nopainkiller
Thunderkicks McStrum'em
I pity the fool, who don't go ROUUUND my bridge!
danw
cheap bastard
I don't know, man; you do a pretty convincing impression:
Now that I think about it, I never knew what the "T" was for...
Moving on... the problem with an SPDT is that it only switches one circuit. If you hook both pickups to it, I believe it will hook them together, like having the pickup selector in the middle at all times. I would use a DPDT for coil-tapping if you want one switch to do both (a DPDT is basically two SPDTs that switch at the same time), or use a separate switch for each one.
Any controls you want to be "master", just wire in between the jack and whatever it connects to. Master volume, tone, whatever. Same place.
That's a lot of crap to stick inside your guitar. Most folks I know would rather keep the guitar relatively simple, then use stompboxes or controls on the amp for the other stuff, the advantage being that you don't lose all of your fun stuff if you switch guitars. Depending on how fast you can change a broken string, this may or may not be an issue. Also, if the inside of that thing is unshielded, the more complicated the wiring is, the more you're going to get hum issues.
That being said, if you wish to dive further into Hell of Instrument Wiring, you may want to check out onboard preamps or modboards if you haven't seen them.
nopainkiller
Thunderkicks McStrum'em
! OH MY GOD this bass control I got from Has-Sound.com has solved ALL my problems! The guitar sounds great! !! I will post a picture of it when I post the rest of the pics of the different ways I wired it. I also have a midrange scoop, but I haven't wired it in yet.
As of now, I have two volumes, the 3 way, 2 spin a splits for each pu, and a master bass control WHICH IS AWESOME!! AWESOME!! It's just a 1 meg pot (dunno if linear) with a .0022 cap wired in it someway. It's the only one they don't have a pic you can look at online tho too. But man this is the best thing I've gotten so far!!!
But here's the next troll question,
Should I wire the master bass, BEFORE the master midrange, or AFTER the master midrange?? Also gunna put a master tone too, but I was planning on that at the end. Any suggestions on which order to run these, or does it matter?
Also, cant find anything on how to make my volume knobs push/pull switches for single coil. I'd like to be able to pull up to get full single coil, and turn down the volume. After that, and the three tone options, my guitar will be PERFECT!
Except for maybe new frets...
As of now, I have two volumes, the 3 way, 2 spin a splits for each pu, and a master bass control WHICH IS AWESOME!! AWESOME!! It's just a 1 meg pot (dunno if linear) with a .0022 cap wired in it someway. It's the only one they don't have a pic you can look at online tho too. But man this is the best thing I've gotten so far!!!
But here's the next troll question,
Should I wire the master bass, BEFORE the master midrange, or AFTER the master midrange?? Also gunna put a master tone too, but I was planning on that at the end. Any suggestions on which order to run these, or does it matter?
Also, cant find anything on how to make my volume knobs push/pull switches for single coil. I'd like to be able to pull up to get full single coil, and turn down the volume. After that, and the three tone options, my guitar will be PERFECT!
Except for maybe new frets...
nopainkiller
Thunderkicks McStrum'em
well looks like it took me about 6 hours straightto rewire it from that to how it is now. Is that slow?? Actually about an hour, maybe 1/2 was spent drilling into my knobs to make them fit the pots that small-bear electronics sent..
They also sent me PC mount push/pull pots!!! This was a pain in the ass, but It wasn't too hard to work out. I'm getting better at soldering.
Now I have two push/pull pots for the individual volumes. Down they are humbucking, up they are single coil. I might switch this around, seeing as how it's a rick copy. Then the signal is sent through the 3-way, and to the bass cut pot (which totally makes this guitar), then to the jack, then to a middle scoop tone pot, then to normal .02 tone. I used 500k LINEAR for those, as I thought i was sposed to. I also got rid of the blender cus I can't figure out what to do with it right now. It's not linear...at least i don't think. I'll try out any of your ideas, man, this has been yer project as much as mine i guess, hah!
