HH, no volume 2 mini toggle on/off kill switches?

[nickname009]

ok here's another idea i have for a potential build:

Just thinking of keeping a super uber simple setup 

2 humbuckers wired in series each to their own killswitch, then to the jack, having the resistor across the input jack to emulate a volume pot.

I'm assuming, it would be wired as such:


www.seymourduncan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/WD_Kill_switch.jpg


x 2, except for the middle left lug for the 'pot' would be just the pickup's hot wire, yeah?

Or am i missing something? Any reason this wouldn't work?

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May 29, 2019 14:43:52 GMT -5 nickname009 said:

2 humbuckers wired in series each to their own killswitch, then to the jack, having the resistor across the input jack to emulate a volume pot.



x 2, except for the middle left lug for the 'pot' would be just the pickup's hot wire, yeah?

Kill Switch just GROUNDS the "Hot" bit of the Pickup, so same both sides.
To me its like Turning off the PLUG socket and then Pulling out the Cable! >Its Dead JIM<

I am not sure where this Resistor is going or where from! also not sure where these pots are as "No Volume"
any images would be nice, Take any thing, even hand draw, cut and paste images etc



Just had a Quick look at all your posts,  
So.. How many HOLES is there to play with... Are you willing to CUT new ones in.. and for what you want keep costs always down to a LOW. 
For me EASYEDA make good Circuit Design .. or you could find BITS you want and Post them in one Post...
I want that one this one and that.. and i got 2 Pickups and i want to FLIP them Smoke them and Deep Fat Fry them.
And we can see what is the most we can get out of it for you, and where to cut things out..... 

[nickname009]

Apologies as I  may not be explaining myself clearly

for my future build, it'll be a 2 pickup guitar. I want, instead of volume pots, to have on/off switches for each pickup. Just like the 60s Teisco guitars, but again with no pots.

This way I can just simply flip a pickup on and the other off when I want to switch pickups, as well as use the on/off switch as a kill switch for stutter effects etc on each individual pickup.

I've read, that putting a 250k ohm resistor on the jack's ground and hot, will emulate the load of a pot. This way I wouldn't need to actually have a pot installed.

[thetragichero]

250k resistor from output to ground would mimic a 500k master volume and master tone all the way up (so cutting just a bit o' highs)

i assume you are okay with the "kill switch" only killing the signal when using one pickup?
spdt switches will do. pickup hot on the common (center lug), output jack on one lug, ground on other

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Sounds ok.. so what kind of switch, as there are some great (not sure what to call them ) toggle switches that look like should be on a plate control panel.

[nickname009]

May 29, 2019 21:36:03 GMT -5 thetragichero said:

250k resistor from output to ground would mimic a 500k master volume and master tone all the way up (so cutting just a bit o' highs)

i assume you are okay with the "kill switch" only killing the signal when using one pickup?
spdt switches will do. pickup hot on the common (center lug), output jack on one lug, ground on other

tragic,

so a 125k resistor would mimic a 250k master volume/tone on 10?

And yes I would want each switch to 'kill' just the pickup that it's wired to, not kill the entire guitar signal.

I've always followed the duncan wiring, using a DPDT switch, and adding an extra ground wire (like in the schematic) from the switch to the jack's ground. If i were to do it with SPDT switches like you suggest, I wouldn't need the extra ground wire I presume?

and just to confirm, it would go as follows (like you stated): 2 x SPDT switches, each pickup hot to each common, each lug to output and remaining other lugs to ground?

angelsbunny, I was just thinking of regular gotoh mini switches..SPDT or DPDT

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ok i just like the idea of Flicking them .. or like on Rockets.. lift the shield and flicking them >BOOM<

hmm as for the SPDT, wouldnt need extra wire as far as i can see, 
Got the One Side of Pickups going to Ground as well (2)
and from each of the Kill Switches, (2) normally they make a focus point on a Pot! i guess to stop it moving around and touching some thing it shouldnt have...

1) Out to Tip of Jack
2) Hot Pickup Wire 
3) Other Pickup Wire & to Ground on Jack

if done on both Pickups should be Wire in and out on both switches
Plus 2 Wires going in to the Jack Ground

[reTrEaD]

May 30, 2019 10:25:31 GMT -5 nickname009 said:

so a 125k resistor would mimic a 250k master volume/tone on 10?

Yes. Close standard values for resistors would be 120k or 150k. But since you have a configuration where two pickups are in series when they're selected together, using such a value across the output might not be your best choice. The 'both' pickups selection might sound a bit duller/darker than you want.

Consider using two resistors, putting a 150k resistor in parallel with each pickup, rather than across the output jack.

Also, in the simplest form, you could simply shunt each pickup with a spst switch to remove it from the circuit. However, it would be 'cleaner' if you used a DPDT switch to remove the pickup entirely from the circuit and replace it with a direct path when it isn't being used.

Take note of the way your pickups are wired internally. If the (-) lead of the winding is also connected to a metal baseplate and/or metal cover, you can't use that pickup in the top of a series arrangement.

[newey]

If the (-) lead of the winding is also connected to a metal baseplate and/or metal cover, you can't use that pickup in the top of a series arrangement.

Add to that quote the words "without modification". Assuming you can see/get to the baseplate or cover connection, it can be modified by running separate wires.