Please explain Tyler Studio Elite wiring etc??

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Hi all. I have just purchased a James Tyler guitar with the Studio Elite mod added to it.
I'm completely lost when it comes to figuring out the buttons, switches, mid-boosts etc that are on the guitar - can anyone please explain what all these things actually do? Thanks
I've been told the guitar has:

Electronics:
5-way switch, master volume, mid-boost
Lead/rhythm circuit (solo switch)
Mid boost preamp with bypass button
Neck+bridge pickups on button
Parallel, series, split toggle switch for each pickups.

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5 way switch - changes between each pickup
Master volume - controls the overall volume
Midboost - Adds active circuitry to change the overall tone. This also has a pot (the black one) to adjust how much of it is included in the tone
Lead/rhythm circuit - Switches between any pickup configuration you have the toggles set at or bridge series alone. It's the same as the Tom Anderson blower switch
Midboost bypass - This takes the midboost circuitry out of the guitar for pure guitar tone. Even when the midboost is "off," it's still affecting the tone, hence the reason for this switch
Neck + bridge - I believe it's just an add neck button which adds the neck pickup to any pickup configuration
Parallel - Puts the pickups in parallel for a more hollow kind of tone
Series - Standard pickup operation
Split - The pickups in there are all humbuckers, including the ones that look like singles (they're stacked one on top of the other). These switches will "cut off" one coil and run them in a single coil-esque mode

The guitar you have is pretty much a one-off with a pickguard setup that you'll almost never see from Tyler. The body is mamywo (aka jelutong, which is kinda like basswood), and the pickups in there are Tom Anderson pickups. It was originally a Tyler Landau model to begin with, too. The guy who used to own it still posts on HRI, I believe. Solid guitar, but it has pretty shit resale value because of all the circuitry going on. Lots are intimidated by it, it seems.
 
cool guitar! :rock:

I think mamywo is his version of mahogany
 
Yeah, it's like a mix between mahogany and basswood. It's a cool sound, but it's definitely not the traditional alder or ash strat sound. If you're looking for it to sound like a normal strat, you're gonna have a hard time gelling with it. If you're looking for something a little more unique kinda like an "improved" strat sound mixed in with some Les Paul sound, then you'll probably really dig it.
 
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