Charvel model 3a help

[Wilfred]

Hello I have a model 3a that I just bought. It needs a neck plate, a jack and a bridge, so I am unfamiliar with the controls. It has 2 humbucker but it has a 5 way switch and the volume has a push\pull switch. I know the humbuckers are coil taps. Do anyone know what each switch position is? And what the push\pull switch does?

Also does anyone know where I can get some parts for it?

[2Loud2Old]

Re: Charvel model 3a help

It's pretty basic.

Although you should have a 3 way, not 5 way switch.

positions are neck/neckbridge/bridge

As for push/pull pots, you answered your own question. = coil taps

[Wilfred]

Re: Charvel model 3a help

Actually it is a 5-way switch. But I just realized the knob is white so someone probably put that in themselves. I better look at the wiring, it must be customized. I guess it's a pretty versatilve guitar with hum\single in both positions.

[Tekky]

Re: Charvel model 3a help

The model 3A did come with a 5-way pickup selector. But it had standard volume and control pots. Your push/pull pots are after market...

The pickup selector (don't quote me on this, I'm hypothesizing) would be
1 - bridge
2 - tapped bridge (inward coil)
3 - tapped bridge (inward coil) / tapped neck (outward coil)
4 - neck
5 - tapped neck (outward coil)

I could be completely wrong though. The same switch on the model 3DR / Predator has the following configuration..
1 - Neck
2 - Neck/Bridge(Parallel)
3 - Both Full(Series)
4 - Both Full(Parallel)
5 - Bridge(Series)

[ July 01, 2003, 09:47 AM: Message edited by: TEKKY ]

[Hotrodder]

Re: Charvel model 3a help

I also heard it was

1. neck
2. outer coils (neck + bridge)
3. neck + bridge
4. inner coils (neck + bridge)
5. bridge

2 & 4 might be the other way around [img]graemlins/scratchhead.gif[/img]

One of these days I'm going to find out what poles are active in what position and trace the wiring to find out for sure. But I do know that all the positions sound pretty close to the same.

Oh and your push pull pot was not factory.

[ July 02, 2003, 09:43 AM: Message edited by: Hotrodder ]