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Post by ijustwannastrat on Dec 20, 2010 22:38:03 GMT -5
I'm sure I read it somewhere here, and that's why I thought of it, but why not just have a 5 position lever switch be the volume selection? There must be a way to fudge the 2 and 4 position to have a volume between 1 and 3, and 3 and 5. I was thinking this Gear Shifting Switch, or this Super 5-way Must have what it takes to do this. If this were possible, it might be worth the time to figure out what resistive values need to be placed to give subtle, but useful volume positions.... Edit: Literature on the 6-way shifterYet Another Edit: I actually looked at the super switch (I was too busy adoring that six-speed), and it seems like that switch will do EXACTLY what I want. It would be nice to figure out a way to quickly switch resistors around to test out a couple of variations. Hell, with the 5-way being used as a volume, why not put a blend pot in as a pickup selector? push-pull mid-on? This is getting nutty! For Edit's Sake: Additionally, you could put VERY small capacitor/resistor combos in there for treble bleed, right?
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Post by gumbo on Dec 21, 2010 7:20:19 GMT -5
...2011... ..the year of the SwitchoCaster
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Post by ashcatlt on Dec 21, 2010 14:14:00 GMT -5
This was actually part of the topic of my first ever post on this board. That thread got long and weird and I never actually implemented the stepped attenuator in my Strat. My Rickenbacker, though, uses DP5T rotary switches for V (Sw4, Sw5) and T (Sw2, Sw3). The way I've got it, with a "no load" and an "off" as well as a "10" on each switch, there ends up only being 2 in-between positions, but how many do you really need? The easiest way to figure your values might be to hook it up with a pot, find the places you think you want and measure the value at each of these places. I just looked at a graph of resistance and made estimates. Or, you could do the math... The standard 5-way, which is actually a DP3T switch, won't work well for this, but the Superswitch will.
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Post by wolf on Dec 21, 2010 15:47:04 GMT -5
ashcatlt ... as well as a "10" on each switch ... You mean they don't go up to 11?
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Post by ashcatlt on Dec 21, 2010 16:29:55 GMT -5
Well, some folks say the No-Load setting is like going to 11. On the Volumes, the No-Load isn't actually appreciably louder, but it is noticeably brighter. The Neck T goes down to something like -6 when it switches to the bigger cap.
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Post by ijustwannastrat on Dec 22, 2010 13:13:44 GMT -5
I thought about using rotary switches, but I have always found that they switch tough. I always thought of switching volume as on-the-run, so the lever-style would be much quicker to switch. I've personally become rather quick at switching puppies on my strat, so to switch it around as a volume on a 2HB guitar could be beneficial.
Right now I'm trying to figure out how to do the treble bleed. Should I try to do a different value of treble bleed for each volume, or just a general bleed that is applied to each setting? I'm paying $20 for the switch anyways, I might as well use the extra terminals...
Having said that, the NutzHaus has really improved my view of the world. Rather than having empty terminals, and extra switches laying around, I feel the compulsion to add push-pulls and DPDT's everywhere. "Yes, we could have a Series/Parallel switch, but we could have that AND a phase switch, neck on, and free woman tone with a stereo output that's buffered incase you use too many pedals" And yes, this is a GOOD thing.
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Post by thetragichero on Dec 22, 2010 13:30:09 GMT -5
what's an extra terminal?
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Post by ijustwannastrat on Dec 22, 2010 14:16:05 GMT -5
what's an extra terminal? +1 It's those things that people who aren't nutz leave behind in their guitars!
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