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Post by flateric on Sept 21, 2008 15:50:21 GMT -5
Actually its the custom ash tele i put together a few months ago, but we want to swap out the wiring, and I need your help again guys! Recap: Custom tele, 3 pickup, (SD mini HB neck, SD HB mid, SD hotrails HB bridge), strat 5-way blade switch, plus a mini on/on dpdt toggle to reverse the middle pup phase. img.photobucket.com/albums/v609/al_heeley/customteleschem.jpg[/img] We want to change that to the strat mod where the mini toggle switch can be used to turn on the bridge pup independant of the 5-way switch position. Can anyone kindly point me in the right direction of the schematic I'm seeking? Thx as always electro-gurus
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Post by newey on Sept 21, 2008 20:09:32 GMT -5
We had someone recently who was wiring for a neck on/off switch, which could be easily tranlated. But now I can't seem to find the right thread. Meanwhile, you may want to ponder this: ChrisK's Free Neck-On Switch which could easily be a Bridge-OnEDIT: But I forgot you said this was a Tele w/ 3 pups, so only a single tone control. Edit v2.0:Or this is an idea, but requires a couple of push/pull pots. This takes the middle out, but could be done for the bridge: Nashville Tele scheme
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Post by flateric on Sept 22, 2008 6:14:32 GMT -5
Thx Newey, some great ideas in ChrisK's post. The schematic attached to the Nashville tele scheme is far too ludicrous to contemplate :
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Post by ChrisK on Sept 22, 2008 14:51:42 GMT -5
I'm disappointed; this is an awfully simple wiring scheme. It isn't worthy of the great demented (re)wiring minds focusing on it and then taking several drawn out days to explain something 'cuz we're too darn lazy to just draw a diagram..... However, it IS done and a drawing doth exists For a 3 pickup guitar (B, B+M, M, M+N, N) with "B" added to all in parallel; here's Seymour Duncan's take on it. For just one tone control, connect said tone across the volume pot hot. Done is. However, if you find that you life does lack complexity, the S-Tastically Hyperventilated Teletype ( ;D ;D ;D) is of note.
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Post by flateric on Sept 22, 2008 15:58:47 GMT -5
Ashamed I am to sully the hallowed pages with so simple a request I really should have been able to sort out myslef after all the hours i've spent hanging round with you electrogurus, and that then heightens my gratitude that you deigned to answer my paltry request. Yours with utmost servitude, Al
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Post by ChrisK on Sept 22, 2008 16:57:35 GMT -5
Nah, just glad it was one that didn't require eyestrain.
(To be fair, I did almost launch into a verbal description on how to do this, but then I came to my senses...)
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Post by flateric on Sept 23, 2008 4:31:06 GMT -5
Pretty straightforward mod even for me to solder, I must say the effect is far more subtle than i imagined [read: disappointing]. The best way to describe it is a more focused tonal range with the bridge pup switched in, I was expecting it to be more expansive with N/B and/or N/M/B selection. Maybe I need to add another switch to get series/parallel option, or replace the DPDT on-on with a mini 3-way. Hmmm.
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Post by pete12345 on Sept 23, 2008 6:08:24 GMT -5
Maybe I need to add another switch to get series/parallel option, or replace the DPDT on-on with a mini 3-way. Hmmm. There's a mod on the main guitarnutz site which adds a single switch that allows you to put the bridge in series with the 5-way selection, which gives you some interesting new sounds. I used this for a while before going to an all-series setup, and found it to be rather good. The setup I use now has a 3-way tele switch to select neck, bridge or both in series, with a toggle to turn the middle on or off. I have a DPDT to reverse the phase of the neck pickup. Pete
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Post by ChrisK on Sept 23, 2008 12:37:53 GMT -5
You have the following pickups; SD mini HB neck, SD HB mid, SD hotrails HB bridge.
We don't know the model of the mini HB in the neck or the HB in the mid, but the HotRails is a high output dark sounding pickup. It may well overpower the other pickup(s) and their tonal contribution.
When you switch in the bridge via the bridge on switch, you could try a series capacitor from the DPDT switch to the 5-way instead of the wire link. This would convey the high frequencies better than the lows when used in concert with the other pickup(s). I might start with a value of 0.022uF, but the optimum value could be as low as 0.01uF or less.
When the bridge pickup is selected by the 5-way switch, the cap is shorted across and not having effect (normal bridge tonal contribution).
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Post by flateric on Sept 25, 2008 18:01:12 GMT -5
an intriguing idea here, with some merit. however, discovering the root of the problem is severed fine copper wires that ought to be attached to the main core going to the controls. Pickup back to suppier for replacement then we'll start again with some gitg-friendlly mods to extrct some significant tone variations from the setup. Note the important words here: gig-friendly, sig-tone-var.
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Post by ChrisK on Sept 25, 2008 18:03:48 GMT -5
What, you can't play and switch at the same time?
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Post by flateric on Sept 26, 2008 3:27:05 GMT -5
I have difficulty breathing and walking simultaneously, I leave multi-tasking to the fairer sex. Now theres an idea, maybe I can recruit a groupie to fiddle with the switches for me during a set....
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