

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This is correct. The Jackson special five way switch allows for more complex combinations. I ordered it on my Jackson CS and it will be wired as follows.......

1 bridge
2 both inside single coils
3 both hums
4 neck hum split to single coil
5 neck hum

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That's how my Fender Double Fat Strat is wired. I believe VitaminG has a Jackson Fusion with 5-way and it's a tiny bit different, so you might want to specify what coils you want split just to be on the safe side.