The bass cut works great, and so do the singal coil cuts, but then when I turn the middle cut with the bass down too low the signal goes out. It kinda sounds like they're doing the same freakin thing. I mean, I guess I am sorta wiring three resisters in a row here... any idea how to wire the mid before the bass? and if this would work better? I ask because it's such a PAIN IN the ASSS doin it again. And Im gunna get freakin cancer soldering in my room with the cigarette smoke and the incense and the bong smoke.
The hot line is wired from the 3 way to the left hand terminal of the pot (pointing down) where the .0022 cap connects to the third terminal. The third term. connnects to the second where the line goes to the jack. Then i wired from the jack to the tone pots.
They also sent me PC mount push/pull pots!!! This was a pain in the ass, but It wasn't too hard to work out. I'm getting better at soldering.
Now I have two push/pull pots for the individual volumes. Down they are humbucking, up they are single coil. I might switch this around, seeing as how it's a rick copy. Then the signal is sent through the 3-way, and to the bass cut pot (which totally makes this guitar), then to the jack, then to a middle scoop tone pot, then to normal .02 tone. I used 500k LINEAR for those, as I thought i was sposed to. I also got rid of the blender cus I can't figure out what to do with it right now. It's not linear...at least i don't think. I'll try out any of your ideas, man, this has been yer project as much as mine i guess, hah!
The bass cut works great, and so do the singal coil cuts, but then when I turn the middle cut with the bass down too low the signal goes out. It kinda sounds like they're doing the same freakin thing. I mean, I guess I am sorta wiring three resisters in a row here... any idea how to wire the mid before the bass? and if this would work better? I ask because it's such a PAIN IN the ASSS doin it again. And Im gunna get freakin cancer soldering in my room with the cigarette smoke and the incense and the bong smoke.
The hot line is wired from the 3 way to the left hand terminal of the pot (pointing down) where the .0022 cap connects to the third terminal. The third term. connnects to the second where the line goes to the jack. Then i wired from the jack to the tone pots.
nopainkiller
Thunderkicks McStrum'em
actually, that's a 2.2 cap. Heh makes moes sense now eh? THink I should get a higher value?? let more highs through? Or is the 1 meg pot might actually be doing that aldready
anyways this stupid mid scoops isn't doing anything. It seems like a glorified tone knob. All it's doing is making it muddier. the highs still get cut slightly. Lows become more noticable.
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danw
cheap bastard
Could you post diagrams for either of these things? I'm wondering if your mid-scoop is just a tone control with a treble bleed. Remember, passive controls can only take away from the signal, and too many crowded into one instrument could probably be enough to sap the whole thing. If all of these tone controls are just using caps in various configurations, I have a feeling that each is just cutting out a certain frequency range, and between the two you're cutting out the whole signal. There may be an optimal way to choose the cap values so this doesn't happen. Or just don't turn the knobs that way.
Just set that blend knob aside someplace; you can never have too many electronic components sitting around. Honestly, is this the last guitar you're ever going to build? Just don't lose it. If you ever wire an instrument in stereo, you could use it to pan something left or right, or between two amps.
Just set that blend knob aside someplace; you can never have too many electronic components sitting around. Honestly, is this the last guitar you're ever going to build? Just don't lose it. If you ever wire an instrument in stereo, you could use it to pan something left or right, or between two amps.
nopainkiller
Thunderkicks McStrum'em
the mid scoop is a grounded inductor, wired to a .039 cap and a 200k resister in parallel. wired to the first terminal. You then connect the wire from the jack to the second, and then send a wire from that terminal to the next tone pot.
It's working ok, I would just like to cut less highs. I want more highs. n
What exactly do inductors do? it's a 1.5 milihenry
It's working ok, I would just like to cut less highs. I want more highs. n
What exactly do inductors do? it's a 1.5 milihenry
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MachSpeeds
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Dude, who makes that guitar?? (sorry for reviving a dead thread, but still!)