Phat-O-Caster mod: re-voicing Strat bridge pickup for a passive boost

After numerous changes that never really helped me to 100% achieve what i wanted, a couple of years ago i have found this phat-o-caster mod. Since then i have installed the same in all my strats and i still love the result. In my head thats exactly how a strat bridge pickup should sound.
However i have been thinking about a kind of an upgrade but i guess i need help because on my own im absolutely unable to do that. What i want to do is to make this “modified” bridge sound to be standard, i mean i don’t want a push-pull pot, i dont want positions 2-3-4 to be muffled. I just want the regular 5 positions that we all find on a strat, position 1 being the phat-o-caster bridge+middle sound. Is there a way to do that? Perhaps with a super switch? If so is there anyone who would be able to come up with a wiring diagram?
 
I'll have top revisit the mod as it didn't stay in my testbed strat very long. I don't think it should be a big deal to have it wired up "always on".
I have the same issues with the stock strat bridge pickup.
My solution was to have a custom wind done for me for specifically the bridge pickups on my Strats.

You can reach out to Adam Asmus at ToneHatch.com and just ask him to do the same wind he did for me (Mike Wong). It's a A5/A2 hybrid that's wound with 42 awg plain enamel. Basically I asked him to just fill the bobbin with that wire to the brim and it "should" wind up between 7.6k-8.6k. I think he called it the "Wong Custom S".

The end result is a strat bridge pickup that has a lot more mids and girth than a stock strat bridge. I also have my bridge pickups wired with a dedicated tone control. Roll that back to about 7 with the Custom S and you have a a great lead tone or crunch tone lot more "push" for your drive pedals and amp front end.

Even though it's more mid-forward, it still sounds like a single coil so it blends well in Pos 2 for the quack. I love it so much that I now have 4 of them on 4 different Strats. I need 2 more and then I'm going to have him do the same wind for a Tele bridge as I think it will work great.
 
MichaelW said:
I'll have top revisit the mod as it didn't stay in my testbed strat very long. I don't think it should be a big deal to have it wired up "always on".
I have the same issues with the stock strat bridge pickup.
My solution was to have a custom wind done for me for specifically the bridge pickups on my Strats.

You can reach out to Adam Asmus at ToneHatch.com and just ask him to do the same wind he did for me (Mike Wong). It's a A5/A2 hybrid that's wound with 42 awg plain enamel. Basically I asked him to just fill the bobbin with that wire to the brim and it "should" wind up between 7.6k-8.6k. I think he called it the "Wong Custom S".

The end result is a strat bridge pickup that has a lot more mids and girth than a stock strat bridge. I also have my bridge pickups wired with a dedicated tone control. Roll that back to about 7 with the Custom S and you have a a great lead tone or crunch tone lot more "push" for your drive pedals and amp front end.

Even though it's more mid-forward, it still sounds like a single coil so it blends well in Pos 2 for the quack. I love it so much that I now have 4 of them on 4 different Strats. I need 2 more and then I'm going to have him do the same wind for a Tele bridge as I think it will work great.
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My one is always on now because i just flipped the wires on the push-pull pot. Means, pulling the pot actually deactivates the whole circuit. I would like to do something a bit different this time.
 
MichaelW said:
I'll have top revisit the mod as it didn't stay in my testbed strat very long. I don't think it should be a big deal to have it wired up "always on".
I have the same issues with the stock strat bridge pickup.
My solution was to have a custom wind done for me for specifically the bridge pickups on my Strats.

You can reach out to Adam Asmus at ToneHatch.com and just ask him to do the same wind he did for me (Mike Wong). It's a A5/A2 hybrid that's wound with 42 awg plain enamel. Basically I asked him to just fill the bobbin with that wire to the brim and it "should" wind up between 7.6k-8.6k. I think he called it the "Wong Custom S".

The end result is a strat bridge pickup that has a lot more mids and girth than a stock strat bridge. I also have my bridge pickups wired with a dedicated tone control. Roll that back to about 7 with the Custom S and you have a a great lead tone or crunch tone lot more "push" for your drive pedals and amp front end.

Even though it's more mid-forward, it still sounds like a single coil so it blends well in Pos 2 for the quack. I love it so much that I now have 4 of them on 4 different Strats. I need 2 more and then I'm going to have him do the same wind for a Tele bridge as I think it will work great.
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My one is always on now because i just flipped the wires on the push-pull pot. Means, pulling the pot actually deactivates the whole circuit. I would like to do something a bit different this time
Thank you, the sound is already perfect so i wouldnt really need a new pickup. Im just looking for a diagram to wire everything correctly
 
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