Core NF3 - using push/pull pot to get bridge and neck together?

Oscar

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My 2010 Core NF3 with korina body is my fav solidbody. It’ll have to be pried from my cold dead hands. I’d like to be able to use the bridge and neck pickup together using a push/pull pot. If anyone knows how to achieve this then I’d be much obliged. I’m good friends with my soldering iron but do need to know for sure what to solder to what ;-). Thanks!
 
I believe it is already wired that way as a standard 5 way switch , position 4 ( if bridge is 1 )
You could put the middle out of phase with a push/ pull that would be fun
 
It’s wired like a Strat, so position 4 is neck + middle.
Opps sorry miss typed , The Fiore is wired kinda that way the push put adds the neck or bridge depending on where you are set ( all three pickups in position 2+4 )
 
I’m still looking for a wiring schematic so if anyone has/knows one…. Plenty of Strat wiring out there but of course those have two tones and one volume.

Without a schematic and just thinking out loud, would it make sense to:
1-wire the push/pull just like the original tone pot to preserve its tone control function
2-extend the hot wire from the bridge (or neck) pickup to the topmost lug of the push/pull
3-wire the center lug of the push/pull to the “in” lug of the volume pot
If my reasoning is correct, this would send the signal of the bridge (or neck) pickup to the volume pot when the tone pot is pulled, regardless of how the 5-way is set. (Not sure, but perhaps it would bypass the tone control itself.)
 
Have you looked at a Fender American Ultra Strat wiring diagram? The S1 switch in the volume pot engages the neck pickup, so position 1 gives you Neck+Bridge, and position 2 gives you all three. May or may not be instructive, but thought I would offer.
 
I’m still looking for a wiring schematic so if anyone has/knows one…. Plenty of Strat wiring out there but of course those have two tones and one volume.

Without a schematic and just thinking out loud, would it make sense to:
1-wire the push/pull just like the original tone pot to preserve its tone control function
2-extend the hot wire from the bridge (or neck) pickup to the topmost lug of the push/pull
3-wire the center lug of the push/pull to the “in” lug of the volume pot
If my reasoning is correct, this would send the signal of the bridge (or neck) pickup to the volume pot when the tone pot is pulled, regardless of how the 5-way is set. (Not sure, but perhaps it would bypass the tone control itself.)
You want option 1. It's essentially like doing the strat just with the tone as a master tone.

If I can remember, I'll take a picture of how I did mine and post it. If I remember correctly, I think all I had to do was just add 1 wire that goes to the push pull.
 
Have you looked at a Fender American Ultra Strat wiring diagram? The S1 switch in the volume pot engages the neck pickup, so position 1 gives you Neck+Bridge, and position 2 gives you all three. May or may not be instructive, but thought I would offer.
Thanks! If I understand that diagram correctly then it’s the same approach as the three steps I describe, except that the push/pull is wired to the “out” lug of the 5-way instead of the “in” lug of the volume pot, which of course makes more sense because then the tone control isn’t bypassed.

If I can remember, I'll take a picture of how I did mine and post it. If I remember correctly, I think all I had to do was just add 1 wire that goes to the push pull.
Thanks!
 
Changing out the pot and adding the two extra wires needed to get all 7 sounds was quick and easy. But Murphy lives. Once everything was soldered up I discovered that the push-pull pot lacked its nut. And worse, that its shaft diameter was smaller than the original pot so I couldn’t use the nut from that one. After some inventive language and head-scratching I decided to do a workaround by putting a piece of rubber underneath the pot so that it is supported from below and pushed upwards against the scratchplate. Now all I have to do is find that damn nut. Cleaned the maple ‘board while I was at it and re-strung the guitar. Later today I’ll find time to see how I like the two extra sounds.
 
Just an FYI. On the now standard Strat 5-way switch, if you reverse the middle and bridge pickups, you get
bass, bass and treble, treble, middle and treble and finally middle. Takes some getting used to the new positions.
You will lose one of the humbucking sounds because the middle pickup is RWRP.
 
Just an FYI. On the now standard Strat 5-way switch, if you reverse the middle and bridge pickups, you get
bass, bass and treble, treble, middle and treble and finally middle. Takes some getting used to the new positions.
You will lose one of the humbucking sounds because the middle pickup is RWRP.
Way too complicated for guys like me use to the standard 5 way
 
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