[Hey guys and gals]

The 2 guitars I bought new after 46 yrs since my last strum are a R7 3 pup BB and R9. The lapse is owing to a permanent injury now since healed. Im from all over, a military brat, now in SW Va. Glad to find a tech source. Am iso a luthier who lives within perhaps 4 1/2 hrs or so (Northern Va) who will add locking tuners and a Freeway switch (3 pup).

Glad to be aboard.

[How does 3 Humbuckers work?]

On 2/29/2020 at 9:42 AM, Black Dog said:

The Freeway switch is great.  However, for a Custom Shop '57 BB, you have to have the switch cavity routed a little deeper to allow it to fit.  That's gonna be a deal breaker for most people.  The next best solution is to wire it the Peter Frampton method (like what Wmachine has above).  That has 3 volume and one master tone pot with the middle p/u wired directly through the old neck tone pot so it does no go through the switch, it's always on and you just control it by the pot.  The switch then controls the neck and bridge p/u in the standard fashion.

I received this from Freeway a couple days ago. Dunno, but I want to add it to my 3 pup BB.

 

The Free-Way 3X3-07 is a straight retro-fit into a LP Custom requiring no modification other than (obviously) re-wiring. This will give you a "regular" LP 3-way selection in the lower bank (neck/both/bridge) together a further group of three pickup combinations in the upper bank. Basically, you gain full access to what these three pickups are capable of without changing the appearance or function of the guitar in any way.

I hope this answers your question.

Best regards,

Alasdair Bryce
Free-Way