Custom pickguard with two pots, planning Gibson style wiring

[rominronin]

Edit: Just realised how misleading the title sounds. It's 4 pots, two on the pickguard alone.

This is my first guitar build from parts: imgur.com/a/oWJ1xbX

It’s a jag stand done right variant by Rosser guitars. The pickguard was my first custom pickguard. I want to control the volume and tone for each pickup separately. So I’m planning on using the two pots in the pickguard for the neck.

That’s it, no questions (although I’m tempted to ask what alternatives I could consider with up to 4 pots in a guitar).

[newey]

Mar 12, 2024 16:25:03 GMT -5 rominronin said:

tempted to ask what alternatives I could consider

{insert evil chortle here} We have found another innocent victim poised to fall into the black hole of guitar modifications!{/chortle}

[rominronin]

I know what you mean. I haven't tried any yet, but the ability to bass cut in a passive circuit is a game changer. All the analysis on HOW the pot/cap values impact 'brightness' is invaluable work. Hooray this community!

[gckelloch]

Maybe you can wire it so only the pots on the bridge or neck PUP are connected in the middle switch pos? You could try a fairly high cap value as a treble bleed on the neck PUP Volume pot, like 10~15nF & a resistor ~1/3 the value of the pot. You can get 2~3dB of bass roll-off without much loss of highs with the Volume knob down a notch or so. I'd just use 250k pots with the single coil unless it's relatively high inductance.