frenchji
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Post by frenchji on Jul 12, 2008 3:33:03 GMT -5
I was wondering if anyone could help me. I need a diagram or something that shows how I would wire a single coil in neck position and one in the middle, humbucker on bridge with 3 on/off 2-way toggle switches and independent volume and tone for each pickup. Thanks.
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Post by pete12345 on Jul 12, 2008 7:39:43 GMT -5
First off, welcome to the nutzhouse! Secondly, we really need a bit more information as to what you want this rig to do. Do you want the pickups wired in series or parallel? Do the on/off switches override the volume (so it becomes full on/volume selection) or switch the pickup off (so it's volume selection/off) Sorry if I'm bombarding you with questions, but we need to know what you are planning before we can start to help. In my opinion, you could do away with either the switches if you have independent volumes- you can get fully on/fully off with the volume controls anyway. Pete
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Post by sumgai on Jul 12, 2008 11:18:01 GMT -5
frenchji, Hi, and welcome to the NutzHouse! ;D Pete, frenchji asked for "on/off" switches, which implies that each pickup will be turned on or off, and lacking anything more explanatory, the implication is that an otherwise stock wiring scheme is what he's after - IOW, parallel only. frenchji, have you looked through our selection of schematics yet? Both in this Forum, and in the sub-Forum titled, what else, Schematics, we have a veritable cornucopia of wiring layouts that cover just about everything, in one form or another. Your clue here is, if we can hook up one pickup with a single volume control and tone control, plus a switch, then we can expand that to two pickups, again with individual volume/tone controls and an on/off switch. It shouldn't be hard to see that the scheme is infinitely expandable, given enough room on the guitar to hold everything. While I could point you to a link on our Forums, I'd like you to cast around a bit for yourself - that way, you'll stumble over lots of interesting ideas, and you may find yourself wanting to do more than you first thought. And remember, it's all "doable" - somebody here has already done it, at least once, or it wouldn't have been posted! There's a Search function in the top-most menu, right below the Logo and Welcome message. One thing though: it defaults to only going back 7 days, so I recommend that you change that to at least 360 days (a whole year). In fact, I usually go back 700 days (nearly two years), and set the number of results to 25 (the default is 10), but the search takes a lot longer. Try it a few times, and see how you like it. If nothing trips your trigger, let us know, and we'll see what can be whomped up. ;D HTH sumgai
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Post by newey on Jul 12, 2008 14:10:58 GMT -5
Hi, Frenchji!
As you look about, you'll see quite a bit of discussion on the use of on/off switches for each pickup. Studio rats don't mind, but those who gig frequently dread the possibility of a "dead" position where all three pickups are off at once, since one might inadvertently hit that combo of switches mid-song.
Something to consider, anyway.
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Post by frenchji on Jul 14, 2008 3:38:32 GMT -5
Okay.. well.. I will just paint you guys the whole picture so you understand what I am doing. I am building a guitar, and here is my idea. I want the guitar to look vintage.. via 1960's or so. But I want it to play and sound modern. I want the on/off toggle switches to just turn on and off the pickup. I'm not sure what I'm getting for pickups yet.. but I do know that I want a humbucker for the bridge and 2 single coils for the rest with a volume and tone for each. Just normal wiring.. I'm just keeping it simple. I know the 3 toggle switches and total of 6 tone and volumes is a bit overkill... but thats the point. All those vintage guitars have soo much crap on them. So anyway I hope that helps a little... and I will try the search, thanks for all the help so far.
Okay.. would standard wiring for a les paul with 2 humbuckers work.. except.. just add another pickup. And instead of going to a 3 way toggle switch. Have each pickup go to a separate 2 way on/off toggle switch? Then from there all to the output jack? I know its rough.. but hope that paints a picture.
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Post by sumgai on Jul 14, 2008 18:37:45 GMT -5
frenchji, OK, we're down with that, and thanks for the explanation.
Exactly. Just clone the Neck Pickup and controls into the Middle position (or you could clone the Bridge pup, it doesn't matter), run the output of each control pair to the associated on/off switch, thence onto the outut jack, as you said. Presto! you're golden! ;D
HTH
sumgai
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Post by pete12345 on Jul 15, 2008 3:42:33 GMT -5
I do have one question- how are you going to fit all six knobs on to the guitar Personally I would go for three concentric pots, each having volume and tone for one pickup. I think otherwise you might easily knock one of them during enthusiastic playing Pete
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Post by sumgai on Jul 15, 2008 11:30:45 GMT -5
pete, Obviously, you won't be bugging your local Guitar Center sales drone for one of these: sumgai The not-enough-fingers gai
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Post by frenchji on Jul 15, 2008 18:02:49 GMT -5
I do have one question- how are you going to fit all six knobs on to the guitar Personally I would go for three concentric pots, each having volume and tone for one pickup. I think otherwise you might easily knock one of them during enthusiastic playing Pete Well pete12345, I've managed to squeeze 6 control knobs in my design.. which is similar to a les paul. They are farther towards the lower back and spaced about an inch apart for a fairly tight squeeze. I never really mess with my volume and tone live so yea. Anyway.. again.. the whole point of this is mostly for the looks to be honest... just trying to go for vintage.
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Post by ChrisK on Jul 15, 2008 19:21:21 GMT -5
frenchji, Welcome a'board. Your second post indicates that you now already know how to do this. You may want to wire the volume pots such that if one is turned almost all the way off and the respective pickup is selected with others, the output of all selected will not be attenuated by the one volume control. The way to do this is to connect the pickup output signal to the pot wiper (instead of the clockwise terminal) on the volume pot, and the clockwise terminal (instead of the wiper) to the individual pickup switch.
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